There are many striking moments throughout the piece, including Newton’s tears over a racially-charged scene in 2004’s Crash, and her upset over the thoughtless demise of her character, Maeve, in Westworld.

One which we particularly feel should be underlined, though, is Newton’s alleged run-in with movie producer and former Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairperson Amy Pascal.

According to the actor, she first met Pascal when she was considering a role in the 2000 reboot of Charlie’s Angels. She already had her doubts about the film, after learning that the very first shot of her would focus primarily on her “ass” (“I didn’t want to be put in a position where I was objectified,” she said). Her meeting with the studio head, though, reaffirmed Newton’s belief that the role was all wrong for her when Pascal explained that – if she were cast – changes would have to be made from the script so the character would be “believable”.

Newton told Vulture: “She’s like, ‘Well, you know, the character, as written, she’s been to university and is educated.’ I’m like, ‘I’ve been to university. I went to Cambridge.’

“She went, ‘Yeah, but you’re different… maybe there could be a scene where you’re in a bar and she gets up on a table and starts shaking her booty.’ She’s basically reeling off these stereotypes of how to be more convincing as a Black character…

“I didn’t do the movie as a result.”

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