Shamberg said he apologized to Thomas for an inaccuracy in the film: Thomas is black, but the actor cast to portray him, William Mapother, is white. Filmmakers realized the mistake only after production had begun, Shamberg said.Given the fact that our armed forces are considerably more diverse than most other American institutions, it says a lot that the filmmakers assumed that the mysterious Marine must have been white. At least no one can accuse them of celluloid affirmative action.
Thomas laughed and gently chided the filmmakers, then politely declined to discuss it further. "I don't want to shed any negativity on what they were trying to show," he said.
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