Nia Long: ‘Why Wasn’t I Considered for Avatar?'

[just444]

Nia Long: “I’ve felt passed over on things, for sure...Like, why wasn’t I considered for #Avatar? I think Zoe’s amazing. But I wasn’t even a topic of discussion, you know?” https://t.co/EWOPSKOwl4
- Variety (@Variety) February 10, 2023

sourceIn a long interview with The Cut Nia Long talked about not feeling appreciated by Hollywood and the one

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[rhcp]

was the casting call for a "nia long type" and then she wasn't considered? definitely missing some context here.

[theylezharold]

Lol that's how Jessica Walter got "Asher" - they were asking for "a Jessica Walter type," and she was like, "Heeey, hi there!" and gor the role.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I kinda skimmed through the cut article and it just comes off random lol.

[sandstorm]

why did variety even write about this lol because it had the name Avatar?

[genbu_no_miko24]

Other news take snippets from long-form interviews. Plus her new movie You People came out a few weeks ago, so she's in the press for now.

[angela_arden]

I don't trust variety after seeing what that awful red carpet interviewer guy wrote when MKW died.

[angela_arden]

I still can't believe Cameron said essentially if the native americans fought back they wouldn't have been genocided.....like holy shit dude.

Nia is underrated imo

[ruby479]

He what?!

[angela_arden]

https://movieweb.com/avatar-why-native-american-activists-are-boycotting/

[funhouse]

if only the native americans had pepsi to offer the colonists

[skyler_white_yo]

Maybe the context was they were looking for women of color, and it bothered her she wasn’t asked to even audition. Or she has a shitty agent/manager/whoever books her auditions.

[genbu_no_miko24]

This is the whole quote:

Do you feel like you get passed up for roles?

I’ve felt passed over on things, for sure. There have definitely been moments like, Why wasn’t I considered for that? Like, why wasn’t I considered for Avatar? I think Zoe’s amazing. But I wasn’t even a topic of discussion, you know? A lot of times, to be fair, directors know in their minds who they want. It’s happened to me, and it’s not happened for me. I would love to do a film like Avatar because I’m really a fan and obsessed. I would even do a supporting role in a film like that because it’s so magical and beautiful, and there are so many lessons and a connection to Mother Nature, humanity, and race. I just think it’s fantastical.

She just really wanted to be a part of it but it didn't come her way lol.

[ginainabottle]

I know I'm high but this post suddenly made me understand Vanessa Hudgens when she says something isn't a vibe.