Actress Helen Mirren addressed backlash over her casting as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the biopic 'Golda,' criticizing restrictions on who actors should portray.
‘The Big Weekend Show’ panelists discuss Elon Musk offering to pay users’ legal bills if they are ‘unfairly treated’ by employers for likes or posts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.over her casting as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the biopic"Golda" as critics call out the decision to allow a non-Jewish actor portray a Jewish figure.
"In the case of casting, that falls down as: ‘Well, Jews are everywhere in showbiz, so Jewish actors don’t need that leg-up.’""I think I can see, but sometimes I can't see because I can't see who in this room is Jewish," Mirren said.
Actor Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro’ received similar backlash after he used a prosthetic nose to get into character. MAKEUP ARTIST BEHIND BRADLEY COOPER'S CONTROVERSIAL PROSTHETIC NOSE ADDRESSES BACKLASH: ‘WASN’T EXPECTING IT'
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