The new Hellboy movie hit a big of a snag a couple weeks ago when it cast Deadpool villain Ed Skrein as canonically Japanese-American character major Ben Daimio.
Extremely good news: it’s Lost star Daniel Dae Kim.
Kim, who is Korean-American, would be perfect for the role of Daimio, and would add a multicultural spark to a cast that so far has been, though very good, also very white.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kim is in negotiations to play the character who joined the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense after an unfortunate brush with a Bolivian jaguar-god.