Zoë Kravitz “felt a little uncomfortable” filming ‘Big Little Lies’ in “such a white area”

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Big Little Lies in California.The actress, who is currently promoting The Batman in which she stars as Catwoman/Selina Kyle, said that she “felt a little uncomfortable” shooting the HBO series in Monterey because it’s “such a white area”.“There were a few moments where I felt a little uncomfortable because it is such a white area,” she told The Observer. “Just weird racist people in bars and things like that.”Kravitz was one of the few actors of colour in the show, which has so far run for two seasons between 2017 and 2019.

Big Little Lies was previously criticised by publications including Slate for its lack of diversity.She added in the interview that her character, Bonnie Howard Carlson, was “originally written for a white person”.Elsewhere, Kravitz revealed that she was rejected from auditioning for a role in The Dark Knight Rises for being too “urban”.The singer and actress discussed her early acting career rejections when she opened up about attempting to audition for director Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film.“I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan,” Kravitz said. “I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director’s assistant… Being a woman of colour and being an actor and being told at that time I wasn’t able to read because of the colour of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.”However, since her Observer remarks, Kravitz has shared a letter on her Instagram Stories addressing the “click-bait bad journalism” of follow-up coverage [via Yahoo!].“I was NOT told I was too urban to play Catwoman in the ‘Dark Knight [Rises]’.