Whitewashing is a casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in non-white roles. As defined by Merriam-Webster, to whitewash...

about whitewashing in Hollywood". The Guardian. Sharf, Zack (January 7, 2019). "Emma Stone Shouted 'I'm Sorry' When Called Out for 'Aloha' Whitewashing at...

2018). "Alex Garland on 'Annihilation' Whitewashing: 'There Was Nothing Cynical or Conspiratorial' in Casting the Film". IndieWire. Retrieved April 18, 2018...

white actors (particularly Johansson) drew accusations of racism and whitewashing in the United States, despite Mamoru Oshii, director of the original anime...

setting while keeping Japanese characters in the film's background, strengthening charges of whitewashing. Inoue also questioned the actors' allyship...

whitewashing, Asians repped the pic's second-biggest demo Calvario, Liz (August 4, 2016). "The Great Wall Director Addresses Matt Damon Whitewashing Controversy"...

performances, while showing negative attention towards the screenplay, whitewashing of the cast, and departure from the source material. It grossed over...

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Twain. In the 1934 film, Fugitive Lovers, Madge Evans drops a bottle of cosmetics that she calls her "Calcimine". Metaphorically, whitewashing refers...

slow-to-develop melodrama." The film faced a wave of controversy and division, including accusations of "whitewashing" the original story after Coppola...

held in Greenland for two weeks, and the rest of the film being shot in major locations across Pennsylvania, United States. Post-production began in August...

manga such as Dragonball Evolution and Ghost in the Shell, resulted in accusations of whitewashing. In response, producers Roy Lee and Dan Lin stated:...

these casting decisions as whitewashing, part of a broader phenomenon that deprives Asian actors of opportunities. Weir said in October 2015 he perceived...

crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, in turn based...

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1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, the film centers on a fictitious New York...

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drama film directed by Robert Luketic and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film is inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing...

Aronofsky's films and the fragility of hope. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. List of films based on the Bible Whitewashing in film "NOAH (12A)"...

film based on the Image Comics character of the same name. Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé (in his director debut), the film stars Michael Jai White in the...

comedian Aziz Ansari has cited the casting as an example of whitewashing in Hollywood. In 2021, Stevens said: "It definitely haunts me. I still think...

source material. The film also received accusations of whitewashing for its primarily Caucasian cast, and was banned in Egypt and in the United Arab Emirates...

returned to produce the film under his investment firm. Power Rangers premiered in Berlin, Germany on March 17, 2017, and was released in the United States...

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is a 2011 American legal thriller film adapted from the 2005 novel of the same title by Michael Connelly. The film is directed by Brad Furman, with the...

biographical adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert). It was directed...

drama film based on the book of the same name, depicting the escape of American citizen Betty Mahmoody and her daughter from her abusive husband in Iran...

science-fiction film during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis. The film, which also has Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman in supporting roles...