The Great Wall: Constance Wu says Matt Damon film perpetuates 'racist myth that only white men can save the world'

In the English-language film directed by Zhang Yimou, Damon plays a European soldier who fights monsters on the Great Wall of China.

Add Matt Damon to the growing list of actors at the centre of ‘whitewashing’ controversies as his latest role in The Great Wall has sparked outrage from numerous people around the world.

Other people to critique the film include Jen Yamato, a writer for the Daily Beast, who Tweeted: “1700 years to build, just for Matt Damon to come save it.”