I would rather quote that comment (it's far down, buried deep into the silly same comments):

The fact that y’all are upset by this gender/race swap and not the exclusion of Arabic actors, in an obviously Arab influenced story, says mountains about where all of your beliefs on race lie. Get out of this fandom, cause it ain’t for y’all.

I've read the book, this gender swap is of zero consequences to me, and the actress is doing a superb job.

@xut said:

I would rather quote that comment (it's far down, buried deep into the silly same comments):

The fact that y’all are upset by this gender/race swap and not the exclusion of Arabic actors, in an obviously Arab influenced story, says mountains about where all of your beliefs on race lie. Get out of this fandom, cause it ain’t for y’all.

I've read the book, this gender swap is of zero consequences to me, and the actress is doing a superb job.

Yeah, Im sure they want Arab actors doing a multi planetary Jihad and wiping out 61 billion people in the name of a false prophet along with 40 different religions that were wiped out as well. Im glad you like the gender swap but many fans dont. And Im more pissed off that Villeneuve went along with it. Dont get wrong, Im going Friday night and Im sure its going to be amazing but it still grinds my gears.

That's a very fair point I guess, there's already so much Islamic words in the material, it was probably the safer choice (though they do feel under-represented, sadly).

@xut said:

That's a very fair point I guess, there's already so much Islamic words in the material, it was probably the safer choice (though they do feel under-represented, sadly).

Agreed. This would have been a good opportunity for some Arab actors to get introduced to American audiences. And best of all it would have gone with the source material.