Culture 01.17.18 at 3:04 pm

Twitter Is Shocked That Catherine Zeta-Jones Isn’t Actually Latina

By Remezcla Estaff

01.17.18 at 3:04 pm

Lead Photo: Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones attends A+E Networks' 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 14, 2018 in Pasadena, California. Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for A+E Networks/Lifetime

Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones attends A+E Networks' 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on January 14, 2018 in Pasadena, California. Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for A+E Networks/Lifetime

Catherine Zeta-Jones is not Latina, but for some, this fact comes as a surprise. Following news that the Welsh actress will play Colombian queenpin Griselda Blanco in Cocaine Godmother, Zeta-Jones has received criticism for taking a role from a Latina/Latin American actress (as well as sparking conversations about the limited roles available for our community). But the casting has also led a some on the internet to voice their disbelief. Some blamed it on her past roles (The Mask of Zorro, where she played a Spanish woman) and others said it was the surname Zeta that confused them.

Regardless, they all know the truth and have tweeted about it. Check out a few comments below:

I'm pretty shocked to find out that Catherine Zeta Jones ain't Latina! I never knew! wtf? In all honesty I think she would do a great job though, but I get it!
— KillerBee! (@qkillerbeeb) January 16, 2018

Imagine growing up your whole life thinking Catherine zeta jones was Latina only to just now discover she a white welsh lady????? Da fuq!?
— Sapph (@SapphirreB) January 16, 2018

@gaypoetrybro Not the first time lol. The movie Zorro also made me think Catherine Zeta Jones was Latina when I was younger
— Soph (@sophiaapin) January 16, 2018

Catherine Zeta Jones is ALWAYS casted as a Latina lmao so annoying. When i was little i legit thought she was Latina. https://t.co/N0bmeC6nWr
— Mrs. Meeseeks (@no_url) January 15, 2018

WELSH?!
Wow, they've had Catherine Zeta-Jones out here playing Latina for YEARS… https://t.co/3aaNmY635c
— Bree! (@iKhaleesi_) January 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/SummerIsles721/status/952779851139895296

For the longest time I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones was Latina because of the movie Zorro, but nope she’s Welsh. Now she’s playing the Cocaine Godmother and idk how to feel about it in hindsight. She’s a great actress though.
— agent K (@yougo_GlennKiki) January 5, 2018

Zorro had me completely convinced that Catherine Zeta-Jones was latina up until a few years ago
— sweet DaAaAaAaAaAaddy (@_avry_) December 3, 2017

Catherine Zeta Jones been getting away with playing Latina’s my whole life, I didn’t know she was Welsh! BRUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH, she’s welsh I’ve been bamboozled
— Takadoshikutomiku Rikitatakikashite, FBMA (@FrancoisLuciano) November 28, 2017

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