MADRID, 9 Mar. (CulturaOcio) –
Lovecraft Territory has become one of HBO’s recent big hits for his denunciation of racism through the horror stories of HP Lovecraft. Despite the great reception it has had among the public, fiction has also generated controversy, and that is recently one of her actresses revealed that her skin had darkened.
Kelli Amirah | was chosen to interpret a younger version of Osberta (Carol Sutton) and her job was to pose for a photo that would appear briefly in an episode. The young woman related in a TikTok video that she noticed that the makeup team had gradually darkened her skin to match that of the interpreter.
“I had no idea they were going to do this to me. And if I had known in advance, I would not have accepted this job. Who thought it was a good idea? “She commented. In addition, the actress showed some images in the clip so that fans could compare. his skin tone that they put him with, which was noticeably darker, and confessed that he had felt “deeply uncomfortable“.
Amirah also said that while she was in makeup, heard one of the makeup artists say that her skin looked “a little lighter” than that of the actress who played the adult version of the character, but that his facial features matched perfectly.
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Following this testimony, HBO has publicly apologized. “This should not have happened and we are taking steps to ensure that does not happen again in the future“said the company in a statement collected by The Hollywood Reporter.
Created by Misha Green, Lovecraft Territory stars Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Courtney B. Vance, and Michael Kenneth Williams, among others. The 10-episode series is available on HBO.
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