Disney’s live-action remake of “Aladdin” is taking heat after an extra working on the Guy Ritchie-directed film claimed he saw makeup artists darkening the skin of white actors. As Britain’s Sunday Times reports, extra Kaushal Odedra — who was reportedly working as a stand-in for one of the lead actors — claimed that he saw up to...
- 1/15/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Disney has admitted to using makeup to help dozens of white extras look Middle Eastern for crowd scenes in its upcoming, live-action remake of “Aladdin,” The Sunday Times reports. According to the British newspaper, “The company says it resorted to darkening white people for roles requiring skills that could not be readily found in the Asian community” near Longcross Film Studios, where shooting is underway, “such as stunt men, dancers and camel handlers.”
Located in the English county of Surrey, Longcross is about a 50-minute drive from London, home to a 1.1 million-person population of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Arab descendants.
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The movie’s director, Guy Ritchie, declined to comment for the Times story, which quotes a onetime stand-in for one of the film’s leads, Kaushal Odedra.
“On one set, two palace guards came in and...
Located in the English county of Surrey, Longcross is about a 50-minute drive from London, home to a 1.1 million-person population of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Arab descendants.
Read More: ‘Aladdin’ Creators Recall Robin Williams on the Animated Classic’s 25th Anniversary
The movie’s director, Guy Ritchie, declined to comment for the Times story, which quotes a onetime stand-in for one of the film’s leads, Kaushal Odedra.
“On one set, two palace guards came in and...
- 1/8/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The live-action version of Disney’s Aladdin – which is currently shooting near London with Guy Ritchie at the helm – has caused a furore in the UK press in particular, with reports of white cast members being “tanned” to disguise their Caucasian appearance. The revelations were sparked by a report in The Sunday Times, which quoted film extra (and lead-actor stand-in) Kaushal Odedra, as having witnessed Caucasian actors in a make-up tent, “waiting to have their skin darkened.” The report suggests that the group Odedra witnessed comprised of around 20 individuals.
The idea that white actors should be hired and “tanned” by the world’s biggest movie studio, for a film that is categorically not about white people is especially disturbing, given that the year is 2018 and the movie is being shot in a location that’s within easy reach of one of the most diverse cities in the world. As soon...
The idea that white actors should be hired and “tanned” by the world’s biggest movie studio, for a film that is categorically not about white people is especially disturbing, given that the year is 2018 and the movie is being shot in a location that’s within easy reach of one of the most diverse cities in the world. As soon...
- 1/8/2018
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
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