No, it’s not a fairy tale or a Aesop’s Fable, its about Wanted‘s Fox and Halle Berry. Recently, I had a discussion with someone who talked about how much The Fox in the graphic novel Wanted looked like Halle Berry in Catwoman. But I pointed out that Wanted was out before Catwoman. But I concede that they look alike. The original artist of Wanted, J.G. Jones, was obviously influenced by Jinx from Die Another Day (that’s just my opinion, but look at the photo evidence). The creator and writer of Wanted, Mark Millar, would tell you that he based The Fox on Selena Kyle, the Catwoman in the Batman comics. And if you stumble across any sketches by artists like Marc Silvestri, you’ll see some of that same influence of Jinx/Halle Berry. Well, I am not going to belabor the point here, and I’m not going to rant about how black characters are replaced with white actors/actresses, and I am not going to rant about the lack of black females in the media, especially genre films. But I am going to take this opportunity to post pictures just for pure comparison. No matter which version you like, they are all hot.
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I understand why a studio may need to make a racial switch if it gets them a bigger star to attach to the film. I doubt this film would have been made if it wasn't for Jolie. Thats the nature of the business. But in a case liek Spawn switching Terry's race didnt add anythign to the film. They should have stuck to the comic. The only reason i could come up with is that they had issues with too many blck peopleon the screen. If it is a better reason I wish somebody would tell me
This film was a go before Jolie was attached. It was going to be made regardless of her participation. I think getting her to sign on was icing on the cake for the producers. I bet that it had more to do with the overall changing of the look of the film than anything else. The only racial issue I could see that maybe they had a problem with was creating a possible interracial relationship between The Fox and Wesley; the producers were probably more concerned about avoiding that than just trying to make a place for Jolie.
Your point is well taken and stands on its own. Good ahead and rant brotha!
Instead of Jinx from DIE ANOTHER DAY, the Fox comic book character more likely gets her killer looks and amoral temperament from Halle Berry's performance as Ginger Knowles in the film SWORDFISH.
You know what? I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't want to say it.
You know what? I was thinking the same thing, but I didn’t want to say it.
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