After Ed Skrein stepped away from the role, Lionsgate released a statement stating that the studio will re-cast the character, “with an actor more consistent with the character in the source material,” and it seems they’ve found their man in Daniel Dae Kim.
Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim has entered talks to play Ben Daimio, who, in the comics is a Japanese-American character.
Exactly two weeks after Ed Skrein made a surprise exit from Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot, following “whitewashing” concerns about his character Major Ben Daimio, a replacement has been found.
With this Hellboy reboot, Daniel Dae Kim joins a growing cast that includes David Harbour as the title character, Milla Jovovich as Nimue the Blood Queen, Ian McShane as Professor Broom, Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan and Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida.