As if casting Naomi Scott as Kimberly for the Power Rangers movie by Lionsgate wasn't weird enough (and I hope Toei and Hasbro will abandon the movie project altogether) -- I just felt casting her as Jasmine is kinda awkward. How so? Scott herself is half-Indian and half-British and not of Middle Eastern descent. It almost feels as awkward as Chinese TV series that make Chinese celebrities play non-Chinese characters, having American actors play French characters (ex. various incarnations of Hunchback of Notre Dame) or how several incarnations of The Monkey King have Indian characters played by Chinese celebrities!
Her appearance in the Aladdin movie makes her look like Avalokitesvara the Bodhisattva of Compassion instead of Princess Jasmine. Right now, I'd rather imagine the actress playing the role of an Indian princess who gave up her birthright and swears herself to celibacy to achieve enlightenment, gave the ultimate sacrifice of giving her eyes and arms to cure her father and to become she who hears the cries of the world. Right now, I wish she would be cast as Guan Yin in any adaptation of Journey to the West or any Indian character. Jasmine? Well... I'll just have to see but her in action first but her casting as Jasmine is no less awkward as a Chinese woman playing an Indian woman... =P
Right now, I'm just thinking about Scott taking the role of Guan Yin the Bodhisattva of Compassion in any adaptation of Journey to the West.
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