Actor John Leguizamo took to Instagram in response to actor James Franco’s casting as Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro in an upcoming movie. Alina Cuba.
Leguizamo, who? simple On the Hispanic representation in Hollywood, he said that although he personally had no problem with James Franco, he ultimately believed a Latino should play Castro. Franco has Portuguese and Russian-Jewish roots.
How is this still happening? inside John Wick the actor asked his subscribers. “How can Hollywood exclude us but also steal our stories?”
Leguizamo called for a boycott.
“No more Hollywood grants and streamers! Boycott! F’d up! he continued. “In addition to a very complex story to tell without exaggeration, that would be wrong! I dont have [problem] To Franco, but he is not Hispanic!”
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Look In response to Leguizamo’s post, host Ana Navaro said: “I would like to think that no worthy actor in Latin America would sign up to play and glorify the murderous dictator who has terrorized the Cuban people for six decades. I agree with your boycott for the same reason as you said.”
According to Breitbart News, the film will be adapted from a book written by Castro’s Cuban dissident daughter, Alina Fernandez, and will be directed by Javier Bardem’s cousin, Miguel Bardem. Leguizamo did not mention the fact that the main executive of the project are Latinos, and Alina Fernandez supports the casting of Franco.
Speaking to Deadline, creative producer John Martinez O’Phelan said that Fernandez’s involvement was crucial to portraying the role of Fidel Castro.
“Finding and convincing James Franco to play Castro was a fun and challenging process, and a collaborative effort across the universe, because our director’s main task was to find a physically developed actor very similar to the real Castro. Besides finding someone to fully support Alina Fernandez,” O’Phelan told Deadline.
Source: Breitbart
