Rumor Has It She Was Set to Star in the Biopic, But a Chair Took the Role

A screenshot of a tweet by Charlie Bentley-Ast detailing how, at 17, she quit acting after realizing 85% of casting calls explicitly excluded Caucasians. The text explains how this exclusionary language meant white actors were barred, even though the calls didn't say 'Black actors wanted' or 'Latin actors wanted'. She describes how this realization made her understand that future roles would not feature white working class or historical British characters, despite having dreamed of acting since age 4.

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