Zoe Kravitz told she was TOO BLACK for role in The Dark Knight Rises

[Sad Bunny]

In the past several years, Zoë Kravitz has been climbing up the Hollywood food chain, nabbing roles in X-Men: First Class, Divergent, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Dope. But there is one high-profile film she couldn't even get an audition for: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

“In the last Batman movie [The Dark Knight Rises], they told me that I couldn’t get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren’t ‘going urban,’” Kravitz told Nylon. “It was like, ‘What does that have to do with anything?’ I have to play the role like, ‘Yo, what’s up, Batman? What’s going on wit chu?’”

Which "small role" is Kravitz referring to? Best guess: 'Jen,' the pickpocketing flatmate and best friend of Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Anne Hathaway), which eventually went to British actress Juno Temple (Horns).
http://comicbook.com/2015/07/13/why-zoe-kravitz-was-denied-an-audition-for-the-dark-knight-rises/

 

[Roid Jones]

Typical Hollywood

 

[wire28]

she should have held off on identifying for a little while longer so she could be in a masterpiece

Zoe Kravitz: " I've recently begun to identify more with my blackness"
Discussion in 'The Root' started by Medicate, Saturday at 9:33 AM.

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/zoe-...un-to-identify-more-with-my-blackness.335983/

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

I love nolan as a director but if its true this shyt hurt my respect for him



























Pretige and memento still goat doe

 

[obarth]

What's going on with Batman, mayne? I'm just tryna get on, mayne

 

[Bigbigguy]

Hollywood

The scene looked urban as fukk anyway. Do these idiots think only white people like Batman and black folks don't live in urban neighbourhoods

 

[bobbiewishbone]

What's going on with Batman, mayne? I'm just tryna get on, mayne

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

There were a number of black people in TDK movies. And there's already a Zoe Kravitz lookalike in the Gotham tv show.

 

[Norrin Radd]

In before the "I'm sure Nolan had nothing to do with it " comments.

 

[Ain't That Something]

In before the "I'm sure Nolan had nothing to do with it " comments.

I'm sure Nolan had nothing to do with it. It was the casting director

 

[steadyrighteous]

What's going on with Batman, mayne? I'm just tryna get on, mayne

Was I supposed to hear that in Terrence Howard's warbly, adult-going-through-puberty voice? Because I absolutely did

 

[Soundbwoy]

Nolan the gawd heh

 

[obarth]

Was I supposed to hear that in Terrence Howard's warbly, adult-going-through-puberty voice? Because I absolutely did

Of course breh

 

[steadyrighteous]

Of course breh

I knew you were quoting Foxxhole lol

Loved that show. Miss that show so much.

 

[Tae]

There were a number of black people in TDK movies. And there's already a Zoe Kravitz lookalike in the Gotham tv show.

A number huh...like two
The only black people I can think of was Morgan Freeman and Debo.
Now that I think of it I don't think there have never been any black actresses in any superhero movies expect for Halle and Zoe's (and they're bi-racial, but I'm sure they were counted as black ) limited parts in the X-Men movies.
This is why I'm glad I don't support these movies at the box office. At least they throw black actors a bone here and there, black actresses don't even exist in the mind of Hollywood, unless they are looking for someone to play Mammy.