Race in Fantasy: House Martell & Ambiguously Brown

AN: Apparently he released another statement, but it was after I recorded this video that he said whatever it is that he said. I have nothing against Pedro Pascal as an actor and if he does identify as Latino there are still issues at play in the way the casting was handled. Also just in case anyone asks. I pictured the Martells Middle Eastern/Southeast Asian in appearance.

GRRM Statement:
I wasn't present for Pedro Pascal's audition, but I understand that he really killed it with his reading. And since his casting was announced, the producer of another TV show on which he appeared recently has written me to say how terrific Pascal is, and to congratulate us on the casting. So I suspect that he will turn out to be a wonderful Red Viper.

I do know that David and Dan and HBO do favor having a racially and ethnically diverse cast on the series. It is true that we've lost several black characters who appear in the novels (Chataya and Alayaya, Jalabhar Xho, Strong Belwas), but to balance that, characters like Salladhor Saan and Xaro Xhoan Daxos, both white in the books, have been played by black actors. Missandei as well, though in the books the Naathi are golden-skinned, not white.

As for the Dornishmen, well, though by and large I reject one to one analogies, I've always pictured the "salty Dornish" as being more Mediterranean than African in appearance; Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, etc. Dark hair and eyes, olive skin. Pedro Pascal is Chilean. (Check out Amok's version of the Red Viper, that's how I saw him. Or Magali Villenueve's beautiful and sexy portrait of Princess Arianne).

Meyer's Statement:
"This question is answered in CINDER (Chapter 19), but when people ask this, I think what they really want to know is what does she look like. There's been much confusion over this, in part because the actress in the book trailer is very fair, but also because I avoid specifying a race in the book. I envision Cinder as a mix of many races. Tan skin, brown hair, brown eyes. She has the type of coloring that's very ambiguous and allows her to blend in just about anywhere (especially in a world where cultures and ethnicities have been merging for hundreds of years, like the Earthen Union).

Two actresses that I think look like Cinder (sort of) are Mew Azama and Shay Mitchell.

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