Emma Stone in La La Land (IMDb)
In 2015, Emma Stone spoke about her silence regarding the scandal surrounding the film Aloha. She said she learned valuable lessons about issues of racial representation in Hollywood, as well as the age gap between actors and their love interests.
Emma Stone addresses the Aloha controversy
Aloha was criticized for director Cameron Crowe’s casting of Emma Stone as Allison Ng, who was part Chinese. Stone didn’t talk about it at first. However, she later addressed the controversy. She said: “I’ve been the butt of a lot of jokes,” the actress said, explaining that it goes beyond awards ceremony banter.
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Emma Stone on the history of Hollywood whitewashing
While promoting Woody Allen’s Irrational Man in Australia, Emma Stone spoke about the whitewashing of the film industry. Stone explained, “On a macro level, I learned about the unhealthy history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how widespread the problem actually is. It started a very important conversation.” She continued, “The character didn’t have to look like her background, which was one-quarter Hawaiian and one-quarter Chinese.”
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Fighting age inequality in Hollywood
Emma Stone is facing yet another controversy regarding age inequality in Hollywood. The article, titled “Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson Have a Problem with Older Men,” discussed the age gap between young actresses and their older male co-stars, using Stone’s films with Woody Allen as an example. Stone said, “It’s thriving in Hollywood and has been for a long time, both culturally and in film.”
There is still a problem with age inequality and whitewashing in Hollywood, despite Aaliyah receiving backlash over 8 years ago.
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