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I also found this article on Emma Stone.

“Emma Stone’s casting as Allison Ng, a character of Hawaiian and Asian heritage, in Cameron Crowe’s latest romantic comedy Aloha, received its fair share of criticism when the film opened in May. Crowe went so far as to apologize “to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice” in a blog post. While on a press tour for Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, which opens on Friday, Stone for the first time addressed the controversy in an interview with an Australian news site.“I’ve become the butt of many jokes,” she said, referring to her role in Aloha. “I’ve learned on a macro level about the insane history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how prevalent the problem truly is. It’s ignited a conversation that’s very important.

In defense of her casting, she offered: “The character was not supposed to look like her background which was a quarter Hawaiian and a quarter Chinese.”

At the very least she addressed it, though I’m not sure I’d consider it an apology. Also the excuse is no excuse at all, I’m sure there’s an actress out there that could fill that role properly.

Also, there’s an interesting bit at the bottom where the focus shifts to in demand actresses in their 20′s being so often cast opposite middle aged romantic leads. May be a little tone deaf to shift the start of the article to that, but it’s still a point I never really noticed before until they mentioned it.

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