10 times audiences weren't happy with who was cast in a movie role

The casting of Scarlett Johansson in the Japanese manga-turned-movie "Ghost in the Shell" was widely criticized.Paramount Pictures

• Sometimes casting decisions are met with a lot of backlash for the film's creator and the actor or actress who was cast.
• The casting of actress Scarlett Johansson as a character from a Japanese manga caused controversy.
• Actress Angelina Jolie was criticized for being cast to play a historical figure of color in "A Mighty Heart."

Sometimes casting decisions can cause movies to face backlash from audiences.

Many of these casting controversies typically have to do with whitewashing, when an actor is cast for a historically non-white role, as well as casting cisgender actors for transgender roles.

Most recently, Halle Berry said on Instagram Live that she might be doing an upcoming film where she will be playing a transgender man. As Nick Duffy reported for Pink News, the actress is already facing backlash, as casting cisgender actors as trans people has often been cited as problematic and inauthentic.

Here are 10 other times controversial casting decisions have received backlash from audiences.