Rooney Mara "felt really bad" about playing Native American
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Rooney Mara is speaking out about the controversy surrounding her casting as Tiger Lily in Joe Wright's Pan.
"It wasn't great, I felt really bad about it," Mara told PEOPLE at the NYC premiere of Pan on Sunday when asked how she coped with the criticism.
After it was announced in March that the Caucasian actress would be playing the Native American princess, the Internet went wild – and not in a good way. "The whitewashing accusations started to fly," wrote Entertainment Weekly at the time.
"It was something that I thought about before I met with Joe," Mara, 30, told PEOPLE at the film premiere. "When I met with Joe and heard what his plans for it were, it was something I really wanted to be a part of," she added of her decision to star in Wright's retelling of J.M. Barrie's beloved classic Peter Pan, out Oct. 9.
"But I totally sympathize with why people were upset and feel really bad about it," she added.
Mara also told PEOPLE that she relates to her character because, "I think we're both very independent women who can hold their own. We don't need a man to save us."
when it was announced, wasn't the controversy not that she is playing a native american (in the way that Emma Stone's character is Asian in "Aloha") but that the entire character was entirely changed to a white character. I could be wrong.
when it was announced, wasn't the controversy not that she is playing a native american (in the way that Emma Stone's character is Asian in "Aloha") but that the entire character was entirely changed to a white character. I could be wrong.
the character was still native because that's what they called her in the movie
I love her so much but this was just such a bad move on her part. She deserves the backlash.
No she doesn't - the people who decided to cast a white actress in a Native American role are at fault. At the end of the day, it's not fair to blame an actress for accepting a job that was offered to her - the blame falls on the person who thought offering it was a good idea.
It's not her fault they wanted her. If it wasn't her another white woman would have taken her spot. The industry is like that and it sucks, but blaming Mara for doing her job is dumb. This is what she does for a living, and what makes her generate money. It's not like she's Jennifer Lawrence who can just say no to whatever role is handed to her.
It's not her fault they wanted her. If it wasn't her another white woman would have taken her spot. The industry is like that and it sucks, but blaming Mara for doing her job is dumb. This is what she does for a living, and what makes her generate money. It's not like she's Jennifer Lawrence who can just say no to whatever role is handed to her.
this. like Mara gets work but hey, a role is a role and i see why she jumped on board. I whole heartedly blame the produces and Disney that was in charge for all of this mess.
