Regé-Jean Page reacts to accusations of racism at Warner Bros.

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It all started with an article in the

 this week in which Ray Fisher and numerous anonymous sources denounce the racism that would reign at Warner Bros.

For some of these sources, the proof is the refusal to choose Regé-Jean Page to play Superman's grandfather in the SyFy

series

.

DC Films president Geoff Johns reportedly felt the superhero couldn't have a black grandfather.

So many revelations which, for Regé-Jean Page, have the effect of a pinch of salt thrown on wounds that he would like to see closed.

“Hearing about these conversations hurts no less now than it did back then.

The clarifications limited me hurt more to be honest, ”he blurted out on Twitter in reaction to the article.

Visibly hurt, the actor refuses to give in to discouragement.

“I always do my thing.

We are still doing our job.

We're still here, ”he added.

DC assumes

Questioned by

 in the meantime, Geoff Johns reacted through his representatives.

According to the boss of DC Films, Regé-Jean Page was dismissed at a very early stage of the casting, because he did not indeed correspond to the profile.

The studio was looking to make continuity with the role played by Russell Crowe in

(2013) and that is why they would have set their sights on Cameron Cuffe.

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