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Annihilationwriter and director Alex Garland has given his first response toaccusations of whitewashingthe lead characters in his upcoming movie.
But the characters in the novel I read and adapted were not given names or ethnicities.
There was no studio pressure to cast white.
The casting choices were entirely mine.
But there was nothing cynical or conspiratorial about the way I cast this movie.
