Nia Long says she didn't get the part in 'Charlie's Angels' because of her 'sophisticated' eyebrows and age.
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She continues, "Now that I'm older and wiser and we've been in this business for a long time, I think what was happening during that time is there were all these conversations about diversity, but people weren't really pulling the trigger. I don't think this has anything to do with you or your partner or your film company, I think this is just a result of the fear of really putting a Black woman into a film that never cast anyone Black. It was a first time for them.
Barrymore reveals that she and Juvonen "almost felt nervous and bad" when they realized two-thirds of the Angels were white.Charlie's Angels
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