John Leguizamo slams James Franco’s casting as Fidel Castro: ‘He ain’t Latino!’

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John Leguizamo slams James Franco’s casting as Fidel Castro: ‘He ain’t Latino!’
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“How is this still going on?” the “Encanto” star wrote of the decision to cast Franco, who is of Jewish, Portuguese and Swedish descent, as the Cuban dictator.

to call out the entertainment industry for casting yet another white actor in the role of an explicitly non-white character. The reproach followed the news that James Franco would portray infamous Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in the upcoming film “Alina of Cuba.”

“Boycott! This F’d up! Plus seriously difficult story to tell without aggrandizement which would b wrong!

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