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12
October 2006
Angelina
Jolie Movie Comes Under
Fire
Film
bosses have come under
fire for casting
Angelina
Jolie
as a mixed-race
widow.
The
raven-haired beauty
plays a young mum whose
journalist husband is
kidnapped and killed in
the upcoming A Mighty
Heart, which is based on
the true story of
Mariane and Daniel
Pearl.
Make-up
artists apparently
darkened the star's skin
for her to play the
role, a move which has
angered
campaigners.
They
claim the part should
have gone to a
mixed-race
actress.
"I
had assumed that the
days when white actors
took on the roles of
black people had long
passed away," one
protester is quoted as
saying.
"You
can't tell me that Halle
Berry or other women of
African descent wouldn't
have been a better
choice," said
another.
The
movie started shooting
in India this
week.
It
tells the story of
Daniel Pearl, who was
snatched and beheaded by
Islamic terrorists in
2002, and his wife
Mariane, who was
pregnant when her
husband was
abducted.
Mariane
has said she is thrilled
the Tomb Raider star is
playing her in the
film.
"I'm
delighted Angelina Jolie
will be playing my role.
I deeply admire her
work," she
said.
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