“Prodigal Son” and “When They See Us” actress Aurora Perrineau explained why she doesn’t accept roles written for Latina women in an interview with SiriusXM host Clay Cane.
Asked whether it’s been her experience that casting directors view her only as black rather than mixed-race, Perrineau responded, “Everyone thinks I’m Latina.”
“I think in the casting world it’s like, they want to know, ‘Are you black? Are you Latina? Are you white?’ They want to have this clear thing, because they think that audiences won’t understand how ethnically ambiguous the world is,” she said.
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“So I get Latina a lot, which, obviously I’m not going to take on a role of a Latina woman, because I’m not Latina and that’s not the right thing to do,...
Asked whether it’s been her experience that casting directors view her only as black rather than mixed-race, Perrineau responded, “Everyone thinks I’m Latina.”
“I think in the casting world it’s like, they want to know, ‘Are you black? Are you Latina? Are you white?’ They want to have this clear thing, because they think that audiences won’t understand how ethnically ambiguous the world is,” she said.
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“So I get Latina a lot, which, obviously I’m not going to take on a role of a Latina woman, because I’m not Latina and that’s not the right thing to do,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Ving Rhames is no stranger to racism. The “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” star said on a radio show that he was held at gunpoint by police in his home after a neighbor called saying that a “large black man” broke into the house.
Rhames shared a story on Sirius Xm’s Clay Cane show Friday in response to a question about his experience with racism. He said that while in his home one afternoon in Santa Monica, California, police knocked on his door and pointed a gun at him until the chief of police recognized Rhames and told officers to stand down.
Santa Monica p0lice did not respond to a request for comment at time of writing.
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“This is the God’s honest truth. This happened this year,” Rhames said. “I open the door and...
Rhames shared a story on Sirius Xm’s Clay Cane show Friday in response to a question about his experience with racism. He said that while in his home one afternoon in Santa Monica, California, police knocked on his door and pointed a gun at him until the chief of police recognized Rhames and told officers to stand down.
Santa Monica p0lice did not respond to a request for comment at time of writing.
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“This is the God’s honest truth. This happened this year,” Rhames said. “I open the door and...
- 7/28/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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