Here's What Tim Burton Says About Lack of Diversity in 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'
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The 58-year-old filmmaker offers some weird explanation about why he decided to cast predominantly white actors in his latest movie, saying, 'Things either call for things, or they don't.'

AceShowbiz - Tim Burton talks about the lack of diversity in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children". Speaking to Bustle, the 58-year-old filmmaker offers some weird explanation about why he decided to cast predominantly white actors. The only non-white actor in a notable role is Samuel L. Jackson, who plays the villainous Barron in the film adaptation of Ransom Riggs' novel of the same name.

"Nowadays, people are talking about it more," Tim explained. "Things either call for things, or they don't. I remember back when I was a child watching 'The Brady Bunch' and they started to get all politically correct, like, 'Okay, let's have an Asian child and a black' - I used to get more offended by that than just - I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that's great. I didn't go like, 'Okay, there should be more white people in these movies.' "

Meanwhile, Samuel "noticed" the lack of diversity in the movie, but he was willing to work with Tim. "I had to go back in my head and go, how many black characters have been in Tim Burton movies?" Jackson shared. "And I may have been the first, I don't know, or the most prominent in that particular way, but it happens the way it happens. I don't think it's any fault of his or his method of storytelling, it's just how it's played out. Tim's a really great guy."

"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" follows 16-year-old Jake (Asa Butterfield) who takes the advice of his therapist to set on a journey. He finds the secret orphanage where his grandfather claims to have stayed as a child. As he explores its abandoned bedroom and hallways, it becomes clear that the children are more than peculiar. He is later given the task by Miss Peregrine to protect the children from horrible creatures known as Wights and Hollowgasts.

Set to hit U.S. theaters on September 30, the fantasy film also stars Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Lauren McCrostie, Cameron King, Thomas Odwell, Joseph Odwell, Pixie Davies, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Kim Dickens and Judi Dench.

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