![]() Jake Gyllenhaal: Folks were none too happy when the actor played the lead role in the 2010 fantasy film “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” Gyllenhaal didn’t love it, either. Here are a handful of casting choices that have inflamed public feeling against Hollywood. So, it rankles when people believe a character to be “whitewashed.” “Color-blind casting,” as it has come to be known, has both its critics and its supporters for myriad fair and important reasons.īlackface, the offensive portrayals of Asians and Latinos by White actors, and underrepresentation of people of color behind the scenes all point to the fact that the entertainment industry has long had a race problem. (Jolie also caught flak for playing real-life French journalist Mariane Pearl, who is of Afro-Cuban-Chinese-Dutch descent, in the 2007 film “A Mighty Heart”).īut the issue is bigger than just one role. The belief that Cleopatra was a woman of color also caused consternation in 2010, when Stacy Schiff, the author of the biography “Cleopatra: A Life,” suggested Angelina Jolie would be the perfect choice to play the queen in a film adaptation of her book. ![]() Celebrity splits are none of our business, but we still care. ![]() Let’s stop telling celebrities to stay out of politics. ![]() Rebel Wilson, Lizzo and Adele’s personal fitness is just that. ![]()
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