I don’t get the white vs brown talk honestly the people wanting her to be “white” are likely to be racist
the real issue here is casting yet another indians(actually two cobra also) as a middle eastern coded character which is a real problem 20 years ago i would have understood it the whole 9/11 thing everyone avoided middle easterners like the plague but in 2025? so if they got an egyptian/middle eastern actress i don’t think it would matter how pale she is at least that’s for me
the real issue here is casting yet another indians(actually two cobra also) as a middle eastern coded character which is a real problem 20 years ago i would have understood it the whole 9/11 thing everyone avoided middle easterners like the plague but in 2025? so if they got an egyptian/middle eastern actress i don’t think it would matter how pale she is at least that’s for me