Emma Stone knows: not all films turn out to be lucky hits in retrospect. For a role, however, she apologizes remorsefully even years later.
Emma Stone can look back on an illustrious acting career after almost two decades in the film business: In Easy to Have and Crazy, Stupid, Love. she played her way into our hearts. She shone alongside Andrew Garfield in two Amazing Spider-Man films. She even won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for La La Land. Still, there’s that one movie she’d like to take back.
Emma Stone apologizes for her performance in Aloha
for good reason.
The movie in question is Aloha – The Chance at Happiness directed by Cameron Crowe. In it, the consultant Brian (Bradley Cooper) returns to the island of Hawaii and is supervised by Captain Allison Ng (Emma Stone) as a military overseer in the construction of a space center. Whereas the two don’t exactly get along at first and he would rather see his ex-girlfriend Tracy (Rachel McAdams) again.
Aloha with Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper
Emma Stone doesn’t play badly at all in the 2015 romantic comedy, so why does the Spider-Man star have so many regrets about this particular role? The explanation she delivered today is obvious and refers to the fact that her character Allison Ng in Aloha has Chinese and Hawaiian roots: a heritage that the actress does not have to show.
“I became the target of many jokes. I learned on a big stage about the insane history of whitewashing [i.e., casting white stars in non-white roles] and how prevalent that problem really is. It sparked a conversation that’s very important. “
Emma Stone suffered for aloha-whitewashing and apologized loudly
Becoming the poster child for whitewashing for a few years, Emma Stone had to suffer for a while. But when Grey’s Anatomy star and Killing Eve winner Sandra Oh made an aloha joke about the importance of Asian leading ladies during her 2018 Golden Globes hosting, Stone was already taking her role in the debate with contrite humor, shouting loudly “I’m sorry!” from the audience in between.
