'I was like, 'Oh, I don’t think we’re going to go down this road together.''
, the 47-year-old biracial British actress opens up about the sexism and racism she's faced in Hollywood, including an audition she had for the 2000 hit action film "One of the biggest movies I didn’t end up doing was because the director said to me, 'I can’t wait for this.
"Then the head of the studio -- I had a meeting with her, and she said, 'Look, I don’t mean to be politically incorrect, but the character as written and you playing the role, I just feel like we’ve got to make sure that it’s believable,'" Newton says."I was like, 'What do you mean? What changes would you have to make?' She’s like, 'Well, you know, the character, as written, she’s been to university and is educated.' I’m like, 'I’ve been to university.
Though Newton doesn't reveal which character she'd been offered in the film, it seems likely it was the role of Alex, which went to Lucy Liu. Alex was portrayed as a highly educated agent whose parents were Harvard professors., saying she was"horrified to hear" Newton's description of their meeting.
"While I take her words seriously, I have no recollection of the events she describes, nor do any of her representatives who were present at that casting session," reads Pascal's statement."I've long considered Thandie a friend; I'm thankful that I've had the chance to make movies with her; and I hope to work with her again in the future." , where it was revealed that she made racially insensitive comments about former President Barack Obama.
As for its contents, Newton says,"Got to leave something behind, love. I’m not doing it when I’m alive. I don’t want to deal with all the fallout and everyone getting their side of the story."
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