Fans offended by Spider-Man and Star Trek filmmaker’s “racist comments”

Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 producer/writer Roberto Orci has caused controversy with comments that are deemed “racist” by many.

Orci, a Mexican-born filmmaker was speaking at Variety’s Inclusion Summit, when he likened Mr. Spock to an illegal alien, referring to the character as “Mr. Spic”.

Check it out in the video below:

#StarTrek producer: "I always thought of Mr. Spock as a Latino, he’s an alien, an immigrant" https://t.co/6qfRrYgyV6 pic.twitter.com/wzc4ESTimx

— Variety (@Variety) November 2, 2016

“I always thought of Mr. Spock as a Latino, he’s an alien, an immigrant. Just between us, and only I can say this, I personally used to call him Mr. Spic.”

“I said that not as a way to denigrate him, but as a way to get in touch with what it’s like for an alien to come into what looks like a great world.”

“He comes from another land. He’s half-human, I’m half-Mexican. He has this cultural baggage that he brings in while trying to fit in as much as he can.” he said.

Orci recognised his comments afterwards in a sarcastic twitter post:

https://twitter.com/realboborci/status/793760019548221440

However, may felt offended by his remarks:

The #Racist comments made by #RobertoOrci regarding #Spock show he has never understood the character he is writing. Gene would be disgusted

— Scott nixon (@MrBrokenEyes) November 2, 2016

Every watched a Producer destroy his career in under one minute ?
Today the @Variety Inclusion Summit.https://t.co/XwfFx9wbir

— There's a little magic left in you (@Imagineer2018) November 1, 2016

Mr. Spic?!! what the actual fuck Roberto Orci?!!!

— Mr Monkey (@Junsocko) November 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/ComicBookCast/status/793627965963862017

Calling Spock "Mr. Spic"? Calling your Mexican heritage "cultural baggage"? Yikes. #startrek https://t.co/ftxB9kaCoB

— Dane Baker (@danebaker) November 1, 2016

Orci, Mexican-born filmmaker:
“I thought of Spock as a Latino, alien, immigrant
I can say this..Mr. Spic”

Maybe not https://t.co/Hb68cQhFOn

— Mike Oakenshield (@myecoll) November 1, 2016

Roberto Orci did something worse than writing Star Trek Into Darkness. https://t.co/sL2o6ZiDtV

— David Neary (@DeusExCinema) November 1, 2016

Next up for the producer is the The Mummy reboot, which hits theaters in June 2017.