Aint no black actresses in Hollywood? This is nuts..

[Trollio]

who is nina simone?

 

[_Goldie_]

She´s a brown skin dominican shorty, whats da problem?

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

nina Simone is Wesley Snipes dark though

 

[theBlackbeard]

who do you have in mind to play her then?

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

who do you have in mind to play her then?

Viola Davis would hae been great

 

[_Goldie_]

nina Simone is Wesley Snipes dark though

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

nina Simone is Wesley Snipes dark though

Third world ugly too

 

[theBlackbeard]

who do you have in mind to play her then?

Viola Davis would hae been great

If it was a made for TV movie then maybe yea. I doubt a studio would risk giving her a leading movie role like that.

 

[blackgod813]

Trying to lighten history they gonna make us all. Blasian

 

[desertrain10]

Strange pick.... Maybe they felt that zoe would be the more marketable choice

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

i fucks with zoe ... she a good actress ... plus she sexy ..so she gets a pass by me .. but she gon have to put on some lb's tho if she gone portray nina ... or else that shit is gone look funny like jamie foxx's skinny ass playing tookie

...i do see how its wack out here for black female actors tho .... shit if you cant even get a brown skin lady to play nina simones ass it just aint no damn hope for the sistahs ....might as well get a real job

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I mean the high priestess of soul being played by a latina is just shameful....its like Marc Anthony playing Ray Charles

 

[theBlackbeard]

i fucks with zoe ... she a good actress ... plus she sexy ..so she gets a pass by me .. but she gon have to put on some lb's tho if she gone portray nina ... or else that shit is gone look funny like jamie foxx's skinny ass playing tookie

...i do see how its wack out here for black female actors tho .... shit if you cant even get a brown skin lady to play nina simones ass it just aint no damn hope for the sistahs ....might as well get a real job

It's not even that a black actress can't get a good role, movie studios know that majority of the public (white people) would be less inclined to pay to see a movie with a dark skin actress as the lead.

Adepero Oduye

Think they would give her a chance?

 

[_Goldie_]

I mean the high priestess of soul being played by a latina is just shameful....its like Marc Anthony playing Ray Charles

 

[KingJamal]

Yeas I was scratching my head when I heard she was gonna be playing nina simone

i fucks with zoe ... she a good actress ... plus she sexy ..so she gets a pass by me .. but she gon have to put on some lb's tho if she gone portray nina ... or else that shit is gone look funny like jamie foxx's skinny ass playing tookie

...i do see how its wack out here for black female actors tho .... shit if you cant even get a brown skin lady to play nina simones ass it just aint no damn hope for the sistahs ....might as well get a real job

It's not even that a black actress can't get a good role, movie studios know that majority of the public (white people) would be less inclined to pay to see a movie with a dark skin actress as the lead.

Adepero Oduye

Think they would give her a chance?

I don't know if they would give her a chance but they mos def should.

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

I mean the high priestess of soul being played by a latina is just shameful....its like Marc Anthony playing Ray Charles

i feel you ...

...i just want a nude scene to be honest....

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I read they got Zoe in " dark makeup"

 

[High Revolutionary]

Yeah shit is all the way fucked up.

That's why outside of the occasional flick I don't even check for anything coming out of the major studios.

 

[theBlackbeard]

Yeas I was scratching my head when I heard she was gonna be playing nina simone

i fucks with zoe ... she a good actress ... plus she sexy ..so she gets a pass by me .. but she gon have to put on some lb's tho if she gone portray nina ... or else that shit is gone look funny like jamie foxx's skinny ass playing tookie

...i do see how its wack out here for black female actors tho .... shit if you cant even get a brown skin lady to play nina simones ass it just aint no damn hope for the sistahs ....might as well get a real job

It's not even that a black actress can't get a good role, movie studios know that majority of the public (white people) would be less inclined to pay to see a movie with a dark skin actress as the lead.

Adepero Oduye

Think they would give her a chance?

I don't know if they would give her a chance but they mos def should.

i remember in a Dave Chappelle interview he said he was doing a show for FOX or something and when the big wigs saw the pilot they wanted to replace the "urban looking" black actress with someone with more universal appeal. These companies are not in the business of giving chances. Zoe is the "compromise" light enough for whites, dark enough for blacks.

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Mayne times have sure changed...you think Nina Simone would ever have been a success in this day and age?