Emma Stone yelling out “I’M SORRY!”
for taking the white-washed role inAlohalives rent-free in my mind.
In fact, his twin brother has dwarfism.
Naturally, this brother is played by Oscar-winnerGary Oldman,walkingaround on his knees.
He also wore prosthetics, inexplicably had a hump, and used harnesses to make his arms shorter.
‘Why would you put Gary Oldman on his knees?
That’s almost like blackface.’
He can do whatever he wants.'"
Surprisingly, Howell has stood by this film.
“It’s not like I’m Al Jolson in blackface singing ‘Mammy.’
It’s 180 degrees from that.
And I think the people that haven’t seen it that judge it are horribly wrong.”
However, Downey Jr. claimed that because it was criticizing blackface, it was okay.
90% of my Black friends were like, Dude, that was great.'
I cant disagree with [the other 10%], but I know where my heart lies.
I think having a moral psychology is job one.
Sometimes, you just gotta go, Yeah, I effed up.
In my defense,Tropic Thunderis about how wrong [blackface] is, so I take exception.
Rooney also stood by his casting.
“Never in all the more than 40 years after we made it not one complaint.
Every place I’ve gone in the world, people say, ' … you were so funny.'
“People get upset about things now.
And that’s OK,” Schneider said.
When everything’s smooth, art is boring.
The message washeavilycriticizedbydisability rights groups and activists.
“It’s a fictional story about how important the right to choose is,” she said.
“The message of the film is to live boldly, push yourself, dont settle.”
It was all [made] with good intentions and with a good heart.”
“I can’t do a project without her [Ziegler],” Sia said.
Sia laterapologizedfor her problematic depiction and then deleted her Twitter account.
Even at the time, reviewscalledGooding Jr.’s portrayal offensive and exploitative.
“Sandra didn’t create this, you know what I mean?
She’s an actress who got paid to do a job.”
Aaron does not appear to regret the film, either.
“The Blind Sidehas been such a beacon of hope for people,” he told EW.
I would never attempt to play a person of a different race, obviously."
This was problematic in itself, whitewashing the entire series.
Some people will like them, some people may not."
“We thought we were being so smart and so cutting-edge,” he said.
Were not going to do the cliche of the wizened, old, wise Asian man.
Is there any other way to both not fall into the cliche and cast an Asian actor?
And the answer to that, of course, is yes."
“I was making shitty movies,” he said of that period.
“I was like, ‘This s— ain’t fun.
They’re giving me Razzies.”
He decided to take a break from the film industry, which lasted six years.
The film was massivelypanned, but it doesn’t look like Sandler ever responded to criticism.
Ahead of the film, Sandler said appearing in drag as a kid got him the biggest laughs.
21.Hilary Swank similarly stopped just short of expressing regret.
However, like Leto and Goldstein, shealsostated, “I also feel like actors are actors.
22.To play Rosemary inShallow Hal, Gwyneth Paltrow donned a fat suit whichitself is problematic.
When he realizes her weight, he is disgusted, though he eventually reconciles with her in the end.
The whole thing is extremely anti-fat and basically posits that fat people are disgusting and unattractive.
Paltrow has sincecalledthe film “a disaster.”
She latercalled ither least favorite performance in an interview and saidshe regrettedit.
I really hate, hate, hate that I am on that side of the whitewashing conversation.
I dont ever want to be on that side of it again.
I can understand why people were upset and frustrated.
However, many pointed out that the four main characters were all white.
There have been a number of roles like that.
And then a number of roles that do.”
26.Viola Davisexpressedregret for her role inThe Help,for which she was also nominated for an Oscar.
They’re my grandma.
They’re my mom.
I never heard that in the course of the movie."
At the 2019 Golden Globes, Stone memorablyshouted out, “I’m sorry!”
after Sandra Oh made a joke about her casting inAloha.
