Constance Wu shuts down Matt Damon's casting in upcoming film "The Great Wall"

''Hey, did you know that there’s a new Chinese-set, -financed, and -directed film coming out soon? Cool!It’s gonna be a monster movie, the most expensive production in Chinese film industry history. Whoa!The director at the helm is Zhang Yimou, who’s best known for other Chinese epics like Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Awesome! And it’s starring… Matt Damon?

If you just heard a record scratch, me too. Though this not-hypothetical film The Great Wall is being defended by its studio and the industry for being one of those films that just *has* to have an American-known (and presumably, white) lead, film lovers have been pondering, is that so? And Constance Wu, who stars on ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, is not having it.

In a message posted to her Twitter, Wu came at The Great Wall with “I’m kind of mad, and I’m definitely disappointed”:..''

by Lilian Min