December 9, 2014, 7:11 pm
“Exodus: Gods and Kings” actor Joel Edgerton addressed the race-centric casting controversy surrounding the film during a HuffPost Live interview Monday.
Director Ridley Scott has come under fire for casting white actors — like Edgerton, Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver and Aaron Paul — in the film’s major roles, while black actors were seemingly left to play slaves and thieves.
Edgerton told HuffPost Live’s Ricky Camilleri he understands both sides of the argument:
On one hand I go, look, I think that’s a valid, valid argument to have, not just about our movie, about Hollywood in general — …read more
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