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Fidel Castro's Daughter Defends Casting of James Franco as Her Father in Upcoming Biopic


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"Fidel Castro's daughter Alina Fernández supports James Franco's casting as her father in the upcoming independent film, Alina of Cuba.

The anti-communist activist said "the project is almost entirely Latino, both in front and behind the camera" after Emmy winner John Leguizamo and other Latinx actors criticized Franco's casting, calling the inclusion appropriation amidst the Latinx community's continued exclusion from Hollywood.

"James Franco has an obvious physical resemblance with Fidel Castro, besides his ski1ls and charisma," Fernández told Deadline. "I find the selection of the cast amazing." The film, based on the true life story of Fernández and her exile from Cuba as a staunch critic of the government and her father's rule, will also star Ana Villafañe as Fernández and Mía Maestro as her mother Natalia Revuelta, the socialite who had an impassioned affair with Castro.

Alina of Cuba will be directed by Miguel Bardem with a script from award-winning playwrights Jose Rivera and Nilo Cruz. "The filmmakers worked a lot and I can't be more grateful to them for their overall inclusive selection," Fernández continued. "To me, the most important thing about this movie is that the conversation about Cuba is alive. Personally, the experience is so far too unexpected but more than anything, humbling."

Leguizamo spoke out against Franco's addition on social media Friday. "How is this still going on?" the actor asked. "How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well? No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F'd up! Plus seriously difficult story to tell without aggrandizement which would b wrong! I don't got a prob with Franco but he ain't Latino!"

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"Latin exclusion in Hollywood is real! Don't get it twisted!" he added in another post. "Long long history of it! And appropriation of our stories even longer! Why can't Latinxers play Latin roles? Why can't we play lead roles?" Sol Rodriguez, Jeff Torres, and Ana Navarro also expressed their disappointment. In response, John Martinez O'Felan, a producer on the film, called Leguizamo's comments "a blind attack."

"A guy like John Leguizamo has historically been looked up to by Hispanics as one of America's earliest actors of Latin descent since the '90s and I've always admired him as a fellow underdog," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "But his comments are culturally uneducated and a blind attack with zero substance related to this project... I think he should move past himself and also acknowledge that this story is about a Latin female immigrant living in America who is of historical importance, led by a Latin woman and I'm just an underdog who is making it."

Reps for the film and Franco didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment Sunday."

 https://ew.com/movies/fid .. alina-of-cuba/
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 2 years ago '14        #2
strungout  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x28
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I stand with John and probably won't watch this , didn't Franco get me too'd as well
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 2 years ago '13        #3
DiegoRivera  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x19
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John nailed it
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 2 years ago '04        #4
collegeboy58 
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 Eclectic said 🔗










He really does resemble Castro at a younger age
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 2 years ago '11        #5
Enfermo 
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I mean most Latina woman idolize the white man and have been brainwashed into thinking they superior. So not shocking she is cool with it
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 2 years ago '13        #6
Money Mase 
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John Leguizamo needs to be quite, for years he lied about being puerto rican:






Last edited by Money Mase; 08-07-2022 at 10:42 PM..
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 2 years ago '17        #7
nfamous  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x2
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naw see leg'z didnt suck enough hollywood d*ck like franco
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 2 years ago '04        #8
1000bluntz 
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Saw that bullsh1t term "Latinx" in the first few sentences so I stopped reading this garbage right fu#king then
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 2 years ago '17        #9
Lazy  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x3
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I’m just here for white, pretending to be Latin, tears



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 2 years ago '21        #10
MISTERCYNICAL  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x21
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 Enfermo said 🔗
I mean most Latina woman idolize the white man and have been brainwashed into thinking they superior. So not shocking she is cool with it
Yup and she is ANTI COMMUNIST too

So she LOVES THE AMERICAN DREAM and praises the almighty GRINGO as her Savior

Latino women seek ASSIMILATION not REVOLUTION
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 2 years ago '07        #11
ptwist  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x1
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We keeping the same energy for Al Pacinos terrible (but iconic) Cuban accent in Scarface?

Let ‘em cook and see what happens after the movie is released. If it’s dope or dogsh1t… let the project launch first and base it off that.


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 2 years ago '04        #12
eddiefizzle 
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 Money Mase said 🔗
John Leguizamo needs to be quite, for years he lied puerto rican:

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lmfao, hollywood is crazy.
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 2 years ago '17        #13
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 collegeboy58 said 🔗








He really does resemble Castro at a younger age
Facts!! Spitting image
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 2 years ago '19        #14
World Wide Pleb 
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"latinx"

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 2 years ago '06        #15
Storchaveli  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x5
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He’s still not Latino though. Just get Pedro Pascal and shut the fu#k up.

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Franco preyed on little teenage girls for years.
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 2 years ago '06        #16
Ave 
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The same ret@rds defending this casting are the ones that cry and complain when a superhero is portrayed by a minority ... hm
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thats an interesting double standard
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 2 years ago '13        #17
Commission  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x1
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 2 years ago '18        #18
KdenIII 
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 Storchaveli said 🔗
He’s still not Latino though. Just get Pedro Pascal and shut the fu#k up.

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Franco preyed on little teenage girls for years.
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i agree with this ***

pedro pascal would ki1l the role.
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 2 years ago '05        #19
Orange Pekoe  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x9
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Damm

 2 years ago '21        #20
maybehood 
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I read a rumor that Justin trudeau was castros bastard child. They look pretty similar as well, plus the pictures of Castro and JTs mom. Crazier things have happened.






Didn’t post pictures at first. but people wanna slap me.


Last edited by maybehood; 08-07-2022 at 09:10 PM..
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 2 years ago '21        #21
Drill  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x9
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james franco needs to fire his agent.

imagine having to take a break because of #metoo sh1t and trying to groom underage girls on social media...

...then coming back and whitewashing a latino role like its the 1980s.

they couldnt just give that n1gga a normal non-controversial white role on netflix or hbo max to get his feet up under him?

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 2 years ago '17        #22
CamburyBXGreat 
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 Storchaveli said 🔗
He’s still not Latino though. Just get Pedro Pascal and shut the fu#k up.

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Franco preyed on little teenage girls for years.
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Where did you get that from?
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 2 years ago '09        #23
GREAT1NE  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x1
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White Cubans come from Europe just like Franco’s ancestors
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 2 years ago '09        #24
GREAT1NE  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x1
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 Drill said 🔗
james franco needs to fire his agent.

imagine having to take a break because of #metoo sh1t and trying to groom underage girls on social media...

...then coming back and whitewashing a latino role like its the 1980s.

they couldnt just give that n1gga a normal non-controversial white role on netflix or hbo max to get his feet up under him?

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Where you think white Cubans come from?

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Same sh!t as in the United States
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 2 years ago '05        #25
hbk83 
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Even if Fidel Castro was around and defended it himself it still wouldn’t make it right.

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