#I got to ask Gurinder Chada tonight why Jules and Jess didn’t get together in the end at a TIFF event #/ were the rumors true about the original script #and she said that just getting a script with an Indian girl greenlit was near impossible #they shopped it around for THREE YEARS #finally the UK film council had a competition and she got a tip from someone on the committee #who gave her a copy of the report that they were gonna reject it #because “you will not be able to find an Indian girl who can play like David Beckham” #so she got in touch with the incoming Chairman of the UK Council and called him out on it #“what the fuck is this – do they think Harrison Ford jumps out of planes?” #“I am your diversity hire and you trot me out all the time and now you are pulling this shit?” #and said “if you don’t fund this film I am going to the press with this repor t#” so they greenlit the movie so they wouldn’t be accused of being racist #but a LOT of changes to the original script had to be made still #like even having the het interracial romance was a fight #so they dropped the Jules and Jess bit #aged down the coach character #interesting tho that they tried to keep the talking points #like Jules lecturing her mom about gender and sexuality #parallels with Tony being gay #and the open ending with the romance with Joe #and she cited an interview that Kiera Knightly made about a sequel #and she said who knows? #basically it was a product of its time# and anytime a movie with a lead with a person of color is made it is a miracle (via dealanexmachina)