Though public opinion has very much turned against the use of blackface by actors who aren’t Black,
#StarWars actor
#BillyDeeWilliams said he doesn’t have a problem with it.
On Sunday’s
#BillMaher’s “Club Random” podcast,
#LaurenceOlivier came up in conversation and Williams mentioned that the British acting legend did eventually play the Shakespearean role of
#Othello in blackface in a 1965 film.
“Here’s the thing today. I mean, they would never let you do that,” observed Maher.
“Why?” asked Williams. “You should do anything you want to do,” adding that a mentor of his told him, ” As an actor, you should be able to do whatever you think you can do.”
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