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* According to Sylvia Anderson, one piece of [[Executive Meddling]] during the early days of the ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' movie was "Could the main cast be more ethnically diverse?" Since they're all brothers, the answer was "No."
* According to Sylvia Anderson, one piece of [[Executive Meddling]] during the early days of the ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' movie was "Could the main cast be more ethnically diverse?" Since they're all brothers, the answer was "No."
* There were complaints about the 2005 film adaptation of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' not diversifying the Golden Ticket winners, instead opting to go with Caucasian characters as in the book. Director [[Tim Burton]] explained that since people would have complained if the cast ''had'' been diversified (possibly since most of the kids are naughty), they chose to stick with the book's take.
* There were complaints about the 2005 film adaptation of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' not diversifying the Golden Ticket winners, instead opting to go with Caucasian characters as in the book. Director [[Tim Burton]] explained that since people would have complained if the cast ''had'' been diversified (possibly since most of the kids are naughty), they chose to stick with the book's take.
* In the third ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' film, a black actress was cast as Lavender Brown. Okay, in all honesty the "actress" was just an extra identified as Lavender in the credits. When Lavender appeared again in the sixth movie (with actual lines this time), blonde, caucasian Jessie Cave was cast in an open audition. While one of the novels released after that film ''did'' mention that Lavender had the same skintone as white Ron Weasley, there's no indication that the recast was an attempt to "correct" the original casting or even that the producers noticed the one minor mention of that fact.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', a black actress was cast as Lavender Brown. Okay, in all honesty the "actress" was just an extra identified as Lavender in the credits. When Lavender appeared again in the sixth movie (with actual lines this time), blonde, Caucasian Jessie Cave was cast in an open audition. While one of the novels released after that film ''did'' mention that Lavender had the same skintone as white Ron Weasley, there's no indication that the recast was an attempt to "correct" the original casting or even that the producers noticed the one minor mention of that fact.
* The ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' movies diversified the entire pure-human cast. In the book, all of them are assumed white and the ones Bella interacts with the most are all blond or brunette white people. The movie makes Angela Hispanic, Eric Asian, and Tyler black.
* The ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' movies diversified the entire pure-human cast. In the book, all of them are assumed white and the ones Bella interacts with the most are all blond or brunette white people. The movie makes Angela Hispanic, Eric Asian, and Tyler black.
** Even more notably, in the movie one of the vampires is black, but in the books it's made perfectly clear that when you become a vampire you [[Unfortunate Implications|become white]].
** Even more notably, in the movie one of the vampires is black, but in the books it's made perfectly clear that when you become a vampire you [[Unfortunate Implications|become white]].
* The movie adaptation of ''[[Harriet the Spy]]'' made Janie black, and also made Rachel Hennessey and a family that plays a minor role Asian (the latter was originally VERY stereotypically Italian).
* The movie adaptation of ''[[Harriet the Spy]]'' made Janie black, and also made Rachel Hennessey and a family that plays a minor role Asian (the latter was originally ''very'' stereotypically Italian).
* Ripcord is played by a black actor in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''. (The original character ''and'' action figure is a red-headed white male.) Exactly why the producers felt it necessary to do this is a bit of mystery. The ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' franchise is not short of black characters if they felt the cast needed to be more racially diverse (Stalker would have been a logical choice).
* Ripcord is played by a black actor in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''. (The original character ''and'' action figure is a red-headed white male.) Exactly why the producers felt it necessary to do this is a bit of mystery. The ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' franchise is not short of black characters if they felt the cast needed to be more racially diverse (Stalker would have been a logical choice).
* In the book ''[[High Fidelity]]'', we are led to picture Marie De Salle as white after Dick describes her as "kind of Sheryl Crow-ish crossed with a post-''[[The Partridge Family|Partridge Family]]'' pre-''[[L.A. Law]]'' Susan Dey kind of thing." In the movie she was played by Lisa Bonet; Dick now describes her as "kind of Sheryl Crow-ish crossed with a post-''Partridge Family'' pre-''L.A. Law'' Susan Dey kind of thing, but, you know, black."
* In the book ''[[High Fidelity]]'', we are led to picture Marie De Salle as white after Dick describes her as "kind of Sheryl Crow-ish crossed with a post-''[[The Partridge Family|Partridge Family]]'' pre-''[[L.A. Law]]'' Susan Dey kind of thing." In the movie she was played by Lisa Bonet; Dick now describes her as "kind of Sheryl Crow-ish crossed with a post-''Partridge Family'' pre-''L.A. Law'' Susan Dey kind of thing, but, you know, black."
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