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Christian Bale
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Moses
Film
"Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014) is based on the biblical story of Moses and his defiance against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses as he leads thousands of slaves out of Egypt.
Character's Background
Moses, like Noah, hails from ancient Middle East. He eventually leads the enslaved Israelites to freedom.
Actor's Background
Christian Bale is a British actor with no Middle Eastern ancestry. He's also far from the only white actor in the film, Australian actor Joel Edgerton portrays Ramses.
After a blog calling the film "racist" for having white leads while people of color were cast as servants and slaves went viral and the hashtag #BoycottExodusMovie began to trend, director Ridley Scott defended his decisions with a simple excuse: money.
"I can't mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such," Scott told Variety. "I'm just not going to get it financed. So the question doesn't even come up." And that was that. The film still went on to make over $260 million worldwide.
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