James Franco’s casting as Fidel Castro in “Alina of Cuba”It was quickly rebuffed on social media.
The actor will play the Cuban revolutionary, as confirmed Thursday by.
John Leguizamo (actor), was a vocal advocate of greater Latino representation at Hollywood. Instagram.
“How is this still going on?”He wrote the following Friday post. “How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well? No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F’d up!”
It would also be an addition “seriously difficult”Castro to represent “without aggrandizement,”The “Encanto”Star said: “I don’t got a prob with Franco but he ain’t Latino!”
Franco was born in Palo Alto (California) and is of Jewish and Portuguese ancestry.
In the casting announcement, lead producer John Martinez O’Felan said Franco had the “closest facial likeness”This is “the entire ranks of actors with Latin roots in Hollywood.”
“To get there on such a tough look to cast, we used Fidel Castro’s ancient Galician heraldry as our focal compass, and then combed through the entire ranks of actors with Latin roots in Hollywood to find someone who has a similar facial structure,”He said Deadline.
“In executing a close search into our hopefuls through the eye of Spanish and Portuguese genealogy which the Galicians held, we found that James, by far, had the closest facial likeness of our Industry’s leading actors, meaning that the focus would be to build out his character accent and we’d have a stunning on-screen match to intrigue audiences and bring the story to life with true visual integrity.”
Leguizamo’s criticism was echoed by “The View” co-host Ana Navarro-Cárdenas. “I’d like to think no Latino actor worth their salt would sign up to play and aggrandize a murderous dictator who terrorized the people of Cuba for six decades,”She commented on his post. “For both reasons you articulated, I join you in the boycott.”
Jeff Torres is a Latino actor, with recent credits including “Night Sky” “S.W.A.T.,”The casting was slammed in a series if tweets.
“I’m auditioning for another generic Latin-American drug dealer and James Franco is dead ass playing Fidel Castro,”He SubmittedFollow us on Twitter. “Latinos gettin’ done dirty af out here and everywhere.”
“Imagine Jaime Francó’s (formerly James Franco) Cuban accent. Imagine him saying stuff in Spanish,”He went on. “This is the best @TheOnion article ever. Except it’s real.”
In another tweet, Latina writer and photographer Cat Cardenas alluded to Franco’s return from a four-year acting hiatus after he faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations in 2018 and 2019.
“LMAO James Franco is making his big comeback by playing a Cuban dictator? While actual Latinx-led movies/TV shows get under-promoted and cancelled? You almost have to laugh!”She .
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