Gina Torres Instagram – When I heard about this, I struggled for a family friendly version of how to express how utterly disrespected I felt. Not so much by an industry that has done this to our BIPOC communities unchecked for, well, since time, but by a new generation of filmmakers that present themselves as forward and inclusive humans and collaborators. SHAME ON YOU. As my beautiful and eloquent hermana @goconstance said, THIS IS NOT OK. It wasn’t okay when Al Jolsen wore black face in the 1920s, or when Natalie Wood and George Chakiris played Puerto Rican immigrants in the 1961 West Side Story or when too many damn examples I had to watch as a child and a grown up made it on to the big screen over and over again. And you know what? It sure AF isn’t okay in 2024, when there is a plethora of extremely talented box office approved Latina women who could have done the job, and authentically honored an incredible woman. #FelicaMontealegre nacida en Costa Rica 🇨🇷 y criada en Chile 🇨🇱. Find out about her. She never forgot where she came from., nor did she let Maestro Bernstein. So why did you #BradleyCooper ?? Watch all 4 parts of Constance’s post! She nails it!! #representationmatters