Saturday, January 23, 2016

Charlotte Rampling: Boycotting the Oscars is racism against whites – El Universal (Venezuela)

  THE UNIVERSAL
 

Saturday January 23, 2016 11:26 a.m.

London .- The Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling said his comments on the call to boycott the Academy Awards was” racist towards whites ” were misinterpreted.

In a statement to “Sunday Morning ” CBS News program, the interpreter said that he wished that all actions have the same opportunities to be assessed.

Rampling, 69, He had said earlier Friday on French radio Europe 1 that although it is impossible to know for sure, “perhaps black actors did not deserve to be in the final. ” In his words to” Sunday Morning ” said “I regret that my comments may have been misinterpreted. ”

Asked about whether there should be quotas, which have not suggested most of the supporters of the boycott, Rampling said “we live today in countries where everyone is more or less accepted, ” but there is always the problem that people should be judged for not being pretty enough, too black or too white “.

Speaking in French, he wondered if the goal was to classify everyone and have “thousands of small minorities everywhere ”.

Rampling, who has starred in both movies English and French, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in “45 Years”, a portrait of a marriage performed by Andrew Haigh.

Meanwhile, veteran actor British Michael Caine urged blacks to actors’ patience ” and said the recognition will come.

Speaking to the BBC said that this year had many good performances of non-white players, including the wonderful ” ” work of Idris Elba in “Beasts of No Nation ” that failed no Oscar nomination.

” Have patience, ” said the actor of 82 years, who won two Oscars for best actor deal. “Of course it will. To me it took me years to get an Oscar, years ”.

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