10 Actors Who Regret Playing a Politically Incorrect Role

There is no doubt that the current cinematic panorama is going through a very special phase, in which every project that arouses the curiosity of the public is inevitably filtered through considerations – sometimes relevant, some less – on politically correct. The assessment of inclusivity and cultural validity is actually at the center of the daily debate on social media, which then inevitably polarizes the controversy on who is at the center of everything, i.e. actors and actresses.

It is not uncommon, especially in recent times, that some stars regret a certain role that was later judged to be irrelevant or inconsistent due to the large gap between the characters and the various actors called upon to interpret them. The victims of these situations have become some of the most famous faces of modern cinema, including Scarlett Johansson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emma Stone and many others. Therefore, today in our gallery you can find ten actors who regret the role they consider politically incorrect.

The star was offered to star in Rub & Tug – 3 wild girls the role of Dante “Tex” Gill, a transgender man who ran a thriving illegal massage parlor business in the 1970s. However, controversy over a possible casting prompted her to turn down the role, stating she should: “Our cultural understanding of transgender people continues to evolve, I’ve learned a lot from the community since my initial casting announcement and realized how insensitive it was.“.

Favorite Oscar Winning Actress La La Land felt the need to apologize for playing a character of Asian and Hawaiian descent in the film. Under the Hawaiian sky (2015). During the 2019 Golden Globes, Emma Stone really sincerely shouted: “I’m sorry!by Sandra Oh, who poked fun at the aforementioned casting choices, which were considered clearly out of character culture.

Oscar-winning actress Still Alice she returned to talk about her experience on set The boys are fine (2010). Here Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, two heterosexual actresses, played a lesbian couple. An aspect that later prompted Moore herself to re-evaluate her work in a different light: “I look back and say, “Wow.” I don’t think we would today. I don’t know if we’ll be comfortable. We must give the people representation“.

Gamora’s favorite performer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016 was played by famed singer Nina Simone. However, the casting choice of the actress caused some confusion as she is clearly Dominican and Puerto Rican. Circumstances that later prompted her to apologize via social media: “I had to do everything in my power to get a really black person to play an outstanding black woman.“.

Rooney Mara found herself at the center of one of the most notorious cases when, in 2015, she was offered the role of young turkey Giglio Tigrato in the film Pot – Ride on‘neverland. A role she definitely regretted, later admitting that her casting was clearly inappropriate: “I hated, hated, really hated being on that side of the conversation. Really. Never find me on the other side again. I can totally understand why people felt so angry and frustrated.“.

The British actor and rapper was originally cast as Ben Daimio, an Asian character, in the reboot of the series. Hellboy arrived in 2019. The character was conceived as Japanese-American, and right before filming, Skrein decided to take a step back to hand over the role to Daniel Dae Kim: “It is clear that portraying this character in cultural accuracy is very important to people, and denying this responsibility will continue the disturbing trend of glossing over the voices and stories of ethnic minorities in art. I think it’s important to honor and respect all of this. So I back off for a part to move on to someone more suitable“.

Among the (somewhat) under-performing films in Jake Gyllenhaal’s career, he remembers Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time (2010), in which he gives his face and physique to Prince Dastan. Therefore, strong accusations of whitewashing were made against the actor, who years later stated: “I learned a lot from this film and subsequently spent a lot of time trying to be more careful about the roles I choose and why I do it. It was not the right role for me.»

Gwyneth Paltrow in 2001 starred in her favorite comedy with Jack Black. Love at first sight. As you remember, Black plays a man who somehow “sees” a very obese woman who is very thin, and to make the film, the actress had to wear a prosthetic suit to take on the obese features. A choice that some considered “inappropriate” and which Paltrow herself later called disastrous.

Similar to what happened with Scalett Johansson, Halle Berry was also offered the role of a transgender man. Although at first she said she was glad to be able to immerse herself in this world, the actress later retracted her position: “Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to discuss my opinion about the role of a transgender man. I want to apologize for these phrases. As a cis woman, I now realize that I shouldn’t have considered this part and that the transgender community should definitely be given a chance to tell their story.“.

In 2020, the actress was at the center of a scandal due to the role of the Supreme Witch in the film by Robert Zemeckis. Witches, in which we see her with prosthetic arms. Hathaway had this to say about it:I recently found out how many people with limb differences, especially children, have been affected by what was shown in Charmed. From someone who strongly believes in inclusion and absolutely abhors cruelty, I must apologize to you for the pain this has caused. I’m sorry“.

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