Latino Flash glad he didn’t have to explain his background in new Spider-Man movie

Actor Tony Revolori has heaped praise on the writers and producers of the new Spider-Man movie for not explaining why his character, The Flash, is Latino.
The Grand Budapest Hotel star plays the speedy superhero in Spider-Man: Homecoming and still can’t believe producers Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige just let his character exist in the film.
He tells WENN, “Thank you to (director) Jon Watts, Amy and Kevin for casting a 5’8″ brown guy to play a 6’2” blond, blue-eyed guy.
“When you see the film there’s not a single explanation why I look the way I look. I’m just in the movie. It’s not about being a certain race. That’s the kind of diversity we need in Hollywood right now.”
Pascal adds there was never a moment where she or the writers felt they needed to explain where The Flash was from: “I would say the inspiration for the diversity was reality,” she says.