Actor Shemar Moore has raised a few eyebrows with his own admission that "all Black" casts might alienate audiences. Find out what he said about marketing his films inside and see what "The Real" co-host Adrienne Bailon said about getting her "Double D" breast implants removed....
During an interview with "Shadow And Act" about his upcoming film"The Bounce Back", Shemar Moore talked opening up about self-financing the film through IndieGoGo (he raised $638,483) and he sparked some controversy when he talked about casting a non-Black actress as his co-star and why he explained why doesn't consider himself a "Black" actor. Here are the highlights:
S&A: Were you conflicted at all about your choice to cast a Latina actress as your love interest?
SM: Nadine Velazquez is just very talented and she showed support. She was a friend of a friend who said, "I like this story, I'd love to be a part of it." She did me a favor and we were able to shoot a little teaser. It's not to say that my love interest couldn't be black. We haven't shot the movie yet. I just know that Nadine is very passionate about it and I would love to have her in the movie. But I think love is blind. I'm half black, half white. So are we going to be mad at my mother and father for being together? I wouldn't have life without it.
I don't see myself as a "black actor," I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very proud to be black but I'm just as much black as I am white. But I want tell stories that everybody can relate to, so I don't care who's opposite me. If Halle Berry or Jada Pinkett Smith called and said, "I want to do a movie with you," I'd be right there because I believe in their talent.
S&A: Was marketing a consideration when it came to casting? It's been said that interracial couples in films attract a wider audience than black couples, especially overseas.
SM: If every character in the movie is black, it's going to be looked at as a black movie and that might alienate other people from going to see it. But we're very sensitive to representing all demographics and it's going to be a very mixed cast. Whoever fits the bill and can bring the noise.
It's great that Shemar is being honest....you can't fault him for that. But doesn't it make you feel some kind of way that there's the belief that "Black Love" isn't marketable?
And on television.....
On tomorrow's episode of "The Real", actress/singer Adrienne Bailon will make jaws drop when she talks about her insecurities and why she got her breasts enlarged from an A cup to a Double D. Yes....you heard right! Check thrw some D's on 'em back when she was 19 and a Cheetah Girl
Of course, Adrienne no longer has "Double D" boobs.....and she explained why she had them removed.
Adrienne: Now what folks don’t know, I’m about to put myself on blast…I did the first “Cheetah Girls” movie. And I was 18 years old when I did the first one. And I had boobs, but I didn’t think they were big enough. I was like I did this little “Cheetah Girl” movie, this probably ain’t going to do nothing, let me go up the ante and get my sexy on. I had just turned 18. When you turn 18, I had been a little girl group for such a long time. You want to feel sexy and womanly. And I was like maybe I’ll get bigger boobs. So I did.
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"At 19 years old I went and got breast implants and I went from one insecurity to another insecurity…I always had boobs, they just weren’t huge. By the way folks, got em done in Florida, in Miami. I asked for a B, I came out with aDouble D, OK?"
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"I’m 4’11” maybe weighing 110 {pounds}. Like literally when I tell you, Double D breasts. And here goes the catch, we went to go do a second “Cheetah Girl” movie and Disney was like “We left her a ‘Cheetah Girl,’ she came back a porn star! What is going on here?”
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"They were like the cleavage situation she has going on is out of control…it’s like the Jennifer Grey thing from “Dirty Dancing.” A lot of people know she got a nose job after “Dirty Dancing” and then didn’t work again for a really long time. Cause no one recognized her. So I did my first movie, came back the second movie with these huge breasts. And then I ended up getting them removed. I got my breast implants taken out because I looked crazy."
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"I had a lift….these are mine and they are strapped in because they would be saluting my toes instead of the sun. But the day I have babies and I breastfeed, instead of throwing them over my shoulder, I will get breast implants again…."
Watch the clip above....
Photos via Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
