Thandie Newton was amazed when she learned Angelina Jolie is to play a black woman in her latest film. The actress couldn’t hide her surprise when she was shown a picture of Angelina as murdered journalist Daniel Pearl’s mixed-race wife in the new movie about his life and death.
Thandie said:
“God I’m shocked. She’s been blacked up to play a black women. I have to say it’s surprising, very surprising.” [SOURCE]
Although the Crash star did confess she was a little jealous that the role in A Mighty Heart hadn’t gone to her, she refused to criticise Angelina. Talking at the Screen Nation Awards on Tuesday night, she added:
“It’s an absolutely fantastic role, I would loved to have played it. But I’m not going to criticise or judge her until I’ve seen the film, that would be wrong of me.”
first! thats interesting. but halles about to play a white woman. but shes mixed. they coulda gave this role to a mixed woman
i actually thought thandie wouldv’e been a great choice for the role!
Wow. This is interesting…
I dont see the problem, its just a movie. Nobody said anything when the Wayne’s Brother played white women!!. Its just a movie, I know Angelina will do a good job, she is a terrific actress, and thats what it should be about!!
regardless of what color Angelina is if she played the role better than she should get the job
Ppl need to get over it already. Love, a black woman.
it started as fun !!!!
I think Thandie is a great actress…I think she would have done a great job in the movie. However, it seems like the lady this movie is based on is close to Angelina and probably wants a very famous actress to play the role anyways.
Not that Thandie isn’t pretty popular…but she isn’t up there with Angelina as far as celeb status is concerned. I just look at it as a business move by casting Angelina.
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I agree #4 & #5, She should just get over it and tryout for other roles.
i agree 1. when your mixed they act like your only black. Get the fuck out of here. The women is mixed not pure black.
Thandie you’ve BLACKENED yourself up to “play” a black woman at times so what’s the problem with her doing it now?!
This post is going to be some mess. I am really afraid to see the outcome for this one.
We are and have some serious Loopers on here.
May the Almighty bless each and every one.
Angelina will draw a bigger audience than Thandie so she should get the role…plus Pearl’s wife handpicked Angie for the role so I see no problem…
But Thandie would haved acted the role better than Angelina too me.
Angelina is so beautiful in that pic.
Can’t wait to see the movie.
Isn’t that what actors do?? Play roles of someone else outside of their normal character?? I think Angelina will do fine w/ the roll.. People need to stop dwelling on color lines all the time..
I never noticed how much Thandie looks like Gwyneth Paltrow.
As for the role I could care less, nor do I care about the movie. After seeing Pearl on television I can honestly say I don’t care to much for her.
So, Thadie Newton is “shocked”…
and……
I never even heard of Thadie Newton until the other day…
Listen: Angelina Jolie is going to portray Marianne Pearle in this movie.
Black People are just going to have to accept this fact and get on with their lives….
I never seen people on CL get as upset about a subject, as they did about this.
1. 400+ PEOPLE POSTED ON THIS TOPIC. THE MAJORTITY OF THE POST WERE FROM PITBULL, MISSINFORM-ER , BOOGIE , TOO TOT , GEMINIPRIZE, HAUTIA, HELL2THANAW, ETC, ETC
It’s ridiculous.
Marianne Pearle CHOOSE Angelina Jolie to play her.
End of Story…
Marianne Pearle is half white (dutch/french),
So it makes sense to pick Angelina Jolie.
Angelina Jolie Husband is producing the film.
I don see what the problem is….
Angelina LOOKS like a person of mixed heritage if you ask me. And who cares; if I was producing a movie and I had to make a choice between an A-List Angelina Jolie(who actually can PASS for an “ethnic woman” and a B list Thandi Newton (who I actually like and think is a great actress as well) I’d DEFINITELY go with Angelina Jolie; because the movie making business is what? (say it with me) a BUSINESS and that almighty dollar is what everybody cares about at the end of the day; damn black and white.
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Nobody cares that Halle is about to black a white woman, and nobody was “alarmed” when Jeffrey Wright (a very light puerto rican) played Martin Luther King.
Random Fact: Thadie dated Brad Pitt when they did the Interview with a vampire movie.
I thought Thandie Newton did a terrible job in Beloved (“mah diamondsss!”) and haven’t paid to see another one of her movies since then. She sounds salty to me. Personally I think that Angelina is a much better actress, not to mention the fact that Mrs. Pearl personally picked her. Also from what I understand Angelina’s mother is mixed (french, first nations I think)
Wow! you guys are a lot more objective on this subject than the folks that posted on ybf.com My lord, some of them got pretty salty. I happen to be of the opinion that if Marianne Pearl is okay with Angelina playing her, bronzer and all, fine by me. Do I think Thandie would have been a better choice? Sure, but the flick would have had a much smaller draw. Most folks outside of the UK don’t know who the hell Thandie is. On the other hand, Angelina, like her or not, you know who she is. At the end of the day, the film industry is a business. While some do make movies to make a statement, the studios fund films in order to make a profit.
Well for one, Brad Pitt is directing the movie, so of course he’s gonna have Angie do the role. Also I dont see anything wrong with it. It’s not like she’s making fun of someone. She seems like she’s playing a seriousor le…she’s not making fun of black people. Shawn and Marlon dressed up like white women and made fun of how white people are. Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence dressed up like Fat women and made fun of them… That one guy ( I cant remember his name all the sudden) Dressed up as an old lady, Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s just acting. As long as she aint jumbing around wit a bango with a piece of watermelon in one hand and a piece of chicken in the other, it’s all good! She already got the lips for it!
THANDIE WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT, BUT NEVERTHELESS WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS OR THAT THE FACT REMAINS THAT THEY TANNED ANGELINA’S FACE WTF…
Please Thandie Newton would have had to blackened herself up to play Marriance Pearl too!!! Thandie NEwton hasnt been “black” for years and now she wants to create contraversy?!! GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!
LMFAO at poor Halle….no one does care!!!
Angelina Jolie seems like the type of person who would have been very interested in portraying Mariane Pearl and probably lobbied for the part. What is Brad Pitt truly going to say, no? If she was not interested, then there would have been open auditions and I am quite certain a woman of color would have been cast. Please correct me if I am wrong, but Daniel Pearl would be the central character and I think Dan Futterman (no Tom Cruise) is playing that part.
Believe it or not, Hollywood will gamble on unknown actors if it will keep the budget down. That is also a side of the business. In any event, thank you Thandie for being candid and classy in your response at the same time.
Other than Crash and Beloved, another familiar role for Thandie would be as Makemba or Kem, Dr. Carter’s love interest who loses their child on ER. She is a talented actress, who is willing to take a gamble (e.g Norbit).
Thandie took the high road, but Angelina’s the blackest atress out there!
I MAY CATCH A LOT OF HEAT FOR SAYING THIS, BUT HERE GOES…
PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TRIPPIN’ ABOUT ANGIE PLAYING THAT ROLE…WE ALL KNOW IT’S BECAUSE OF BRAD PITT’S PRODUCTION COMPANY MAKING THIS MOVIE THAT SHE HAS THE ROLE…EVERYONE IS FORGETTING THAT THIS ROLE WAS ORIGINALLY JENNIFER ANISTON’S. NOW, IF ANY WHITE WOMAN DESERVES TO PLAY A BLACK WOMAN AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY NOT BE UPSET ABOUT IT, IT’S ANGELINA JOLIE. SHE DOES MORE THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA THAN ALOT OF BLACK ENTERTAINERS DO, THAT’S FOR DAMN SURE. ANGIE USES HER CELEBRITY TO BRING WORLDWIDE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES PLAGUING AFRICA, AND I APPLAUD HER FOR THAT…HER DAUGHTER IS BLACK, AND I DON’T SEE ANYBODY TRIPPIN ABOUT THAT. SHE MAY NOT BE BLACK, BUT I THINK SHE HAS ETHNIC FEATURES (THOSE LIPS YA’LL!) AND SHE CAN PULL IT OFF. PEOPLE JUST NEED TO CREATE A CONTROVERSY WHERE THERE IS NONE. JENNIFER LOPEZ PLAYED AN ITALIAN WOMAN IN “THE WEDDING PLANNER,” THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED ACTING. IT’S A ROLE.
Angelina is part native american. She can act, I wish they would have gotten a black actress just because we can play great roles but that’s not what the money machine is about. The women didn’t want a black women to play her. She isnt black.
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
While I appreciate the attention the movie will get because of Angelina’s status, I still can’t shake the fact that there are SO FEW ROLES for african american people in GENERAL in Hollywood, that when there is an opportunity to give a plum role to an AA actr, they should.
You won’t see Gabrielle Union being cast as Marie Antionette, just because she is a better actress than Kirsten Dunst.
Bios should be as truthful and believeable as possible.
That being said, I respect Angelina for wanting to do this……I just think it shows an obvious Hollywood double standard.
Well since Brad is directing it…..Uhhh hello, he is certainly going to have his baby mama playing the role!!!
Angelina is a great actress, I love to look at her, she is GORGEOUS!!
It helps when you know the person you’re portraying. Marianne and Angie are friends so Angie can use this experince to play Marianne better.
And I’m glad Thandie didn’t diss Angie, she chose to be mature about it.
Excuse Me? Gabrielle Union a better actress than Kirsten Dunst? You are on that issue. Gabrielle Union has done nothing but cookie cutter “i’m the hot girl of the cast” date movies while Kirsten Dunst has been doing big budget films since before she hit puberty. That girl can act her ass off.
…and she went to my high school.
I see Thandie Newton point. If you are going to go there, some me question Thandie’s “blackness”. Not to mention how some black actress would love to get roles traditional “labled/written” for a white women.
For example, Halle Berry did an excellant job starting in “Tje Rich Man’s Wife”, “Gothika” and “Cat Woman” which were meant for a white actress until she convinced the producers/directors otherwise. Halle did a great job playing these roles and I have doubt Angelina will do a great job too.
Also, Angelina is sensitive and respective of issues facing the Nation of Africa. I think she gets a pass for adopting and caring for Little Zahara (so cute) and her activism in Africa.
Sorry for the typos.
This coming from a woman who is so proud of her black heritage that she married a white man.
Preach Number 38!!!
Thats right, its all about money with some of these celebs. Its not about her thinking “oh, I want to do something for my black people, and my heritage, she is thinking “why didnt they pick me?, I need the money and they wont have to spend much time putting makeup on me, cause Im darker, not BLACK but darker”. Please……
That Damn Angelina’s always stealing something.
charisselt said:
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regardless of what color Angelina is if she played the role better than she should get the job
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She better play it right! Because Thandie is a great actress too, and to be honest with you she is the obvious choice. But we’ll see how the movie turns out. But this is no ordinary role. Angelina has to look, sound…..Be Mariane Pearl without making it seem fake or rehearsed.
I don’t have a problem with Angelina Jolie being cast in this part. I do however, feel that it was unnecessary to darken her up. We come in all shades, so the use make-up in this regards to me is ignorant. I also will have a problem if they try to lighten up Halle for her role like they did in ‘Queen’.
“Thandie, Its just a movie.”
I mean, c’mon. Just like they picked Halle to play a white woman because she was the best actress for the job; they picked Angelina the same way. They felt she was better. As long as she does justice to the film, as she will most likely do, its okay.
Oh, and so we are clear, marrying a white has nothing to do with being “proud” of your black heritage.
Go to hell #11…there is no such thing as “pure” black. Get a fucking education…Daniel Pearl’s wife, Halle, and Thandie are all black women!
This is gonna cause problems
#26…Thandie has always said she was black…you need to get your facts straight.
Good post #31…..Very good point. It amazes me how quick all these black folks are to come to white folk’s defense..you DON”T see them picking dark black women to play white women.
#35..please. Kirsten is no better than Gabrielle..she’s just white and white actresses can have more range because they get more roles. Get over yourself.
You too Annie #38..her marrying a white man has nothing to do with her not being proud of her African heritage. Like #46 said, Thandie has always said she was black and acted proud. What do you want her to do?? Grab some fried chicken and get a gold tooth??
My whole point is this – Thandie married a white man so obviously race didn’t matter to her then so why does it matter now that she got passed over for a movie role and it was given to Angelina Jolie? Shit she wasn’t even passed over she wasn’t ever in contention so she can be shocked and suprised all she wants.
Well, we can thank Will Smith and Danzel for this $#!T!
Gabrielle Union is NOT a better actress than Kirsten Dunst. What kind of flood pluckin’ shit you on?
Okay Thandie let’s do it like this, WE’LL ACCEPT YOUR WHITE ENGLISH HUBBY WHO WE NEVER SEE & YOU ACCEPT ANGELINA IN THIS PARTICULAR ROLE! THANK YOU!
As if it isn’t already difficult for black women to get roles in hollywood…
now there giving away roles made for black women to white women……
A white woman will never know what it’s like to be a black woman and vice-versa……you can act what is fake to you.
By the way, the difference with the WAYANS BROTHERS playing white girls is it was a parody, a comedy….
for a real life role, having a white woman depict a black womans life is nothing but an insult! And Thandie Newton is a great actress….there are many great black actresses that could have pulled this off w/o playing dress up……..
Everybody has the right to an opinion #50…Go to school, please.
I don’t like Kirsten Dunst..she’s annoying to me. If you like her, then fine, but you don’t have the right to question anyone who dislikes her.
Gabrielle is definately more beautiful than Kirsten, and to me, she’s a better actress. As it was stated before..Gabrielle doesn’t get chances.
#52…I think the problem lies in the fact that Mrs. Pearl has no connection or respect for being black..she’s one of those rainbow folks who actually believe color isn’t important…if you notice, those are the ones who usually have a problem with being classified as black.
Well Thandie’s father is white so it makes sense she married a white male. That’s usually how it goes. You marry the a person in the likeness of the opposite sex. Girl – dad’s white marries white male.
Girl dad’s black marries black male. So long as they have good interaction with that parent.
Dont hate Thandie.
ahhh sorry grapes here, she is jealous. Angeina and Daniel Pearls widow are friends…and it don’t hurt
that Brad Pitt is Producing the film.
At least halle tries to be black, Thandie is bi-racial 99 percent of time until she wants something…then all of a sudden…..OH IM BLACK I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT ROLE?! Thandie is very reclusive in the black community. She married a white dude, does 99percent white movies in England, and HAVE U EVER SEEN THANDIE AT AN EVENT FOR BLACKS?! U saw her at the BET awards once and as soon as she caught a glimpse of Busta Im damn sure she shit herself.
angelina jolie IS mixed. she white and native american. dang people
lol, sicne a drop of black makes you black (according to some), does a drop of native american make you native american? what say you?
thats Hollywood for u. WTF