Regina King has defended the casting of British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X

[hewontgo]

Regina King Says British Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir Playing Malcolm X is ‘Best Actor for the Role’

She says basically all black people go through the same things so Black Americans aren't entitled to play themselves in movies about them.

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- Movie Monster #ADOS (@Pauline98476699) January 13, 2021
King was questioned the director

Comments

[aeromi]

she’s right and she should say it

[crystalzelda]

She says basically all black people go through the same things so Black Americans aren't entitled to play themselves in movies about them.

I think that’s a bit of an uncharitable take on what she said. I don’t think saying “black people face oppression everywhere so a non-American black actor can portray a role that deals with that” is exactly synonymous with “Black Americans aren’t entitled to play themselves”.

[goldenhera]

Read this quick and thought it said "Regina King defends casting Ben Kingsley as Malcolm X." My brain short circuited for about ten seconds, lol.

[snortingcoke]

she's right when she says that while the history may be different, the result is the same.

[__nocturna]

i agree with her ¯\_(ツ)_/¯