because of reasons.

[kaydeefalls]

So for some reason I decided to stay up until 3am last night playing with graphics. (I hit some kind of critical mass of frustration with not having had Photoshop for eight months, so I downloaded the trial version of Elements on a whim. GOD I MISSED PHOTOSHOP. Something tells me I will be blowing some of my savings on keeping this once the trial version expires.)

I've been playing around with race- and gender-swapped casts of things in my head for a while, so here, have a recast of Firefly if the crew of Serenity actually reflected the Asian-dominant culture of its 'verse. (Originally posted on my tumblr.)




Malcolm Reynolds…..Daniel Dae Kim
Zoe Alleyne Washburne…..Grace Park
Wash Washburne…..John Cho
Kaylee Frye…..T.V. Carpio
Jayne Cobb…..Dante Basco
Simon Tam…..Takeshi Kaneshiro
River Tam…..Zhang Ziyi
Inara Serra…..Gong Li
Shepherd Book…..Chow Yun-Fat

I've been reading some interesting commentary on the invisibility of Asian actors/extras in the Firefly 'verse, and it's a very valid criticism. It should be noted that I adore the original cast with all my heart, but what if Whedon had cast Asian(-American) actors in central roles? AWESOMENESS clearly could have ensued.

(Next up, like everyone and their mother, I've got a genderswapped Avengers cast mostly hammered out.)

Comments

[rosaw]

That is totally cool. I particularly love your casting for Zoe (though I adore Gina Torres, too).

[kaydeefalls]

Thanks! And, yeah, this is in no way meant to imply that the actual cast was somehow not awesome. Because they were!

[cadenzamuse]

WAHHHHHHH GRACE PARK AND JOHN CHO MY BRAIN EXPLODED WITH AWESOME

[kaydeefalls]

SRSLY JUST THINK HOW AWESOME THEY WOULD BE AS A SASSY BICKERING COUPLE.