WESTWORLD Star Thandie Newton Reveals Why She Passed On Starring In CHARLIE'S ANGELS

WESTWORLD Star Thandie Newton Reveals Why She Passed On Starring In CHARLIE'S ANGELS

Westworld star Thandie Newton has opened up about her decision to pass on one of the lead roles in 2000's Charlie's Angels for what she felt was the character's stereotyped sexuality and attitude!

By Nighthawk01 - Jul 09, 2020 04:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Charlie's Angels
Source: Vulture

Thandie Newton has received widespread critical acclaim for her work in HBO's Westworld, but the actress has revealed in an interview with Vulture that she passed on a major blockbuster early in her career.

That was 2000's Charlie's Angels, which ended up starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu, and the 30-year acting veteran wasn't on board with the way women were portayed.

"One of the biggest movies I didn't end up doing was because the director said to me, 'I can't wait for this. The first shot is going to be...You're going to think it's like yellow lines down a road, and you pull back and you realize it's the stitching, because the denim is so tight on your ass it's going to look like tarmac.' I was like, 'Oh, I don't think we're going to go down this road together.'"

McG directed Charlie's Angels, so that's more than likely who Newton is referencing here. Unfortunately, she didn't find much in the way of support from those at Sony Pictures, either. 

"I had a meeting with [the head of the studio]," Newton recalls. "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.' She's basically reeling off these stereotypes of how to be more convincing as a Black character."

"Everything she said, I was like, 'Nah, I wouldn't do that.' She’s like, 'Yeah, but you're different. You're different.' That was Amy Pascal. That’s not really a surprise, let’s face it: I didn’t do the movie as a result."

If Pascal's name rings a bell, it's because she's now one of the producers on the Spider-Man family of movies, and her attitude towards race definitely comes as a surprise.

Sony Pictures rebooted Charlie's Angels last year, but it bombed at the box office. 

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ElJefe
ElJefe - 7/9/2020, 5:07 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - Yes...Lol...I love “Tom Cruise is weird” stories. He sounds intense.
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/9/2020, 4:44 AM
Wow, Amy Pascal sounds terrible
NegativeNerd
NegativeNerd - 7/10/2020, 6:24 AM
@tmp3 - Lol yep. She's been sounded terrible.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 7/9/2020, 4:44 AM
I'd suggest reading that whole article.
When people talk about how deeply racism is rooted into every industry, look no further than Amy Pascal - who has met and worked with countless black people- telling Thandie freaking Newton that she needs to 'blacken up' a part by having a scene where she just randomly starts shaking her ass, a scene that apparently wasn't even in the script
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/9/2020, 4:46 AM
YIKES....
Kman
Kman - 7/9/2020, 4:52 AM
Good for her... I like this woman more and more
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/9/2020, 5:26 AM
Pascal is awful. Not surprising.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 7/9/2020, 5:37 AM
And, yet, she did Mission: Impossible 2....

Don't @ me, because I love M:I-2.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 7/9/2020, 5:45 AM
There's still way too many people like Amy Pascal working in Hollyweird
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/9/2020, 6:49 AM
What the hell lol
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/9/2020, 7:07 AM
Why would someone want their ass to look like tarmac? lol stereotypes are awful but I think they’re derived from other races not spending time around each other and instead basing their views on what they’ve seen on tv. It’s not right at all.

I don’t know how you could be a producer that long and still feel that was a cool thing to say to someone
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/10/2020, 11:12 AM
Because she knows a shit woke movie when she sees one.
GringoPendejo
GringoPendejo - 7/10/2020, 4:32 PM
@marvel72 - This about McG's movies, not the Kristen Stewart led flop.
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