Death Note was targeted by whitewashing allegations following its release, but Netflix producer Roy Lee came out in defence of the movie.
He said: "I can understand the criticism... if our version of Death Note was set in Japan and [featured] characters that were Japanese-named or of Japanese ancestry. It is an interpretation of that story in a different culture, so there are going to be some obvious changes.
"Some people will like them, some people may not. [The changes] make it more appealing to the US or to the English-language market."
Death Note is available to stream on Netflix.
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Netflix is making a sequel to its controversial Death Note movie
He said: "I can understand the criticism... if our version of Death Note was set in Japan and [featured] characters that were Japanese-named or of Japanese ancestry. It is an interpretation of that story in a different culture, so there are going to be some obvious changes.
"Some people will like them, some people may not. [The changes] make it more appealing to the US or to the English-language market."
Death Note is available to stream on Netflix.
Source:
Netflix is making a sequel to its controversial Death Note movie