{"id":29261,"date":"2019-07-07T11:25:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T10:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=29261"},"modified":"2019-07-07T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T10:25:56","slug":"7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=29261","title":{"rendered":"7 actors who played different ethnicities on-screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/5936\/people-have-feelings-about-the-casting-of-ariel-in-the-live-action-version-of-the-little-mermaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the world went into uproar<\/a> over the casting of the live-action adaptation of the Little Mermaid. To break it down into simple terms, the 1989 version saw Ariel (a mythological fish person) portrayed as a white female with red hair and the 2019 casting of Ariel sees Halle Bailey portraying said fish-girl as a black female with (probably) red hair &#8211; which is apparently too hard to believe.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, I think we need to work on what we do and don&#8217;t find believable.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being half human, half tuna fish, the fact is, Ariel&#8217;s ethnicity or genetic makeup plays absolutely <strong>no relevance<\/strong> to the film itself. She simply lives under the sea &#8211; with no geographical location specified. Although, if you really want to dig, the original story of the Little Mermaid takes place off the coast of Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>But, apparently we&#8217;re all ignoring the fact that she had a pretty prominent American accent in the original anyway.<\/p>\n<p>So, in honour of the wildly misplaced outrage, let&#8217;s take a second to think about some of the many instances in which an actors&#8217; ethnicity played absolutely no relevance to their character &#8211; even when it <strong>was<\/strong> relevant to the story.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Emma Stone as an Asian-American Hawaiian in <i>Aloha<\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/figure>\n<p>After the film&#8217;s casting sparked many a debate, Stone herself said \u201cI\u2019ve learned on a macro level about the insane history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how prevalent the problem truly is. It\u2019s ignited a conversation that\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>2. Angelina Jolie as a French-Cuban in <i>A Mighty Heart <\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10472\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495154_770_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495154_770_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jolie played Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl who handpicked her for the role.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Katharine Hepburn as a Japanese woman in <i>Dragon Seed <\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10473\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495154_364_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495154_364_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>I mean&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>4. Elizabeth Taylor as an Egyptian\/Macedonian Greek in <i>Cleopatra<\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10474\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_885_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_885_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Elizabeth Taylor earned herself the title role as Queen Cleopatra, despite being known for her fair-skin.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Laurence Olivier as an African in <i>Othello<\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10475\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_555_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_555_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Spoiler alert, as an Englishman, that&#8217;s not Olivier&#8217;s natural skin tone.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Joseph Fiennes as an African-American in <i>Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon<\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10476\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_844_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_844_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fiennes played Michael Jackson who, when asked by Oprah about a white man portraying him said, \u201cThat\u2019s the most ridiculous, horrifying story I\u2019ve ever heard,\u201d he told Oprah. \u201cWhy would I want a white child to play me? I\u2019m a black American. I\u2019m proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride in who I am and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>7. Jake Gyllenhaal as a Persian in <i>Prince of Persia: Sands of Time <\/i><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image photo\" data-model=\"image\" data-pk=\"10477\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_990_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1562495155_990_7-actors-who-played-different-ethnicities-on-screen.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Persia, for those who don&#8217;t know, is what we now call Iran &#8211; where Gyllenhaal is definitely not from.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get something straight here, people, unless the role is directly related to a specific ethnicity or it calls for a race to be mentioned. The actors&#8217; race. Does. Not. Matter. Especially when the character is a completely fictional creature that does not actually exist. 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