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Daniel Dae Kim addressed the circumstances around his casting in "Hellboy."
Skrein dropped out of the reboot to avoid whitewashing an originally Asian character.
British actor Ed Skrein has stepped down from his role as the Japanese-American character Ben Daimio in the upcoming "Hellboy" reboot in hopes of giving "voice to inclusivity" in the arts.
"Representation of ethnic diversity is important."
Studios seem determined to whitewash Asian-American characters, despite the controversies and hits to their bottom line.