La La Anthony says Hollywood has dropped the ball casting Latina actresses
La La Anthony wants Hollywood to know that one size - or one shade - doesn't fit all for Latino actors...
La La Anthony wants Hollywood to know that one size – or one shade – doesn’t fit all for Latino actors.
The actress and TV personality told Latina magazine that the movie industry just doesn’t get it. For Anthony, it’s a personal struggle.
“I definitely don’t feel like I’m what Hollywood thinks of when they think of a Latina actress at all,” Anthony told the magazine. “They are imagining a different look, a different vibe. People still tell me, ‘You speak Spanish? You’re Spanish? You’re Puerto Rican?’ They can’t wrap their minds around it.”
It’s not only a perception problem, Anthony says. The POWER actress also insists that Hollywood simply lacks the creativity to make these critical roles a reality.
“The industry just hasn’t been thinking outside the box when it comes to Latina women,” Anthony told the magazine. “We come in all colors. My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many different shades, and I think Hollywood has yet to realize that.”
Anthony echoed similar sentiments to theGrio in an interview last month about her Afro-Latina identity.
“I’m proud because I know there are so many of us out there and so many that need to see someone standing up for ourselves,” Anthony told Deputy Editor Natasha Alford. “And being a great example because for a long time there wasn’t a lot of examples of Afro-Latinas.”
“It was just what Hollywood saw as the Latin girl with a certain look, a certain hair texture a certain everything so it’s just great to be a symbol of something different.”
