dark-skinned actress Zoe Saldana felt black enough for the role of singer Nina Simone. She announced this in an interview with BESE, the record of which is published in Instagram account of the publication.
In 2016, released a biopic about the artist, in which Saldana played a major role. Now she regrets about his participation in the project.
“I shouldn’t be playing Nina. Ten years ago I had to make all the efforts with the opportunities that I had. I had to make every effort to have the role solely the perfect black woman got another black woman,” said Saldana.
Previously, the daughter of Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly criticized biopic about the singer. Candidate Saldana also angered many fans of the jazz stars who were unhappy with the fact that the skin of the actress made darker with makeup.
last year, Internet users felt the American actor will Smith is not enough black for the filming of the biopic “King Richard”, dedicated to the father of the famous tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. In social networks expressed the hope that in the movie script Zack Balina invited the actor with a darker skin color.
