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Hollywood has been under fire with accusations of racism for quite a long time.Top Gun: Maverickactor Danny Ramirez became the latest target after a big studio film rejected the actor due to his Latino ethnicity.
Taking to Twitter, the actor revealed the severe racism that he faced during his auditions. Ramirez further revealed that although the script was centered around the main character being a Latino, they cast a white actor instead.
When Hollywood Rejected TheTop Gun: MaverickActor For Being Latino
With a team of not-so-rookie players in the field of aviation, Tom Cruise led the team in a tough fight that ended a bit similar to the rebels in the space franchise. Danny Ramirez, an American actor of Mexican descent, portrayed the character of Lt.Mickey ‘Fanboy’ Garcia in the movie.
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With much fame acquired, the actor went on to an undisclosed movie set for an audition for a role. As per theLook Both Waysactor, the script for the upcoming movie was centered around the main character being Latino. Following Danny Ramirez’s audition, the studio decided to cast a white actor for the role of a Latino instead of…an actual Latino person.
Taking his anger out on Twitter, theTop Gun: Maverickactor revealed the behind-the-scenes of Hollywood and was surprised by the racism that they showcased.
Recently auditioned for a lead role in a studio film. Met the director, producers, everyone… There was major plot dependent on the actor being latino.
They cast a white guy.
If you can rewrite last minute for a white person. I better see rewrites the other way around as well.
— Danny Ramirez (@DannyRamirez)July 04, 2025
Several people stood alongside the actor as they gave their sympathies and their validations to Danny Ramirez. Stating that the studio did not deserve the actor anyways, the fans reminded Ramirez that hope is always around the corner.
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During the early shooting ofTop Gun: Maverick,the actors would all hit the gym to maintain their physique. According to reports by Page Six, Ramirez and the team essentially bonded by pushing each other to their maximum limits while in the gym.
Talking about a little competition in the game, Danny Ramirez revealed that the actors would attempt to reach as early as possible to outperform their co-stars and showcase their bulky muscles.
“There was a lot of competition with the guys, since the beginning of filming when it came to working out. I think it’s just funny, being with a bunch of dudes just pushing each other to the limit at the gym. Every day we start showing up earlier and earlier to the gym…it just brought cohesion to the group. We all knew abs were established in the first [film], so we had to take it to another level. So aesthetically I think we felt the need for the challenge.”
Their intense workout surely helped the movie sinceTop Gun: Maverickalmost reached the $1.5 billion mark at the global box office. Being equally rated to its predecessor,Top Gun: Maverickbecame one of the best sequels to a classic film in Hollywood. TheTom Cruisestarrer is currently available to stream on Paramount+.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
