Producer Roy Lee was shocked by the reaction tothe trailer that premiered in March.
Some people will like them, some people may not.
How about we stop whitewashing NON-WHITE characters, one Twitter userpostedwhen the footage was released online.
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Its not hard to go out and find aspiring Asian actors/actress for #deathnote, anothertweeted.
He added, Saying whitewashing is also somewhat offensive… one of our three leads is African-American.
They could have gone [with an] Asian [actor], I cant deny that.
The studios were adamant about trying to cast Asian actors.
I mean, this was a difficult one.
It was something we were definitely conscious about.
Death Notewill premiere on Netflix Aug. 25.
Additional reporting by Shirley Li
