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Disney has confirmed today that Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) will direct the Lone Ranger reboot and that Johnny Depp has been signed. Is it as the title role? No, it’s as Tonto.

Tonto, in the Lone Ranger universe, is a native american who plays the role of a sidekick to the title character.

Here’s the thing: Johnny Depp isn’t exactly a native american. He says that his great grand-mother was cherokee, but that’s it. Disney seems to be afraid of casting non-caucasian actors in their title roles. Does Jake Gyllenhall look persian at all?

I can understand how trying to find a good native american actor and to sell a movie with an unknown in one of the main roles could be harder, but it’s not impossible. Actors can play different nationalities it’s true, but we’re talking about one of the most iconic native american roles ever created here. In the tv series, they hired a real native from the Six Nations Reservation in Ontario. Why can’t the same thing be done here?

If Donald Glover can’t play Spider-man because he’s “supposed to be white”, why is there a double standard when it comes to native americans?

Here’s the trailer for Anton Corbjin’s next movie : The American