Angelina Jolie's casting game with Cambodian orphans sparks outrage

[geovalin]

 

Harriet Alexander

 

Angelina Jolie has come under fierce criticism for describing the casting of Cambodian children in her new film, in which the team gave the impoverished youngsters money and then pretended to take it away from them, awarding roles to the children who looked the most upset.

 

Jolie, a noted humanitarian and UN Goodwill Ambassador, whose efforts in Iraq, Bosnia, Haiti and Rwanda led to her working in cooperation with former foreign secretary William Hague, was speaking about the process of making her latest film, First They Killed My Father. The tale is a true-life story of Loung Ung and the horrors of Pol Pot’s regime.

 

Jolie told Vanity Fair about the process of casting the children in the film, travelling to orphanages, circuses and slum schools “seeking children who had experienced hardship”.

 

read more http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/07/27/angelina-jolies-casting-game-cambodian-orphans-has-sparked-outrage/

[farcanell]

And looking at her file photo in the link, I would ask....

 

 

[smileydude]

Unfortunately Hollywood casting does not involve a screening ethics committee like most research.

It usually involves either removing your clothes or ego-eccentric half-witted ideas mistaken for creativity.

[just.a.thought]

"Doing good" is big business 

[tandor]

3 hours ago, farcanell said:

And looking at her file photo in the link, I would ask....

 

 

 

..they went to orphanages, circuses..how about zoos...one less movie i will watch.

[farcanell]

19 minutes ago, tandor said:

 

..they went to orphanages, circuses..how about zoos...one less movie i will watch.

My thoughts too... she has lost a fan.