![]() Cook ( Criminal Minds), who did end up playing the part (as shown above), was great in the role, he had hoped that a Black actress would be considered for it as well. The writer of the Day of the Dead remake then went on to say that the film industry at large would "automatically envision a white person" in a role unless the script specifies that it is a character of color.īut even that didn't prove enough when it came to Final Destination 2, in which Reddick had stated that the lead character of Kimberly Corman was originally written as a Black woman. "In my treatment, I wrote the character of Kimberly as Black, but when it got to the script stage, that description was removed and they cast a white actress." "I've actually written a lot of characters of different ethnic backgrounds in my scripts and they ended up casting them with white actors and actresses," says Reddick. As Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick tells Entertainment Tonight, any attempts to include Black or queer leads in his films ultimately ended up with the characters being straight and cast with white actors. Just let the bodies hit the floor one time, Death, you coward.The last few years have brought a lot of change in the horror-sphere, especially in terms of representation, with newer releases boasting more diverse casts, from Jordan Peele's breakout hit Get Out in 2017 to one of Blumhouse's latest offerings, Evil Eye, which features an Indian American family at the heart of it.īut 20 years ago, this wasn't the case. Just once I’d like it to kick off a vision by blasting Drowning Pool. It’s always tipping its hand by playing Kansas and John Denver. The main thing I noticed while rewatching all 5 films to collate this list was how much Death loves folk rock. ![]() ![]() That’s right - every circuitous, Rube Goldberg-ian fatality in the franchise’s bloody history has been ordered from worst to greatest by yours truly, a man of undeniable taste and supreme vision. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the first film, I’ve ranked every single death in the Final Destination series. Seriously, people get beefed so hard in these films they disappear from photographs. Death itself stalks the characters in these films, subjecting them to convoluted accidents that frequently play out like comedy routines, right up until the graphic finish. ![]() The Final Destinationseries might be one of the most unique horror franchises around, because they're essentially slasher films without a slasher. ![]()
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