Release of original trailer and poster for Nina has reignited claims that the Guardians of the Galaxy actor played the iconic soul singer in ‘blackface’ The estate of Nina Simone has slapped down Zoe Saldana,the star of a controversial original biopic approximately the late soul icon, in an excoriating Twitter post.
The release on Thursday of a original trailer and poster for Nina has reignited debate over whether producers were right to cast Saldana, and a US woman of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent,given the actor required dark makeup and a prosthetic nose to resemble her subject. A number of Twitter users accused the Star Trek actor of performing in “blackface”, and now the carriers of Simones flame acquire weighed in to condemn Cynthia Mort’s film. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com