18 percent of Americans are Hispanic. Where the fuck is our Hollywood representation?

[Blue Skies]

Star Wars seems to be the only franchise who gives a fuck about our actors, with Pedro pascal being the lead of their first series, the wonderful Oscar Issac in the sequel trilogy, and I always forget his name, but narcos Mexico guy in Rogue One

marvel, only Zoe saldana, and funny guy from antman

dc, fire guy from suicide squad, and of course he's a criminal.

disney movies, I can't think of single Hispanic actor or actress in any of them.

Donde está el amor?

shout out to Jlo for apparently crushing it in Hustlers.

name a single Hispanic in a David Fincher movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Wes Anderson movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Cristopher Nolan movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Quentin Tarantino movie
Name a single Hispanic in a PTA movie*
Name a single Hispanic in a Steven Spielberg movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Martin Scorsese movie

Edit * Luis Guzman in his early films

 

[dark_prinny]

Yeah. Pretty on point my dude 😎

 

[Avada Kedavra]

Disney? Pixar just made a whole movie about Mexican culture.

 

[Blue Skies]

Disney? Pixar just made a whole movie about Mexican culture.

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What about in their other movies?

 

[Deleted member 20892]

Disney? Pixar just made a whole movie about Mexican culture.

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Kill the thread y'all, we got one movie it's all good now

 

[Elderly Parrot]

One

What about in their other movies?

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McFarland USA is a big one. Have you seen it

 

[Rover]

name a single Hispanic in a David Fincher movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Wes Anderson movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Cristopher Nolan movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Quentin Tarantino movie
Name a single Hispanic in a PTA movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Steven Spielberg movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Martin Scorsese movie

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Name a single hispanic in that lineup of directors

 

[Khanimus]

Clearly this guy is taking all these thoughtfully crafted, nuanced roles..

 

[Sadsic]

Hispanic representation in America really is piss poor in pretty much all visible culture, I think a lot of this has to do the language barrier, as well as the obvious virulent racism of course

Compare Hispanic representation to African American representation in America, it's pretty much night and day

 

[Sensei]

Hispanic representation in America really is piss poor in pretty much all visible culture, I think a lot of this has to do the language barrier, as well as the obvious virulent racism of course

Compare Hispanic representation to African American representation in America, it's pretty much night and day

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Compare it to white ppl instead

 

[Strangelove_77]

That director list is the whitest white boy list of being white. They're so white. You need a non-white director to hire people of color. I feel like it's the only way.

 

[Ash735]

One

What about in their other movies?

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Isn't Bonnie and her family in Toy Story Hispanic?

 

[Blue Skies]

Michael Pena
Bendiciones Del Toro
Pedro Pascal
Oscar Isaac
Diego Luna (googled his name)
Cameron Diaz
Jennifer Lopez
Luis Guzman (just remembered PTA had him in multiple films)
Jessica Alba
John Leguiazamo
Benjamin Bratt


According to Hollywood these are the only Hispanic actors

 

[Jon Carter]

Name a single Hispanic in a Quentin Tarantino movie

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Valet Parking Guys in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. They even have a couple of filler lines in Spanish we hear in the background. If that's not strong representation, what is?

 

[AegonSnake]

i feel like hispanic representation was bigger back in the 90s and 2000s with Antonio Banderas, Selma Hayek, Penelope Cruz and Sofia Vegara starring in several summer blockbusters.

Now we only have Carlos Pena and maybe Pedro Pascal filling those roles. Disappointing but expected. Hollywood is fucking racist.

 

[RedSwirl]

Clearly this guy is taking all these thoughtfully crafted, nuanced roles..

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That guy was in The Dark Knight Rises for a minute I think.

 

[Pancho]

Yup is kind of annoying getting the same hot headed latino gangbangers :/

 

[Masoyama]

There are a few,

Edward James Olmos, Leguizamo, Andy Garcia, Raquel Welch, Martin Sheen, Freddy Prince Jr. Aubrey Plaza, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Issac, Pedro Pascal, Madeline Stowe, Cameron Diaz, America Ferrera, Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana

I mean, it should be higher, but its not totally missing. Edit: Added a few morebanes.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

Hector

 

[Merc_]

Hispanic representation in America really is piss poor in pretty much all visible culture, I think a lot of this has to do the language barrier, as well as the obvious virulent racism of course

Compare Hispanic representation to African American representation in America, it's pretty much night and day

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It's white folk who are in control of all of this and you want to start shit with black folks?

 

[Tabs2002]

Hispanic representation in America really is piss poor in pretty much all visible culture, I think a lot of this has to do the language barrier, as well as the obvious virulent racism of course

Compare Hispanic representation to African American representation in America, it's pretty much night and day

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Don't do this

 

[Blue Skies]

That director list is the whitest white boy list of being white. They're so white. You need a non-white director to hire people of color. I feel like it's the only way.

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Even Guillermo del toro and Ianuritu and Alfonso Cuaron barely cast Hispanics in their major Hollywood pics

 

[-JD-]

I think Demian Bichir played a character literally named Mexican Bob in The Hateful Eight.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

what, you don't like Generic Gangbanger Charicature #927?

 

[ΑGITΩ]

Its not just hollywood, its most forms of media in which we lack representation. Video Games have a larger white, black and Asian rep than hispanic. But since i guess we aren't as vocal as other groups out there. Idk

Disney? Pixar just made a whole movie about Mexican culture.

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But not all us are Mexican, i mean as a Puerto Rican i can't call that movie part of my culture.

 

[maxxpower]

Honestly, if I want to feel at home I just watch something that is actually in Spanish, which is why I loved Narcos Mexico.

 

[Deepwater]

Star Wars seems to be the only franchise who gives a fuck about our actors, with Pedro pascal being the lead of their first series, the wonderful Oscar Issac in the sequel trilogy, and I always forget his name, but narcos Mexico guy in Rogue One

marvel, only Zoe saldana, and funny guy from antman

dc, fire guy from suicide squad, and of course he's a criminal.

disney movies, I can't think of single Hispanic actor or actress in any of them.

Donde está el amor?

shout out to Jlo for apparently crushing it in Hustlers.

name a single Hispanic in a David Fincher movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Wes Anderson movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Cristopher Nolan movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Quentin Tarantino movie
Name a single Hispanic in a PTA movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Steven Spielberg movie
Name a single Hispanic in a Martin Scorsese movie

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Star Wars and Marvel has Lupita

 

[-JD-]

That guy was in The Dark Knight Rises for a minute I think.

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And a fine performance it was. A million emotions conveyed in such a short scene.

 

[Blue Skies]

Who casts Hollywood movies?
Isn't it in LA? Wtf, can they really not find Hispanic/Latin actors?

 

[Rover]

Another thing is that some Hollywood actors with Latin American roots (like Alexis Bledel, Viggo Mortensen) don't really present themselves as "Hispanic"

 

[Blue Skies]

Honestly, if I want to feel at home I just watch something that is actually in Spanish, which is why I loved Narcos Mexico.

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But America is my home.


Shit, sometimes I'll watch a movie set in Miami that will BARELY have Latinos in it.

If you've been to Miami, you have to try real hard to do that

 

[Viewt]

As a hispanic person, I don't like the argument of saying "Look at how much representation black people get." That representation was hard-earned, not handed out. It's not us vs. them. Also, plenty of hispanic people are black, so I don't like that division in general.

Instead, we should be calling out the disproportionate representation of WASPs.

 

[Sadsic]

Compare it to white ppl instead

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It's white folk who are in control of all of this and you want to start shit with black folks?

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Don't do this

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I'm not dying on this hill but I find it curious that this is seemingly an impossible conversation to have in good faith - it is probably a rightward leaning mental frame so probably not necessary to think about, so I recant here. Anyways I agree hispanic representation needs to be better basically everywhere

 

[Deleted member 9135]

I feel your frustration.

im Arab and all we have going for us today is Rami Malek. Technically many of us are white but beyond color of skin, our culture and people are not represented appropriately.

Really feels like Hollywood thinks the world is compromised of nothing but Americans, Asians or (South Asian) Indians at times.

 

[Blue Skies]

Look at the cast of Oceans 8 for one second.
Not one of these hollywood suckers thought, hey, maybe we should cast a Latina?
Did we really need cate Blahchette in there?

 

[maxxpower]

But America is my home.


Shit, sometimes I'll watch a movie set in Miami that will BARELY have Latinos in it.

If you've been to Miami, you have to try real hard to do that

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I get you. I'm Mexican/American and grew up in Mexico so I can just fall back on some Mexican stuff that I know. I get what you mean though.

 

[Blue Skies]

I was so stunned when I watched "Altered Carbon" and the female lead was Latina.
And of course she was fucking gorgeous. Hollywood, America needs to see our women AS WELL


Edit: Added "as well"
Hollywood is completely superficial place, so it doesn't make sense why when they cast For "hot chick/dude" SO OFTEN that a Hispanic name doesn't come across their board.

Obviously this isn't the goal of representation, or the goal of this thread, but there's already many jumping at this reply to try and invalidate my point

 

[mrmoose]

I feel your frustration.

im Arab and all we have going for us today is Rami Malek. Technically many of us are white but beyond color of skin, our culture and people are not represented appropriately.

Really feels like Hollywood thinks the world is compromised of nothing but Americans, Asians or (South Asian) Indians at times.

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Man, throwing Asians and Indians under the bus now too?

 

[Elderly Parrot]

Really loved this movie

 

[ScoobsJoestar]

There's also the thing where if you're white looking enough and don't have an accent, you might go by a more white sounding name for the sake of it being easier on you professionally(I'm so guilty of that lol) which I imagine happens in acting too. Probably not great for representation since a lot of white latinos take the path of least resistance(again, I'm guilty. Job interviews were a lot easier when I started going by my middle name lol)

 

[Masoyama]

I was so stunned when I watched "Altered Carbon" and the female lead was Latina.
And of course she was fucking gorgeous. Hollywood, America needs to see our women

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Wanting representation so that white people can oogle at your "superior" women is the grossest and most sexist argument for it. Fucking disgusting.

 

[Fat4all]

Not one of these hollywood suckers thought, hey, maybe we should cast a Latina?
Did we really need cate Blahchette in there?

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hollywood executives care about a return on investment more than nearly anything else

the only other thing they care about is awards on occasion, and turning those awards into a return investment as well

 

[iareharSon]

People like Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Inarritu, and Guillermo del Toro could do an infinitely better job of improving representation

 

[Blue Skies]

Wanting representation so that white people can oogle at your "superior" women is the grossest and most sexist argument for it. Fucking disgusting.

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That's not why I want representation
Way to find the one thing I said wrong to try and invalidate this topic

 

[Sensei]

Who casts Hollywood movies?
Isn't it in LA? Wtf, can they really not find Hispanic/Latin actors?

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I was under the impression that directors had a hand casting too. I know black directors seek out black actors for their projects

I dont know why Del Toro for example doesnt really do this. I feel like he has pull? Like in Pacific Rim he could have had a latino lead etc...

 

[Viewt]

But America is my home.


Shit, sometimes I'll watch a movie set in Miami that will BARELY have Latinos in it.

If you've been to Miami, you have to try real hard to do that

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I know what you mean. Oftentimes, the only representation for Latinx/Hispanic people is either stuff set in Latin America or viewed as an "immigrant experience." And there's nothing wrong with those stories in isolation, but I've lived in America my whole life. My first language was English. I'm "American" as hell, but seeing that experience reflected in film and TV is super rare.

 

[Pooh]

Man, throwing Asians and Indians under the bus now too?

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There's a lot of room under the bus dude

 

[Gustaf]

That's not why I want representation
Way to find the one thing I said wrong to try and invalidate this topic

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nah dude, your point about how hot she is and how white people need to see her is gross

 

[BlackFyre]

Do not watch Rambo Last Blood.

 

[Steel]

We do not exist in Hollywood, yeah. I also feel like we had a bit more representation in the 90s. Not a huge amount, but...