Zoe Saldana is regretting her role playing Nina Simone in the 2016 biopic, Nina.
During an Instagram Live with hosted by B-ESE, the 42-year-old actress opened up about what went into her playing the role and why she regrets it now.. “I should have never played Nina,” Zoe shared, while revealing that she wore a prosthetic nose, fake teeth, and makeup to darken her skin. “I should have done everything in my power, with the leverage that I had 10 years ago — which was a different [amount of] leverage, but it was leverage nonetheless.
I should’ve tried everything in my power to cast a Black woman to play an exceptionally perfect Black woman.” She continued that when she took over the role, she “thought back then that I had the permission
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