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Sep 21, 2023 · That ’70s Show actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis also absolutely did not have to write character letters in support of their former co-star and convicted rapist Danny Masterson, nor post...
- Aja Romano
It’s one of the reasons why she cast British Asian actor Gemma Chan and black British actor Adrian Lester as white historical figures Bess of Hardwick and Lord Randolph, respectively.
- Hanna Flint
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, The Avengers Series
- Keke Palmer and Nene Leakes, Cinderella on Broadway
- Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston, Cinderella TV Movie
- Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, The Fantastic Four
- Idris Elba as Heimdall, Thor Series
- Morgan Freeman as Red, The Shawshank Redemption
- Will Smith as Agent J, Men in Black Series
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin, Daredevil
- Pam Grier as Jackie Brown, Jackie Brown
- Norm Lewis as The Phantom, Phantom of The Opera
Marvel Comics’ Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., is white in the comic books. In 1998 the film Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. starred David Hasselhoff. Ten years later, Jackson appeared as Fury in Iron Man, the first of his nine-picture deal in the Marvel cinematic-universe franchise. He has appeared in Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: T...
This September, Palmer became Broadway’s first black Cinderella in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. “I feel like the reason I’m able to do this is definitely because Brandy did it on TV,” Palmer told the Associated Press. “In me doing this, it shows everybody that everything is possible.” Palmer took over the role after Laura Osnes, Carly Rae Je...
Norwood portrayed a beautiful Cinderella in ABC’s version of Cinderellain 1997. And who better to play her fairy godmother than Houston?
Jordan caused a bit of an uproar when it was announced that he’d been cast as Johnny Storm in The Fantastic Four reboot. Although a few critics weren’t feeling the choice, he told the Hollywood Reporter that Chris Evans, who played Storm in the 2005 version of the film, gave Jordan his stamp of approval. Speaking to the New York Daily News, Evans s...
In Marvel comic books, Heimdall is portrayed as a white Norse god. Elba portrayed the character in the live-action films Thor and Thor: The Dark World and is expected to co-star in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. It is slated to premiere in May 2015.
Stephen King’s short story “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” was adapted for the screen in 1994 as The Shawshank Redemption. In the story, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding is described as a white Irishmanand is the go-to guy to get prisoners anything they need from the outside world. Freeman beat out Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman for...
In the Men in Black comics, both agents are portrayed as white, black-suit-and-tie-wearing agents. But Smith took on the role of Agent J in the live-action film that was released in 1997 and continued in the role for the Men in Black trilogy. Emails that were leaked in December suggest that Sony Pictures plans to do a crossover film involving the M...
Kingpin, also known as Wilson Fisk, is a white supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. But that didn’t stop casting directors from picking Duncan to take on the role in 2003’s Daredevil. After Duncan’s death in 2012, Marvel penned this heartfelt letter.
Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 film Jackie Brown is based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. The book follows the story of Jackie Burke, a blond flight attendantwho smuggles money into America from a gunrunner in Mexico. Tarantino, however, pictured Burke as a black woman named Jackie Brown and cast Grier in the lead role.
In May Lewis became the first black actor to land the lead role in Phantom of the Opera,which is the longest-running show on Broadway. The Phantom was originally played by Michael Crawford.
The series features a mixed cast of white and Black actors in prominent roles. Yet the Observer’s Carolyn Hinds noted that “the characters’ race is practically ignored for almost the entire...
Jul 15, 2021 · Orson Welles was one of many white actors to play the Moor in blackface on film and television more than a century after Aldridge.
Nov 21, 2020 · Even A-listers like Angelina Jolie and Ben Affleck have come under fire for portraying Black and Latino real-life figures. Take a look at 25 people of color from history whose stories were deliberately whitewashed when white actors portrayed them.
