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Oct 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
A story behind Michael B. Jordan's role in the 2017 movie “Fahrenheit 451" shows that problems around race persist in Hollywood latimes.com/entertainment-…
When HBO was looking to cast the movie, talent agent Phillip Sun immediately thought of his client Jordan.

But others were less imaginative about the role
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People assumed the main character — a firefighter who burns books in an oppressive society in the future — was white.

But Sun thought Jordan, a Black actor coming off the hugely successful movie “Creed,” would be perfect for the role. latimes.com/entertainment-… Image
“It’s a Ray Bradbury book that everyone knows was written white, but the themes of it, what it stood for, what it was speaking to society, is very of the times,” Sun said.

“Why should it be a white person that’s leading that?" latimes.com/entertainment-… Image
In August, Sun launched his own firm, M88, focused on inclusive storytelling.

He was also instrumental in establishing a pretty big agreement between Michael B. Jordan and WarnerMedia latimes.com/entertainment-… Image
Speaking of diversity and entertainment, a Facebook post about those two topics caused a lot of controversy in the industry and sparked outrage latimes.com/entertainment-…
Hollywood diversity chats continue to neglect one particular community latimes.com/entertainment-…

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