Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

[L. Deezy]

That may have been a good idea if she wasn't bat shyt crazy or going to prison coming up.

lol.. but real talk Nina Simone and Lauryns story are sort of similar

 

[BillBanneker]

Cele|bytchy » Blog Archive » Zoe Saldana in character as Nina Simone: is this a joke or can she pull it off?

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lmao @ the make up.

 

[Born2BKing]

lol.. but real talk Nina Simone and Lauryns story are sort of similar

Yeah I agree, if she had her shyt together it would be a good fit for her.

 

[B-Rock Odrama]

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

I don't think the issue is more so that Hoe Saldano sambo house negra whom benefits by the from the same mainstream/white biased industry Nina vehemetly opposed(the same applie to Whoopi though)to a lesser extinct it's sort of like like getting Cuba Gooding Jr. play Malcolm X or Taye Diggs to play Khaled Mohommed....From my undestanding sister Nina hated whitey with passion .so why get a known Honkeywood cac loving cumrag like Zoe to play Nina other than disrspecting her legacy?

 

[Mickey Kane]

@luckyse7enz

Viola Davis has the talent to do it and has been in a enough noteworthy flicks.

Exactly who I thought should have done this?

 

[GreatestLaker]

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​

Denzel Washington played Malcolm X. Where was the outrage over that? Denzel is much darker and looks nothing like him. You nikkas ain't got shyt to say about that though.

 

[GreatestLaker]

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.

Complete an utter bullshyt. When has Zoe never wanted to associate herself with "blackness"? She always said she was black. She never denied her blackness.

What's ironic is that Saldana considers herself black. One of her most famous quotes, to Latina Magazine in the May 2006 issue is, "When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, "¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?" (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don't understand it, and it's the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, "Yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.") [They go,] "Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita." ("Oh no, you're just tanned'") I'm like, "No! Let's get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra." ("I am a black woman.")"

 

[DaChampIsHere]

Denzel Washington played Malcolm X. Where was the outrage over that? Denzel is much darker and looks nothing like him. You nikkas ain't got shyt to say about that though.

Denzel was also not the industry's lap dog and "nice negro" at the time of that movie.

Denzel was hand picked by a black man to tell the story of a black man in an era where the only black men who were realize recognized and respected on the screen were Him, Samuel L., and Wesley with a few others. He was at the top of his craft and one of the best black actors out. Zoe was picked by a white woman who has no intentions of even telling a truthful story and she's not even all that talented.

A thread from now YOU will be the one saying that Zoe isn't black, but you're in here caping for her to play a black women on the screen? Like others have said earlier, where does the line stop? You all won't be satisfied and fed up until Katy Perry is playing Aretha Franklin.

 

[GreatestLaker]

It's not difficult to pick an actor who looks & acts like someone. People would feel the same way if Will Smith was cast to play Martin Luther King Jr. People would be just as angry. Not because Will is a sell out, but because he looks nothing like him.

No they wouldn't. No one said shyt when Denzel played Malcolm X.

 

[GreatestLaker]

Denzel was also not the industry's lap dog and "nice negro" at the time of that movie.

Denzel was hand picked by a black man to tell the story of a black man in an era where the only black men who were realize recognized and respected on the screen were Him, Samuel L., and Wesley with a few others. He was at the top of his craft and one of the best black actors out. Zoe was picked by a white woman who has no intentions of even telling a truthful story and she's not even all that talented.

A thread from now YOU will be the one saying that Zoe isn't black, but you're in here caping for her to play a black women on the screen? Like others have said earlier, where does the line stop? You all won't be satisfied and fed up until Katy Perry is playing Aretha Franklin.

Bruh you are the ones that are always preaching black is black, no matter what. No matter the complexion, parentage etc. You guys claim Obama, Halle etc even though they have white parents.

 

[marcuz]

Bruh you are the ones that are always preaching black is black, no matter what. No matter the complexion, parentage etc. You guys claim Obama, Halle etc even though they have white parents.

you right about champ, dude claim them bi-racials as black


but i dont

 

[DaChampIsHere]

Complete an utter bullshyt. When has Zoe never wanted to associate herself with "blackness"? She always said she was black. She never denied her blackness.

I never said she denied her blackness. She was in Drumline (a black ass movie). I'm just sayin' she tries very hard to stay away from "black" issues/people currently. That quote you posted was from +5 years ago when she was using the black community to get a leg up in the acting world.

She's so far gone now, I wouldn't use that quote to reference her current character. Even Kerry Washington isn't as bad as her. It makes no sense to have her playing that role/for her to want to play that role.

Like, I can't appreciate obvious "c00ns" taking important acting jobs for roles/people they don't really care about outside of a check.

Bruh you are the ones that are always preaching black is black, no matter what. No matter the complexion, parentage etc. You guys claim Obama, Halle etc even though they have white parents.

I never said she wasn't black. I'm saying that there are clearly better actors out, actors who are more in line with the purpose of Nina Simone's lifestyle than Zoe Saldana. Actors who would have been approved by her only lasting family member.

- Chick from 3LW who played Lil Kim
- Kimberly Elise
- Viola Davis
- Girl from Pariah
- More than I don't know anything about

Like, you're trying to step in here and act like it's cool with you for her to play a black woman, but one side of you clearly doesn't think she's black (which means you think it's fine for those who are not black to play black characters, black face and all) Pick which side you're going to troll on and stick to it.

Yes. She's black. But I don't like that the industry tries to paint all black people as 1 shade. All white people aren't the same shade/a monolith of blonde hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Why do black people have to be? Makes no sense.

you right about champ, dude claim them bi-racials as black
but i dont

So you're fine with non-blacks (under your terms) playing people who are black, correct? I bet you can't wait to see Ryan Reynolds starring as the next MalcolmX huh?

I understand they are bi-racial (there's no American born black person who is 100% black in the first place), but they are socially black

 

[marcuz]

So you're fine with non-blacks (under your terms) playing people who are black, correct? I bet you can't wait to see Ryan Reynolds starring as the next MalcolmX huh?

don't start them mental gymnastics, bruh.

I understand they are bi-racial (there's no American born black person who is 100% black in the first place), but they are socially black

socially black? i guess, so. lord knows if whites had their way. bi-racials would be the new blacks, and real blacks would be non-existent.

 

[DaChampIsHere]

don't start them mental gymnastics, bruh.



socially black? i guess, so. lord knows if whites had their way. bi-racials would be the new blacks, and real blacks would be non-existent.

Just answer the question. I notice you negros like to skip around when you're wrong. You're okay with all non-blacks (by your standards) playing dress up and black face and playing the roles of black revolutionary leaders correct? Brad Pitt as MLK, you wanna see and support that right?

The way we view race is a social construct. People aren't walking around with genetic test results on them, so I don't know what else you could be basing your ideas of race on besides looks. And the concept of race also changes as you move to different social environments/countries. So yes, it's a social thing.

 

[YBE]

When it comes time to do a JFK Biopic, Jonah Hill should play the part. ​