The Good Place star Kristen Bell has quit the role of a mixed-race character on Apple TV+ series Central Park, saying that her taking on the role in the first place showed "a lack of awareness".In a statement released on her social media pages, Kristen confirmed that she would be stepping back from the role of Molly and added that she and the Central Park creative team are pledging to "make it right" by recasting the part."This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity.
Here is one of mine," Kristen wrote."Playing the character of Molly on Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege.
Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.
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