#SaveDaredevil Con is in full swing, celebrating the life and times of the Netflix fan favorite show that was canceled almost two years ago. During a round table with Reckless Actors Peter Shinkoda, Geoffrey Cantor and Tommy Walker made an alarming statement about one of the creatives behind the development of the show. According to Shinkoda, former Marvel Television chief Jeph Loeb allegedly told the writers involved with that show that “nobody gives a shit” about Asian characters, enough that the room had to scrap plans to dive into a backstory involving the characters from Shinkoda Nobu and Wai. Madame Gao from Ching Ho.
“I am a little reluctant to say this, but I will take it and apologize to Tommy [Walker] and Geoff [Cantor] I’m going to take advantage of this moment, but I have to do it because … I just have to do it. I’m not really protecting certain things anymore, “Shinkoda said on Zoom’s live stream.” Jeph Loeb told the writers ‘room not to write for Nobu and Gao, and this was reiterated many times by many of the writers and showrunners, that’ nobody cares about Chinese and Asians. There were three previous Marvel movies, a trilogy called Sword That was done where Wesley Snipes kills 200 Asians in every movie because nobody gives a shit, so don’t write about Nobu and Gao ‘, so they were forced to drop their story and drop it. “
It is not the first time that Loeb has been under fire for a similar situation. In 2018, the writer donned a karate suit at a panel at San Diego Comic-Con promoting Iron fist Season two, a move that many consider whitening.
The actor then entered the backstory, which followed Nobu and his trip to the United States under the guise of a medical procedure, only for him to come and help Gao and The Hand with their Black Sky plans. Shinkoda says those plans were later scrapped.
“It was a very interesting story about having to go there on the pretext of having some type of transplant for medical reasons,” added the actor. “A large amount of paperwork and bureaucracy were falsified so that Nobu could enter the country and carry out his Black Sky plans, but that whole backstory was abandoned. The writers told me they regret it and were reluctant to do so because they were revived. ” about including that in the story, but they were avoided, so I had to make up this other story and rock the stuff they gave me. “
Shinkoda played Nobu Yoshioka in the first two seasons of Reckless, a high-ranking member of The Hand. Throughout his time on the show, Nobu played a variety of roles from an acquaintance under Kingpin’s criminal empire (Vincent D’Onofrio) to serve as a guardian of the Black Sky, a mystical being essentially worshiped by The Hand.
ComicBook.com has reached out to representatives of Shinkoda and Disney for additional comment, but none was available at press time.
The three seasons of Reckless They are now streaming on Netflix.
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