Zac Effron to play Kaneda? NANDE KOREWA?
KANEDA IS JAPANESE.
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HOLLYWOOD: WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO CAST JAPANESE ACTORS IN JAPANESE ROLES?
Was Ken Watanabe unavailable? Oh, no—he’ll probably play the Colonel.
HOLLYWOOD NEWSFLASH: AKIRA TAKES PLACE IN NEO-TOKYO.
THAT’S IN JAPAN.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE JAPANESE PEOPLE IN IT.
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UPDATE: Turns out Zac won't be doing it, but the word still is that the script no longer takes place in Japan and stars two 30-somethings and not two teenage gang kids. How they'll work in the awesome motorcycles at this point I do not now.
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