“I wouldn’t mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian or anything else, that he stay that way,” Lee said. “But we originally made him white. I don’t see any reason to change that.”
“I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly,” he said. “But again, I don’t see any reason to change the sexual proclivities of a character once they’ve already been established. I have no problem with creating new, homosexual superheroes.”
“It has nothing to do with being anti-gay, or anti-black, or anti-Latino, or anything like that,” Lee said. “Latino characters should stay Latino. The Black Panther should certainly not be Swiss. I just see no reason to change that which has already been established when it’s so easy to add new characters. I say create new characters the way you want to. Hell, I’ll do it myself.”
Stan Lee doesn’t think movies should change Spider-Man’s race or sexuality
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I agree totally, but to be fair I never had a problem with Ras not being Arabic, or Bane not being Latino. B list characters and under I’ve never been upset about. It’s about putting the best talent in that role, even if it isn’t 100% true to the source material.
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and that’s why stan’s the man.
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Thank YOU!! Stan knows whats up! I hate when people feel like they should change characters to make it appeal to them more. I also hate when some others say its racist if they don’t. Don’t drastically change established characters.
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Be original. It’s that simple.
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I think you should clarify that Stan is talking about Peter Parker specifically, not Spider-Man as a concept. Stan has always been supportive of Miles Morales. The headline is misleading.
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Fanboys only seem to get butthurt over race swaps to the heroes. The supporting and villains, they tend to not give a crap.
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