Los Angeles, Jul 7 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Alexandra Shipp, actor who plays young Storm in the “X-Men” film franchise, has addressed the criticism surrounding her casting in the role, saying people have no right to tell her that her skintone “doesn’t match a Crayola from 1970”.<\/p>\n
Shipp first starred as the character in 2016’s “X-Men: Apocalypse” and was slammed for not having a dark enough skin. Halle Berry played the adult version of the role in “X-Men” (2000), “X2” (2003) “X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006) and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014).<\/p>\n
Shipp, 26, who reprises her role in the upcoming “Dark Phoenix”, said as a child devouring the Marvel Comics, she could always relate with the weather-controlling mutant.<\/p>\n
“(I tweeted back) at people who criticised me for not having dark enough skin for my role in X-Men because we’re not going to have this conversation about a cartoon character. You’re not going to tell me that my skin colour doesn’t match a Crayola from 1970.<\/p>\n
“Growing up, when I was reading the comics, I pictured her looking like me. For any black girl, for there to be a black superhero, we picture them looking like us,” Shipp told Glamour magazine.<\/p>\n
Following criticisms that her skin was too light to play Storm in the X-Men franchise, she tweeted, “This conversation about Storm is so stupid, I’m out… If I lose my job to another actress, I hope it’s for her talent and grace, not her skin (colour).”<\/p>\n
The actor further explains she seized the opportunity of playing the iconic character the moment it came knocking, never doubting herself.<\/p>\n
“When I auditioned for the role, I wasn’t like, ‘Oh man, I’m not dark enough.’ I was like, ‘Finally, this is my moment’. I’m not playing Harriet Tubman with a prosthetic nose and darkening my skin tone. I would never do that,” Shipp said.<\/p>\n
“Dark Phoenix” releases February 14 next year.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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