19. In an interview with Vulture, Thandie Newton revealed she turned down the a part of Alex, explaining she as uncomfortable after conversations with Amy Pascal, then the pinnacle of Sony Footage.
“She’s basically reeling off these stereotypes of how to be more convincing as a Black character,” Newton mentioned. “Everything she said, I was like, ‘Nah, I wouldn’t do that.’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, but you’re different. You’re different.’ That was Amy Pascal. That’s not really a surprise, is it? Let’s face it: I didn’t do the movie as a result.”
20. Nia Lengthy additionally addressed her points with the casting course of for the film, alleging to Insider she was instructed she was “too old” subsequent to Barrymore and Diaz to be forged as Alex. (Lengthy is 2 years youthful than Liu.)
“I was like, ‘What?” Lengthy mirrored. “I love Drew Barrymore, I think she’s amazing, but I think that was just a nice way to say you’re a little too Black. Personally, that’s what I think. Because if you notice there were no brown skin [actors]. I mean, honestly, I would have been the blackest thing in the film.”
