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23 White Actors Miscast in Nonwhite Roles, From Mickey Rooney to Emma Stone [Photo Gallery]
The Wrap ^ | 23 June 2021 | Wrap Staff

Posted on 06/23/2021 2:25:35 AM PDT by zeestephen

Hollywood just doesn't seem to learn from its mistakes as it continues to cast white actors in nonwhite roles again and again. And again.

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To: katykelly

I liked it. Lancaster playing a man drawn to a woman he thinks is his sister; Murphy playing a drunken bigot; Hepburn an Indian maiden; Gish playing piano out on the boundless plain.
They all seemed to be enjoying themselves.


21 posted on 06/23/2021 6:10:30 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Varda

Idris Alba as Heimdahl the WHITE... He’s a good actor, but the political/racial statement was ham-handed and unnecessary.


22 posted on 06/23/2021 6:10:49 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Sans-Culotte; katana

Olivier’s dark face performance in Khartoum as the Mahdi at first seemed over the top but as the movie progressed the inherent fundamental Islamic madness of the character was more clearly delineated in his excellent performance.


23 posted on 06/23/2021 6:15:37 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They are ACTING, playing dress up and make believe. Geesh!


24 posted on 06/23/2021 6:38:52 AM PDT by CheneyClone
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To: zeestephen

Someone had to dig hard to find those. I would be proud of having Sir Laurence Olivier acting for my race.

The race baiting never ends with leftists.


25 posted on 06/23/2021 6:43:55 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: zeestephen

Some people have way too much time on their hands to find stupid things like this to complain about. If you are good in your role, I could care less if you are protraying a black, white, etc.


26 posted on 06/23/2021 6:47:49 AM PDT by wbslws
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To: katana

Wes Studi narrated one of my TV documentaries and I really enjoyed working and hanging out with him in Santa Fe. He’s a great guy and I think you’d like him very much; he knows the Cherokee history and is one of the few who can speak the language, fluently.


27 posted on 06/23/2021 6:48:37 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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The White Actors still played their roles FAR better, than ANY Black actors ever played characters that were originally White.As proof of their untalentedness.


28 posted on 06/23/2021 8:03:50 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: zeestephen
Charleton Heston was not miscast. There are Mexicans in the upperclasses who come from German, Spanish, or French ancestry that have never intermarried with the native populations.

"The Party", with Peter Sellers playing an Indian, was recommended to me by an Indian (Asian not American) friend who found it hilarious. As did I.

29 posted on 06/23/2021 8:04:29 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Buttons12

I stand corrected


30 posted on 06/23/2021 8:08:56 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: zeestephen

In British shows, which I watch almost exclusively, it’s ridiculous. In Midsomer Murders they dumped the creator because he wasn’t changing the nature of the little Cotswolds towns. Immediately afterwards, the towns were populated by people of all colors who had never been seen before.

I always think of King Lear which I saw with Ian McKellen in 2018 in London. One of his three daughters was black. She did a great job,. It just seemed out of place, though.


31 posted on 06/23/2021 8:10:26 AM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: zeestephen
I don't know, I found him to be quite funny in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY's:


32 posted on 06/23/2021 8:21:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: zeestephen

Amos and Andy smile we got it right.


33 posted on 06/23/2021 8:22:11 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: zeestephen
I could never take this movie seriously with John Wayne as Genghis Khan with a Southern Drawl:


34 posted on 06/23/2021 8:22:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: zeestephen

Denise Richards is… a Scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones! in the James Bond Movie: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH


35 posted on 06/23/2021 8:26:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Supposedly he was forced by the studio to do the picture so he stayed drunk while doing it. Also there was above ground atomic testing being done ‘nearby’ relatively speaking. Dust from the test supposedly fell on the actors, crew, & production company. Many died late in life of cancer.


36 posted on 06/23/2021 8:29:49 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

RE: Many died late in life of cancer.

Well, that included the great John Wayne himself :(


37 posted on 06/23/2021 8:43:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

More likely his smoking had as much to do with it as anything.


38 posted on 06/23/2021 8:45:20 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Sans-Culotte
Please.

Apologies for use of hyperbole to make the point. The word "Even" before "Lord Olivier" was intended to convey utmost respect. "Cringe" was the hyperbole. Although his acting in films was sometimes, as you stated, over-the-top for that medium. Richard Burton in an interview once stated that his wife Elizabeth Taylor taught him to pull back and be more understated for film. Olivier, the greatest stage actor of his generation, never seemed to adapt completely to film. Just my personal opinion.

39 posted on 06/23/2021 2:27:15 PM PDT by katana
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To: Buttons12

STRANGE FILM. THE MYSTERIOUS THREATENING CHARACTER WHO KNOWS “THE SECRET” IS PLAYED BY JOSEPH WISEMANN BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING DR. NO.


40 posted on 06/23/2021 6:24:07 PM PDT by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World)
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