{"id":2818,"date":"2016-04-18T08:11:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/fans-upset-about-ghost-in-the-shell-casting-recruit-rinko-kikuchi-on-instagram\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T08:11:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:11:01","slug":"fans-upset-about-ghost-in-the-shell-casting-recruit-rinko-kikuchi-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/fans-upset-about-ghost-in-the-shell-casting-recruit-rinko-kikuchi-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans upset about 'Ghost in the Shell' casting recruit Rinko Kikuchi on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Sorry Paramount Pictures: Fans of Ghost in the Shell <\/i>are still mad about\u00a0Scarlett Johansson being cast instead of an Asian actress\u00a0as the lead.<\/p>\n

So mad, in fact, that many are utilizing Instagram to Photoshop Asian actresses\u00a0into the recent still provided by the studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Max Landis defends Scarlett Johansson in ‘Ghost in the Shell’ after whitewashing controversy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ghost in the Shell<\/i>, based on the popular Japanese anime series of the same name, follows cyborg policewoman Major Kusanagi. It was first made into an animated movie in 1995.<\/p>\n

The first image from the film hit the web on Thursday. And since then, it’s ignited backlash and a sea of headlines over whether the casting is “whitewashing.”\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Instagram<\/a>, Casting<\/a>, Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, Ghost In The Shell<\/a>, and Entertainment<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Sorry Paramount Pictures: Fans of Ghost in the Shell are still mad about\u00a0Scarlett Johansson being cast instead of an Asian actress\u00a0as the lead. So mad, in fact, that many are utilizing Instagram to Photoshop Asian actresses\u00a0into the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2048,739,2050,821,2049],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-casting","tag-entertainment","tag-ghost-in-the-shell","tag-instagram","tag-scarlett-johansson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}