Amandla Stenberg Reveals Why She Turned Down 'Black Panther' Role
Stenberg revealed in a new interview that she walked away from the possibility of starring in Marvel's 'Black Panther'.
Amandla Stenberg has revealed that she turned down the opportunity to star in Black Panther because she is from a mixed race background, and wanted to give a darker-skinned actress a chance at landing the part.
Sitting down for a new interview with CBC Arts at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, the 19 year old Hunger Games star explained why she removed herself from the running for a part in one of the biggest movies of the year.
“One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from Black Panther,” Stenberg explained. “I got really, really close and they were like, ‘do you want to continue fighting for this?’ And I was like, this isn’t right.”
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