Showing posts with label Black King George VI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black King George VI. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

'Hobbit' Casting Director Fired For Turning Away 'Dark-Skinned' Actors


"We are looking for light-skinned people. I’m not trying to be … whatever. It’s just the brief. You’ve got to look like a Hobbit,"
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"........it's stories are derived entirely of Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Norse lore which were all of the white race......"

"There's a difference between hating or judging someone by the color of their skin vs. not looking the part of a cast member which best conveys the story and the environment. I mean, you can't cast a Caucasian guy to play the role of Shaft just like you can't cast a black guy to be King George VI (King's Speech)."

Via Jamey, SDYC