Director David Ayer responded to backlash over the alleged 'brownface' casting of Daytime Emmy winner Shia LaBeouf as a 'Cholo' gangster in his upcoming movie, The Tax Collector.'Shia is playing a whiteboy who grew up in the hood,' the 52-year-old filmmaker - who boasts 479K Twitter/Instagram followers - explained.'This is a [half-Jewish, half-Cajun] dude playing a white character.
Also the only white dude in the movie.' Hitting VOD on August 7! Director David Ayer (L) responded to backlash over the alleged 'brownface' casting of Daytime Emmy winner Shia LaBeouf (R) as a 'Cholo' gangster in his upcoming movie, The Tax Collector The 52-year-old filmmaker explained: 'Shia is playing a whiteboy who grew up in the hood.
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