In our last blog post about the casting of Tom Cruise in All You Need is Kill, we mentioned the 1997 adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s seminal science fiction novel, Starship Troopers.
The main character of Starship Troopers by Heinlein: Juan Rico, a Filipino hero (rare in science fiction even today.)
The main character of Starship Troopers by Hollywood: John Rico, a white guy played by Casper Van Dien.
Juan Rico is blatantly Filipino in Starship Troopers. He talks about Ramon Magsaysay and speaks Tagalog as his native language.
On December 3rd, 2011, Hollywood news rag Vulture reported that producer Neal Moritz will produce a reboot of Starship Troopers for Sony, to be written by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class)
Just to put this out here:
Dear Mr. Moritz, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Stenz,
If you’re going to do it, well, your reboot of Starship Troopers is also your chance to un-whitewash Starship Troopers. The main character of the novel, Juan Rico, is Filipino and we hope you will cast an pinoy actor in this role. It is long overdue.
With optimism,
Racebending.com
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