David Robb Labor EditorSpeaking out and standing up to racism was the theme of a recent SAG-AFTRA panel on “Race & Storytelling.” Moderator Jason George recalled a paint-down incident while filming the 2002 movie The Climb, in which he portrayed a mountain climber on a rescue mission.“I walked into the trailer and saw there a Caucasian man, wearing my wardrobe, my costume, and they were putting makeup on him to darken his skin so that he could be my stunt double,” he said. “In the stunt world, they call that a paint-down.” A once-common practice, it’s rare but not unheard of these days.But George wasn’t having any of it.
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