Thandie Newton shared in a new interview with Vulture details about how colorism in Hollywood has affected her career.
movie from 2000 due to producers wanting her to perpetuate Black stereotypes on-screen.
"I was perceived in so many different ways, and it was always about the individual who was perceiving," Newton said."It was very much on the spectrum ofAnd the number of times I would put on a fake tan or take it down or up—" she said before being interrupted by the interviewer and asked to elaborate.
"Nowadays, there is regret for me. I recognize how painful it is for dark-skinned women, particularly, to have to deal with being substituted or overlooked," said Newton."For example, you watchI look at Jodie [Turner-Smith]. Or, you look at Lupita [Nyong'o]. To see a woman of color, to see that dark skin, that beautiful chocolate skin, my mother's skin, onscreen … It's holy. I do see so clearly why there's been so much deep disappointment.
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