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Fisher Stevens Says Role In ‘Short Circuit’ Doing Brownface ‘Definitely Haunts Me’
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etcanada.comFisher Stevens has one major regret about his career. In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, the actor looked back on his role in brownface as Indian engineer Ben Jabituya in the 1986 film “Short Circuit” and its sequel.
RELATED: Hank Azaria Explains Why He’ll No Longer Voice Apu On ‘The Simpsons’ “It definitely haunts me,” Stevens said. “I still think it’s a really good movie, but I would never do that part again.
The world was a different place in 1986, obviously.” He also recalled that the role was not originally written as Indian. “I was originally cast as a white dude,” he said, explaining that the creative team on the film made the change of ethnicity afterward. “They rewrote it, and were like, ‘Can you play it?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I
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