Zoe Saldana Getting Clowned For Trying To Play Nina Simone

[Ol’Otis]

Check her other movies and them love interests in them the movie with Bernie Mac (rip) as her dad, The Losers, Guardians of the galaxy, The Funeral with Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence,

i know zoe is i thought y'all was talking about teyonah

 

[Hypris]

The Nina Simone biopic hits theaters next month. Her daughter hopes fans stay home.

Simone’s daughter, actress and singer Lisa Simone Kelly, has vocally disavowed the film for years. In 2012, Simone Kelly told the New York Times that she respected Saldana but was disappointed by the choice to cast her in the role.


“My mother was raised at a time when she was told her nose was too wide, her skin was too dark,” Simone Kelly told the Times. “Appearance-wise this is not the best choice.”


She has also voiced anger that her family was excluded from the biopic’s production process.


“How does someone just decide to do a story about someone and completely bypass family?” she said in a 2012 interview with Ebony Magazine.

 

[Gravity]

I told yall they putting half breeds as the face of our people today..........They know damn well this shyt not flying.........Stop trying to force feed half breeds as Black people......shyt going to get called out from now on.....They done put her in some disrespectful proverbial "Black face" and gave her a nose job.....

'Nina' Film Poster Released, Twitter Not Feeling Zoe Saldana as the High Priestess of Soul - Atlanta Black Star

The film will focus on the 15-time Grammy nominee and Grammy Hall of Fame Recipient and her culturally impactful songs and passionate politics. Simone will be portrayed by actress Zoe Saldana to the displeasure of many fans. There was fan outrage when The Guardians of the Galaxy actress was cast nearly two years ago. Saldana has been under extreme scrutiny because skin-tone politics came into play. Simone has a richer complexion and profound Black features that Saldana lacks. The actress had to be “darkened” to appear more like Simone.

Twitter users did not forget this controversy.

Many of the users are appalled that the filmmakers did not hire a dark-skinned woman to portray Simone. Viola Davis, Danai Gurira and other women could have been much better casting decisions, but Hollywood has a colorism problem when dealing with Blackness.

Nina will be released in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on April 22, 2016.

Another c00n Willie lynch divide and conquer colorism thread from you. At people like Zoe Saldana not being black. She shouldn't be playing Nina Simone because she doesn't look like Nina Simone and she's a c00n herself, not because she's non black.

 

[yardman]

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Haunting A must listen

 

[Ribbs]

"Why didnt they get like Viola Davis or someone whose a vet in acting to be Nina Simone"

Because she's not a box office name? Zoe, despite not being the lead, has been in three box office smashes (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar and Star Trek). Yes, there's better actresses (I've literally heard every dark skinned actress you could think of in the past two days) that could've played the role but I'm doubtful any of them have a internationally known name like Zoe's.

Mary J Blige was originally offered the role before Zoe accepted, even though she said she wasn't right for the role. The director got her power taken away from her by the studio and is now in a lawsuit with them. ANNNND this is going to be in theatres and available on VOD on the same day, which means it isn't a wide release movie.

This is entire movie has been a disaster. Nina in theatres April 22nd.

 

[robb]

maybe she will be nominated for oscar nxt year...and there wont be a uproar about no blacks being nominated.....oh wait...she aint black enough right?

 

[Rekkapryde]

I thought it was a bad casting.

Agreed.

If we gonna be honest with ourselves, is it really any different than Will playing the Nigerian Doctor in Concussion or buddy in The Pursuit Of Happiness?

Lightskin brehs and brehettes playing darker skins people is rediculous in itself to me. The fact they had to cake on makeup for Zoe to even play Nina says enough. It's be the same with a darker skin person playing a lighskin dude. You want my man Michael K Williams from the Wire playing Obama?

I get that she probably thought it was a good movie, script, etc and that Nina would be a good person to portray but if you gotta cake up with makeup to play her, maybe you should have let someone else do it.

 

[Rekkapryde]

This is entire movie has been a disaster. Nina in theatres April 22nd.

I dunno why I bust out laughing reading this line....

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Yeah, looking at her in the makeup like

 

[Will Ross]

The same people talking would not support the movie if lets say Tika sumpter was playing her.

 

[Entrapta310]

So you don't think Zoe Saldana is mixed? Are you always this stupid?

she's dominican and her dad is is haitian and lebanese.
they dont think they are "blakk"
that whole family doesnt. i dated her cousin on her dominican side.
they are all into dating "white" skin

 

[Higher Tech]

Agreed.

If we gonna be honest with ourselves, is it really any different than Will playing the Nigerian Doctor in Concussion or buddy in The Pursuit Of Happiness?

Lightskin brehs and brehettes playing darker skins people is rediculous in itself to me. The fact they had to cake on makeup for Zoe to even play Nina says enough. It's be the same with a darker skin person playing a lighskin dude. You want my man Michael K Williams from the Wire playing Obama?

I get that she probably thought it was a good movie, script, etc and that Nina would be a good person to portray but if you gotta cake up with makeup to play her, maybe you should have let someone else do it.

Even without the skin issues, it didn't seem like the best choice. Nina was a deep voice woman, not a sex symbol, super strong personality. I don't see the character traits in Zoe's acting so far. Maybe she'll surprise me. I felt the same way when I heard Affleck was playing Batman, but now that people are saying he did great, I'm a little more open to the idea. We'll see. I think ole girl from SNL would have been the best as far as look a likes, but I don't know what kind of acting chops she has.

 

[EpicStoryTeller]

Dude...u went left when u didnt have to and u totally missed my point.

...My point is that there was little uproar about a whiteman putting on Blackface for the sake of comedy, hell, even you said there was none. So I dont wanna hear sh*t about a Blackwoman putting on makeup to darken her face to play a Blackwoman.

When have I said it was a problem though? I don't care about her having to darken her skin for this role, this shyt happens all the time and I'm about it. I simply pointed out that RDJ did indeed play black face but it wasn't the same as the black face that folks did back in the c00n days. If you really wanna dig deep let's talk about bamboozled and how folks was c00ning it up in that, yet everyone loved the shyt out that movie

 

[krackdagawd]

I agree that she shouldn't be playing Nina but Zoe isn't black now

so according to the coli the singer Seal and now Zoe Saldana aren't black