Jon M. Chu is responding to accusations of “white washing” the roles of Afro-Latinx characters in the In The Heights movie.
After streaming the movie on HBO Max or seeing the new flick in theaters, many people took to social media to air some grievances about not seeing more Black Latinx performers. Click inside to read what Jon said about the issue… One of the people who spoke out about the lack of Afro-Latinx actors in the film pointed out that there was “a CLEAR casting choice not to cast any dark skinned Afro-Latinxs that should be discussed.” “In the end, when we were looking at the cast, we tried to get the people who were best for those roles and we saw a lot of people,” Jon responded in a new interview when asked. “People like
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