Voices: Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz need to stop playing Latinx roles
msn.comParallel Mother and Bardem was nominated for portraying Cuban Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. Javier Bardem and Cruz, who have been married since 2010Bardem’s casting was widely criticized — many felt Arnaz should’ve been played by a Latinx, ideally Cuban, actor.
Bardem responded by stating, “We should all start not allowing anybody to play Hamlet unless they were born in Denmark. ” But it seems pretty clear to me that comparing Danish people to Latinx people is an ignorant false equivalency.
During a press conference following his Oscar nomination, the Spanish actor shared how he feels about being cast as Latinx characters.
His tantrum was ripe with comments that, in my view, were simply neocolonial. “Let’s talk about Spanish minorities. How many Spanish characters are there in international cinema?
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