Friday, March 18, 2005
Will Smith missed kiss with Diaz due to race
Will Smith missed kiss with Diaz due to race!: "Hollywood star Will Smith has claimed that he was prevented from kissing co-star Cameron Diaz on screen, due to racial prejudices.
The actor said that Hollywood still believes that people have problems with a black man and white woman getting intimate and so there were no love scenes between him and Diaz in their movie 'Hitch'.
Hollywood is nervous about a black man kissing a white woman on screen. 'That becomes massive news in the US. Outside America, it's no big deal. But in the US, it's still a racial issue,' the actor was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying.
Ironically, Hollywood is happy to do it if the film is about racism. But they won't simply do it and ignore it,' he added."
The actor said that Hollywood still believes that people have problems with a black man and white woman getting intimate and so there were no love scenes between him and Diaz in their movie 'Hitch'.
Hollywood is nervous about a black man kissing a white woman on screen. 'That becomes massive news in the US. Outside America, it's no big deal. But in the US, it's still a racial issue,' the actor was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying.
Ironically, Hollywood is happy to do it if the film is about racism. But they won't simply do it and ignore it,' he added."
