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The Internet is (Still) Shocked That Catherine Zeta-Jones Isn’t Latina

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:24:29 +0000

After a 30-year career in Hollywood, fans are still shocked to learn that Catherine Zeta-Jones is not, in fact, Latina. She’s not Hispanic either. Instead, Zeta-Jones is Welsh and Irish. The topic comes up every time Zeta-Jones is featured in a new project, especially when she’s playing a character…who is Latine. It happened when she

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Responding to Backlash, Catherine Zeta-Jones Defends Herself for Portraying Griselda Blanco

Yara Simón — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:28:58 +0000

Since Catherine Zeta-Jones landed the role of Griselda Blanco in Cocaine Godmother, many have questioned why a Welsh actress is portraying someone from Colombia. As it stands, portrayals of Latinos on TV and film are both scarce and stereotypical. As a matter of fact, in the last decade, Latinos have only represented a measly 3

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

Remezcla Estaff — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:04:02 +0000

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).

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This ‘Cocaine Godmother’ Trailer Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a Colombian Drug Lord Is Whitewashing 101

Kristen Lopez — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:04:23 +0000

In the heat of the fervor left by Netflix’s series Narcos last year, Jennifer Lopez announced she was turning the tables on the genre with a biopic of female cocaine queenpin, Griselda Blanco (aka as La Madrina and La Viuda Negra.) Apparently that film has stalled and will be beaten to the punch by another

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