Sandra Ohjust poked fun atEmma Stone‘s role inAloha!During Oh’s monologue at the76th annual Golden Globes Awardson Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Oh praisedCrazy Rich Asiansfor being “the first studio film with an Asian American lead sinceGhost in the ShellandAloha.”The camera then panned to Stone, who could be seen mouthing “I’m sorry,” seemingly apologizing for her character Allison Ng, who is a quarter Chinese, a quarter Hawaiian and half Swedish.The audience of course bursted into laughter as Oh held her hand over her heart, reassuring fans she was only joking.When the film was released in 2015, Stone — as well asAloha‘s casting agents — received a significant amount of backlash for not properly portraying a character of Asian descent.Can’t get enough of the Globes? Check outour full Golden Globes coveragefor the latest news, fashion and more.Stone, 30, later addressed the miscastduring an interviewwith News.com.au. “I’ve become the butt of many jokes,” she told the outlet.Matt Baron/BEI/REX/Shutterstock“I’ve learned on a macro level about the insane history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how prevalent the problem truly is,” the actress continued. “It’s ignited a conversation that’s important.”Stone, however, did defend being picked as the film’s lead saying, “the character was not supposed to look like her background which was a quarter Hawaiian and a quarter Chinese.”
Sandra Ohjust poked fun atEmma Stone‘s role inAloha!
During Oh’s monologue at the76th annual Golden Globes Awardson Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Oh praisedCrazy Rich Asiansfor being “the first studio film with an Asian American lead sinceGhost in the ShellandAloha.”
The camera then panned to Stone, who could be seen mouthing “I’m sorry,” seemingly apologizing for her character Allison Ng, who is a quarter Chinese, a quarter Hawaiian and half Swedish.
The audience of course bursted into laughter as Oh held her hand over her heart, reassuring fans she was only joking.
When the film was released in 2015, Stone — as well asAloha‘s casting agents — received a significant amount of backlash for not properly portraying a character of Asian descent.
Can’t get enough of the Globes? Check outour full Golden Globes coveragefor the latest news, fashion and more.
Stone, 30, later addressed the miscastduring an interviewwith News.com.au. “I’ve become the butt of many jokes,” she told the outlet.
Matt Baron/BEI/REX/Shutterstock
“I’ve learned on a macro level about the insane history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how prevalent the problem truly is,” the actress continued. “It’s ignited a conversation that’s important.”
Stone, however, did defend being picked as the film’s lead saying, “the character was not supposed to look like her background which was a quarter Hawaiian and a quarter Chinese.”
source: people.com
