Well that didn’t take long. Less than two weeks after actor Ed Skrein stepped down from the role of Major Ben Daimio in Neil Marshall’s Hellboy reboot amidst whitewashing controversy, Lost alum Daniel Dae Kim is reportedly in talks to replace him. Ed Skrein is white and English, Kim is Korean-American, and, in the comics, Daimio is Japanese-American.

Though Hellboy is far from the first property to receive criticism for whitewashing—Death Note, Doctor Strange, Ghost in the Shell, and more come immediately to mind—it is unique in that rather than pushing back on the public outcry over casting, Skrein swiftly and resolutely stepped down. “It is clear that representing this character in a culturally accurate way holds significance for people,” Skrein wrote in a widely praised note on Twitter, “and to neglect this responsibility would continue a worrying tendency to obscure ethnic minority stories and voices in the Arts. I feel it is important to honour and respect that. Therefore I have decided to step down so the role can be cast appropriately.”

But the added wrinkle in this story comes from the fact that Kim himself was also on the front lines of a very public debate about Asian representation in Hollywood earlier this summer. Kim and his Hawaii Five-0 co-star Grace Park walked away from the popular CBS series after failed negotiations to bring their salaries up to match those of their white co-stars, Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan. While promoting his new series, ABC’s The Good Doctor, to the T.C.A.s last month, Kim said: “It’s possible to be grateful and respectful, and still maintain a steadfast sense of your self-worth. All good things come to an end. I closed that chapter on Hawaii Five-0 and I begin this new chapter on The Good Doctor.” Little did Kim know at the time that a huge studio franchise might also be in the cards for him.

No word yet at all on the controversy from director Neil Marshall nor on Kim’s potential hiring from Hellboy star David Harbour. (Understandable if Kim is still in negotiations.) But Harbour was quick to comment on Skrein’s decision to step down and frustrations over whitewashing in general. Like Skrein, he made no move to push back against concerns. “Hey internet. Thank you for your voices,” the famously outspoken Stranger Things star tweeted. “An injustice was done and will be corrected. Many thanks to @edskrein for doing what is right.” Hiring Kim would certainly be a step in the right direction.