Latina actress, Zoe Saldana has come under fire for painting her face black in a trailer for the new Nina Simone biopic. Fans and even Nina Simone's family have condemned her.
Saldana, who plays the legendary performer and civil rights activist, Nins Simone, had her skin look darker and her nose made to look wider in a poster and video promoting the movie.
The actress tweeted a quote from Simone on Wednesday, only for the family of the late Feeling Good singer to demand she 'take Nina's name out your mouth for the rest of your life'.
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Supporters of Simone's music and work criticized movie bosses for casting Saldana - who is an American of part Puerto Rican and Dominican descent - back in 2012.
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After years of delays the movie is finally set to be released in April - and its trailer has caused outrage among the black community. Read some of the tweets below...
Source: Daily Mail
33 comments:
lolz.
They should use one of their family members to act the movie na..awon oloshi
We all gat big problem in dis world. Linda take note!
Dese people can take something too personal ehhh... Na just film ooo
Blacks always playing victims..if it was a black dat played the role of a white lady,dey won't have a problem with it ooo....why re we so fond of playing victim.....d whites rule d world....its either u act to be better dan dem...or wallow in self pity
Trouble, everywhere you go. More Instagram followers for you
Its wrong tho. So many good black actresses cud have been cast for that role - like Taraji P. Henson.
Why cast a light skinned woman to potray the very thing she was against - racism. And some people feel Jada was outta line over the Oscars? Racism is still very very real in Hollywood
I would say blame the casting director but then again Zoe shud have known better and declined the role
Na wa 4 all dis pple o.ehn d family shud act d film demselves den
Leave my zoe alone joor
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Na waoo!
Drama
Na them sabi, shebi she no fit act whatever she wan act with her color abi?
Ok just wondering what the drama is all about..guess a black woman should have played the role.....ProudlyDeltan
Gud for her.
#FINEST
Some people self.
Pple must talk
Well,they have a point.but I see it as the white embracing the black race.
They should have gotten a darker skin person. None of my business
Couldn't they just get someone with dark skin, a wide nose and thick lips just like the real Nina? Rather than get someone totally different and start blackening face and widening nose with make up. If this were nollywood I'd have asked who Zoe shagged to get the role.
What's wrong with some people??? If an actress had cut her hair for a role, would she been mawed on like this?? They forget to understand that the important part of choosing someone for a role is their ability to give the best performance that can be given, no one can be someone else, if there are other things that can be adjusted to make the performance close to 100%, then it shouldn't cause these kind of issues...
Zoe calls herself a black latina but only for acting opportunities. Otherwise, she sticks with non blacks. It's got to be said. Hollywood doesn't like black people very much. That's why they have a white man playing Michael Jackson. The slights will continue unless blacks get their own and stop looking to that industry for validation.
Rather inappropriate rantings. Whats wrong with dat Afterall ta just a movie!
HEy! Hold it! You guys shouldn't take it out on Zoe. It wasn't her fault that she was casted for it. After all she needed the money naa.
Not her fault, but that of the make-up artist and the producer
She didn't make herself up
#PeterObiForPresident2019
It's not JUST a movie. This is an important part of modern African American history. Please educate yourself about who Nino Simons was. All her life, she battled discrimination of dark skinned blacks only to have a movie about her her story suffer such indignity. #Shameful
Shut up you compare colour to hair are you crazy?
God bless u anonymous 1.36pm. We a bunch of nitwits here who don't know anything about d struggles of blacks in America. They just come here to expose their shallowness n stupidity.
Pple must talk
Zoe even looks like d woman, dis ppl sshud stop taking tins too far and nobody shud insult my Zoe o
Thank u my dear voila Davis! Lupita nyong!! Megan good!! Woopie Goldberg more dan enough to pick from!!!
Sigh darling shut up already!!
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