Posted on 09/27/2020 3:30:25 PM PDT by EdnaMode
You know Yara Shahidi. Black-ish actor, fashion icon, passionate activist, and inspiration to us all.
Well now, the 20-year-old is out here changing the game. Yara Shahidi was just cast as the first Black Tinkerbell ever!!
The film, called Peter Pan and Wendy, will star Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson as the titular characters. And Jude Law will be playing Captain Hook!
In a recent Instagram post, she made the announcement by sharing some gorgeous artwork (by @alexcollectsofficial) portraying her as Tinkerbell.
"Thank you for all of the love," the Grown-ish actor said in the caption. "It truly means so much to me. I’m excited for this next adventure!"
Blessing us with Yara as Tinkerbell is Disney's latest move to increase diversity in live-action films. You might remember that Halle Bailey was cast as Ariel in an upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid. Let's hope this trend continues!
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Really...who cares..all this stuff gonna go down memory hole in 3 years. No one will care when we are all slaves of some “got it all together” foreign power who is working to destroy USA.
Well in recent years a fairy ran Disney so anything can happen I suppose.
They are always changing gingers to black.
Mary Jane - Redhead - now black in Spiderman
Little Mermaid - Redhead - now black in live action movie
They call it whitewashing when a character of color is played by whites, but it is OK to rewrite white characters and make them black and you are racist to point out this is stupid!.
A black woman was cast as Rapunzel but the hair thing was problematic.
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