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"Let's not throw rocks when we all live in glass houses."
Updated : May 28, 2015, 11:00 PM IST
American actress Zoe Saldana has got completely inspired by Michael B. Jordan's essay on diversity in Hollywood and racism.
The Star Trek actress was thankful to the American actor's candid essay about racism and casting in Hollywood that he penned in response to Internet trolls: "Let's not throw rocks when we all live in glass houses", Us Magazine reported.
The 36-year-old actress, wrote via Facebook that if they they question why Jordan has been cast to play the Human Torch in Fantastic Four then they must also question why Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra, why Angelina Jolie played Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart, why Laurence Olivier played Othello, Burt Lancaster in Apache, and the list goes on.
Bravo!!! Inspired by Michael's essay. Thank you for speaking up. If we question why Michael has been cast to play the...
Posted by Zoe Saldana on Saturday, May 23, 2015
The 28-year-old actor had penned an essay about the comments he read about him being cast as the Human Torch, Johnny Storm, in the upcoming reboot of the superhero movie.
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