And white actress Emma Stone , who played a character of Hawaiian and Chinese descent named Allison Ng in “Aloha,” actually shouted “Sorry” after the joke. During the opening monologue at Sunday’s Golden Globes , co-host Sandra Oh threw a jab at Hollywood’s history of whitewashing films, saying, “[‘Crazy Rich Asians’] is the first studio film with an Asian-American lead since ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and ‘Aloha.’”Sandra Oh: ["Crazy Rich Asians"] is the first studio film with an Asian American lead since "Ghost in the Shell" and "Aloha." Emma Stone [in the crowd]: I'M SORRY! “I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice,” Crowe wrote in a blog post. He explained that he chose Stone because “Captain Allison Ng was written to be a super-proud 1/4 Hawaiian who was frustrated that, by all outward appearances, she looked nothing like one.”

Source: Huffington Post January 07, 2019 02:15 UTC