Thandie Newton Turned Down 'Charlie's Angels' Role After This Interaction with Sony's Amy Pascal

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Former Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal has distanced herself from racist claims made by Thandie Newton in a new interview, insisting she has no recollection of the conversation she allegedly had with the actress.

Charlie's Angels movie—telling that Amy Pascal used "stereotypes of how to be more convincing as a Black character" during a meeting. (FYI, Amy is the former head of Sony Pictures, who was ousted after her racist emails leaked in the Sony Hack.) Amy offered an "apology" in a statement to , saying she was "horrified" to hear Thandie's recollection of the meeting, and that “While I take her words seriously, I have no recollection of the events she describes, nor do any of her representatives who were present at that casting session.

Former Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal has distanced herself from racist claims made by Thandie Newton in a new interview, insisting she has no recollection of the conversation she allegedly had with the actress.In a new Vulture interview, the Westworld star reveals she was in negotiations for a role in the 2000 Charlie’s Angels remake when she was called in to meet then-Sony boss Pascal, who was fired in 2015 over leaked emails that were deemed insensitive and problematic for the movie company.During the chat, Pascal allegedly told Newton there was a challenge in making her character “believable” as a college-educated woman, and then suggested there could be a bar scene, where the Brit’s character “gets up on a table and starts shaking her

Thandie Newton had revealed what made her pass on starring in "Charlie's Angels." The "Westworld" star, 47, opened up to Vulture recently, where she discussed encounters she had with the film's director Joseph McGinty Nichol -- also known as McG -- and Amy Pascal, the then-head of Sony Pictures, who distributed the film. In the interview, Newton said that 2000's "Charlie's Angels" is "one of the biggest movies [she] didn't end up doing." "...The director said to me, 'I can’t wait for this.The first shot is going to be ...

The 2000 movie “Charlie’s Angels” very nearly starred British actress Thandie Newton until her interactions with former studio head Amy Pascal and director McG led her to drop out.

Thandie Newton is sharing some of her experiences with stereotyping in Hollywood.The English actress, in a new interview with Vulture, claims she turned down a role in 2000 movie Charlie's Angels after an alleged awkward interaction with Amy Pascal, who was Sony Pictures co-chairman at the time.'I had a meeting with her, and she said, "Look, I don't mean to be politically incorrect, but the character as written and you playing the role, I just feel like we've got to make sure that it's believable." I was like, "What do you mean? What changes would you have to make?"' Thandie said.

Rebecca Davis editorLucy Liu opened up in a recent interview about the difficulties she faced earlier in her career due to racism in Hollywood. The former “Charlie’s Angels” star’s comments come as actor Thandie Newton spoke out about how she was initially cast in Liu’s role in the 2000 film, but pulled out due to what she described as the racist, objectifying vision of director Joseph McGinty Nichol and former Sony Pictures head Amy Pascal.Liu said that when she was just starting out as an actor in Los Angeles, she struggled to get as many auditions as her white counterparts and had to work her way into rooms where no one else looked like her.

Mackenzie Nichols Staff Writer“Westworld” star Thandie Newton revealed several stories about shocking behavior she’s encountered from Hollywood executives and creatives over the course of her career in a provocative interview with Vulture. The actor cited incidents ranging from press coverage of her alleged sexual assault to what she remembers as a racist encounter with former Sony Pictures head Amy Pascal.The actor detailed the trauma she experienced at age 16, when she was allegedly groomed and sexually abused by director John Duigan while working on the set of the 1991 movie “Flirting,” when he was 39.

If the #MeToo movement, Time’s Up, and the recent BLM protests have proven anything over the past several years, it’s that society can be a pretty terrible place for those who are women and People of Color. And in the case of Thandie Newton, a Golden Globe-nominated actress, she’s apparently had to face issues due to both her ethnicity and her gender, as she revealed in a new, incredible interview over at Vulture.

Thandie Newton didn’t end up doing 2000′s Charlie’s Angels movie and is describing the interactions she had leading up to filming that caused her to turn it down.