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Is it too much to ask for the people who actually look like the characters to be cast. This would’ve been an excellent Sam Waterson part, for example.
Isn’t this mostly covering Bernstein’s younger years though?
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Everything Everywhere All At Once in every eligible category
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Is it too much to ask for the people who actually look like the characters to be cast. This would’ve been an excellent Sam Waterson part, for example.
Reportedly, the movie spans Bernstein’s life from age 28 (when he met his future wife, Felicia Cohn Montealegre) to 72 (when he died). The bulk of the movie supposedly focuses on the 30 year period of the couple’s relationship. It was an “artistic decision” to use one actor instead of two, as was done in Love and Mercy, the Brian Wilson biopic. (Mulligan will play Montealegre from age 24 until her death at age 56.)
As for why Netflix chose to release first look photos over a year before the movie’s expected release date, maybe the streamer was looking to generate some favorable publicity and temporarily shift the focus away from its stock value, subscription numbers, and comedy specials….
ReplyCopy URLFelicia Montealegre was born on March 3, 1922 in San José, Costa Rica to Clemencia Montealegre Carazo (San Jose, 1898-1963), and Roy Elwood Cohn, a US mining executive then stationed in Costa Rica.
Carey Hannah Mulligan was born on 28 May 1985 in London,[4] to Nano (née Booth) and Stephen Mulligan. Her father, a hotel manager, is of Irish descent and is originally from Liverpool.
Find the mistake.
I’m not really interested in this as I’m not a fan of these two performers. Mulligan was fantastic in Promising Young Woman and should have won the Oscar for it but disappointed she will go back to the usual wife/lady in love role.
ReplyCopy URLDarling, here’s some nominations predictions for this tired biopic.
BEST BIOPIC
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A BIOPIC ROLE: Cooper
BEST BIOPIC SCREENPLAY
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— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) May 31, 2022
ReplyCopy URL• FYC: Everything Everywhere All at Once in any and every single category, especially Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh in Actress, Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress, The Daniels in Director/Screenplay, Paul Rogers in Editing, and Son Lux in Score.
Cooper really wants that Oscar and he’ll probably win it. No comment on Carey playing yet another white washed role.
I understand the views that Latino actors are grossly underemployed in the film industry and that Latinas should be played by Latinas but to the extent that Mulligan’s casting is problematic, I don’t think it is accurate to describe this situation as “whitewashing,” which is “casting a white performer in a role based on a nonwhite person or fictional character.” Felicia Montealegre was white. I’m not criticizing cultural concerns about her casting, just the phrase used here to describe it; these are different issues.
ReplyCopy URLYeah, I definitely understand (and honestly find myself agreeing with) the criticism, but I think it’s important that no matter how anyone feels about the casting, the role of Felicia Montealegre is not being white-washed by Carey Mulligan since the former is a white Latina and Carey Mulligan is white herself; I understand what people are trying to say when they (accidentally) use the term white-washing, but it’s important that we know that it doesn’t apply in this instance.
ReplyCopy URL• FYC: Everything Everywhere All at Once in any and every single category, especially Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh in Actress, Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress, The Daniels in Director/Screenplay, Paul Rogers in Editing, and Son Lux in Score.
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