For centuries, the Asian community has been undermined and mistreated by Hollywood executives and casting directors, as films which should have had Asian actors playing major characters have instead seen those roles whitewashed. Unfortunately, this attitude towards Asian actors is not irregular and is in fact commonplace in TV and film. He also stated that both himself and Wai Ching Ho were not invited to the Season 2 premiere. Shinkoda did note that this was largely Loeb’s decision, as he spoke of how the writers had their ‘hands tied’. So don’t write about Nobu and Gao.’ And they were forced to put their storyline down and drop it.” This included Loeb’s direct comment to the Daredevil writing team: “‘There were three previous Marvel movies, a trilogy called Blade where Wesley Snipes kills two hundred Asians. Loeb’s reason, according to Shinkoda, was because “nobody cares about Chinese people and Asian people.” Shinkoda said during the Q&A session that he had heard Loeb’s words from “many” sources, including writers and showrunners. This is why the claims from Shinkoda are not falling on deaf ears, as they have more than enough evidence to be factual. Loeb is infamous for his treatment of minority characters within his shows, as he has avoided characteristics or storylines which would involve their unique heritage. However, he also has a much larger role within the comic book industry itself as he has written some of the most successful stories in its history. bGbIycbc7R- Will July 26, 2020įor the last ten years, Loeb has been strongly involved in Marvel’s TV department.

Actor Peter Shinkoda, who played Nobu in Netflix’s Daredevil talks about how Jeph Loeb, the head of Marvel Television (at the time) forcibly cut his character’s original story arc because ‘nobody cares about Chinese people and Asian people’.Ībsolutely appalling.

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