Every now and again, you run into a celebrity willing to risk their career to lay down some very basic truths. One such actor went out on a limb to effectively call out how “diversity” in Hollywood is oftentimes more focused on than the actual story and as a result, the story or characters in a movie or show suffer, making the show sub-par.

Adrian Paul, who played Duncan Macleod in The Highlander TV series, decided to give his opinion on the forced “diversity” being seen around Hollywood after it was asked of him by someone, and he made it clear that while diversity is great, it might not always be right for certain roles.

“The way I look at it is, I think it is a great thing, but also I think it’s gone too far one way at the moment,” said Paul.

“It’s always going to be like whenever you have a movement that comes out and is very current…everybody wants to step on the bandwagon,” he said.

“Characters in films have to be written for the characters that they are or the people that they are. A diverse type of movie should be written for that,” he continued.“It can’t be, you know, it’s a Caucasian white guy of 45, and then suddenly you get an Asian of 62 being put into that role because it fits the diversity category.”

“I think you have to really look at it and write those roles for that particular type of group,” he continued. “There’s a plethora of stories out there for the diversity groups that are now coming to the forefront. As well as women in movies. There are a lot of female roles.”

Paul addressed the issue of a female James Bond, saying he’s not so sure about that given the fact that Bond was written to be a male. What’s more, he laid down the reality about the size and strength of men vs. the size and strength of women.

“The thing is, when you have a guy that’s 300 lbs. or 250 lbs. full of muscle and pushing through a security detail, it’s really hard to stop that person if you’re a female of only 150 or 200 even 200 lbs,” said Paul.

Paul compared it to using the wrong kind of boat for traveling across an ocean.

“Again, I might be mistaken, but I think we should really sort of look at what fits. You’re not going to build a canoe to go across the ocean. You want to build a big ship so you’re safe, right?” he concluded.

The word “diversity” has become a massive buzzword in our today’s society, typically used by the left to enforce their will or anyone or anything. The long and short of it is that if something is diverse in skin color, gender, sexuality, etc., it’s a good thing, if it’s not diverse then it’s an evil thing that must be destroyed.

What counts as “diverse” can also get confusing. Too many white people and it’s not diverse enough. But if it’s entirely composed of one race then it’s labeled diverse. For instance, journalists oftentimes attached the word “diverse” to their think pieces about the movie Crazy Rich Asians which had a nearly all-Asian cast.

Diversity by itself isn’t a bad thing and in many cases can improve something, however, in this day and age, the left attaches so much significance to it that things begin to roam into ridiculous territory. As Paul brought up, many are angry that James Bond has always been a white man and are now demanding he be changed into a female, specifically one of color. Doing so would effectively eliminate who and what James Bond the character is.

The Lord of the Rings is also a property often accused of racism for its primarily white cast, and the Amazon series has bragged repeatedly about “representation” and “diversity” to the point where it doesn’t make any sense.

Merely mentioning this will get you accused of racism or bigotry, however, this is just a political weapon to silence anyone pointing out that the social justice-washed creations aren’t very good and the message it’s trying to Trojan Horse through a property people love is both obvious and harmful. They effectively turn beloved characters into a bastardization of themselves and use them as a vessel to drive their propaganda through.

In other words, it becomes less about the story and more about the politics, and if Hollywood is wondering why people are turning out, that’s why.