#MarvelSoWhite? Jessica Alba Blasts Very 'Caucasian' MCU Years After Being Whited Up For Fantastic Four
22.07.2022 - 02:51
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Jessica Alba is one of the most successful women in Hollywood, right? Only… even at the height of her movie stardom, she was having trouble finding parts. The Latina actress has been fairly open about having trouble getting the best leading roles — often because she was thought of as too “exotic.” Sigh.
Her film career over the past decade hasn’t exactly shown a big difference there. She’s worked steadily but in smaller and smaller movies. No, the Dark Angel star’s biggest success is what she made for herself, creating a half-billion dollar empire with The Honest Company. And we’re so happy she did — for her fam of course, but also selfishly because it means she can speak her mind without worrying about the repercussions. And we LOVE to see it.
Related: Jensen Ackles Says Jessica Alba Was ‘Horrible’ To Work With Back In The Day
The latest example? In a no effs given interview with Glamour UK released on Thursday, Jessica made it clear what progress has been made in the push for diversity is far from being driven by “wokeness” — it’s about the bottom line! She explained:
Driven by business acumen or genuine good intentions, the important thing is that industry has started putting more people of color on the screen. The Into The Blue star reasoned:
So right.
And Jessica is savvy enough to know how to make headlines with her comment — going the ol’ Scorsese route of taking on Marvel! She added:
She isn’t wrong. It took a decade for Marvel Studios to start focusing on diversity — and, just as Jessica pointed out, to find a gold mine there with the phenomenal hit Black Panther, which substantially outperformed box office expectations. Now they’re adding characters like Shang-Chi and the Eternals, but those are still more the
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