See I wanna agree and disagree with both of you cause I feel like you guys are both on the right track but missing a big element in all of this.
The reason there’s so few actors of any minority is a but about gatekeeping but less “we don’t want black people in our movies” and more “we don’t want the wrong type of black people in our movies.”
The problem with Hollywood that has always and forever been a problem is the fact that they are >horribly abusive to their actors< the most resent movie I can think of that’s accurate to this is Judy, and a very fantastical version of this would be One upon a time in Hollywood. Both show how terrifying it actually is to be a movie star and how at any minute you can become meaningless and blacklisted if you do not do everything that is expected of you >including< think and expressing the talking points that they think is the >correct< talking points.
A lot of people in general tend to back off from becoming actors because of the insane amount of nonsense they have to go through to get a roll and stay in that roll, there is so much demanded of actors, Henry cavil had to dehydrate himself For three day’s just so his abs could look better Cause that’s just the kind of Shit you have to go through to become someone.
And if you ever say something Hollywood didn’t agree with you get blacklisted for an unknown amount of time- which is prob the reason why only very well known and well off actors try to speak out of line like they did at the golden globes and the Oscars, cause if a smaller actor said something that was even remotely problematic they can say goodbye to their careers.
Unless you want your life to suddently be very political most people don’t tend to continue pursuing the career of an actor- or at least not a Hollywood actor. Because you either have to be a part of the hive mind and have no personal opinions. Or apologize for every single thing you’ve said like scarlet joe Hanson.
It’s just kind of not fun to be an actor x3
