Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

[dr. pill biden]

Shoulda been Kimberly Elise. She can act laps around that safe negress.

 

[Art Barr]

This is a slap in the face.
Who approved this sellout,...
Oh yeah, the white people with the budget approved this sellout as Nina Simone.

This is bullshyt!!

Art Barr

 

[msims]

This is a slap in the face.
Who approved this sellout,...
Oh yeah, the white people with the budget approved this sellout as Nina Simone.

This is bullshyt!!

Art Barr

This.

I'll never understand why folks get carried away with an actor needing to look like the person they're portraying in a biopic. The quality of the acting is far more important.

Why not just let a white woman play Nina if it doesn't matter so much. The idea is to be immersed in the movie. If you know what the real Nina looks like, and you know what the real Zoe looks like...you won't get into the movie fully. Looks don't matter often when it comes to unknown protagonists, but when a movie is about someone as famous as Nina Simone, the actor should look like her. There are NO similar physical features that her and Zoe share. Shorty just looks like she fell in the mud and got a bad nose job.

I bet the movie will be about her falling in love with a white man. I'm willing to put some coli cash on that.

@ white america​

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

 

[marcuz]

I don't get the hate that she is getting. People are upset that she isn't dark enough? Get a grip.

a mixed breed would say this

 

[Danie84]

I wonder if she got Ms. Simmone's speaking voice down. Now that, will be impressive.

 

[klientel]

Zoe Saldana like one of the 3 or 4 black actresses that make money....

If they don't want this shyt to flop then they would want to use her.

 

[BlackDiBiase]

Zoe Saldana like one of the 3 or 4 black actresses that make money....

If they don't want this shyt to flop then they would want to use her.

Kinda agree, only Zoe Saldana dont sell tickets.

She had a new flick with Bradley Cooper that flopped as hard as Halle's new one 'Cloud Atlas'

for a biopic you dont need an a-list to make a great movie.

My personal opinion is, i wont watch it because of her and mainly i am not that interested in the story. I prefer to watch a documentary on 'nina simone' to that sh1t.

 

[marcuz]

Zoe Saldana like one of the 3 or 4 black actresses that make money....

If they don't want this shyt to flop then they would want to use her.

this movie will still flop

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

This.





Why not just let a white woman play Nina if it doesn't matter so much. The idea is to be immersed in the movie. If you know what the real Nina looks like, and you know what the real Zoe looks like...you won't get into the movie fully. Looks don't matter often when it comes to unknown protagonists, but when a movie is about someone as famous as Nina Simone, the actor should look like her. There are NO similar physical features that her and Zoe share. Shorty just looks like she fell in the mud and got a bad nose job.

I bet the movie will be about her falling in love with a white man. I'm willing to put some coli cash on that.

@ white america​

Classic internet response immersed in hyperbole.

Nina's a black woman, and her race is important to her story (as it is for anyone else). The shape of her cheek bones? ehh not so much.

 

[DaChampIsHere]

The shape of her cheek bones? ehh not so much.

You're clearly not well versed in the artistry and life of Nina Simone.

Nina's not a just a person who made music. A lot of her music was shaped from her life experiences which were a result of her physical features.

I'm not seeing how a woman who doesn't even want to associate herself with "blackness" too much can or even begin to want to play this role.

 

[L. Deezy]

Lauryn Hill should have gotten this job

 

[Po pimp]

This.





Why not just let a white woman play Nina if it doesn't matter so much. The idea is to be immersed in the movie. If you know what the real Nina looks like, and you know what the real Zoe looks like...you won't get into the movie fully. Looks don't matter often when it comes to unknown protagonists, but when a movie is about someone as famous as Nina Simone, the actor should look like her. There are NO similar physical features that her and Zoe share. Shorty just looks like she fell in the mud and got a bad nose job.

I bet the movie will be about her falling in love with a white man. I'm willing to put some coli cash on that.

@ white america​

I don't know if the man is white or not, but it's apparently about an affair she carried on with her male nurse. However, according to Nina's own daughter, this nurse was gay, meaning that this "relationship" never occurred.

 

[msims]

I don't know if the man is white or not, but it's apparently about an affair she carried on with her male nurse. However, according to Nina's own daughter, this nurse was gay, meaning that this "relationship" never occurred.

Great! A fictional biopic.

​

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

You're clearly not well versed in the artistry and life of Nina Simone.

Nina's not a just a person who made music. A lot of her music was shaped from her life experiences which were a result of her physical features.

I'm not seeing how a woman who doesn't even want to associate herself with "blackness" too much can or even begin to want to play this role.

This is clearly the root of all this bytching.