The story behind casting the first black Peter Pan on film

The story behind the first black Peter Pan on film in Wendy

For the last century, the story of Peter Pan was simple: Three children with thriving imaginations, led by a precocious Wendy, are stuck in a less-than-ideal home life — circumstances that pushed being “realistic” and “grown-up” over simply being a kid. Then comes our hero, Peter.

Yashua lived in a Rastafari camp in Antigua. A lot of places you see in the film are their playground. Seeing this little boy drop into character was one of the most shocking things I’ve ever experienced in my life. He just inherently understood how to perform.to tell the story of this black community. Does that bother you, even now withObviously, you’re aware of it. You know there’s a level of scrutiny that’s gonna exist when you cast people that aren’t like you in any respect.

You’re aware that it’s a radical departure from the history of the story. Radically dismantling the history of the story was a huge reason why we wanted to tell it. His character and the story has been so important to me. But you look back at iterations of it and they’re wildly sexist. They’re wildly racist, the way they portrayed Native Americans, usually.

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