{"id":1364053,"date":"2022-03-08T08:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1364053"},"modified":"2022-03-08T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:25:35","slug":"the-batman-actress-zoe-kravitz-accuses-californians-of-racism-says-she-was-rejected-from-christopher-nolans-the-dark-knight-rises-because-of-skin-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-batman-actress-zoe-kravitz-accuses-californians-of-racism-says-she-was-rejected-from-christopher-nolans-the-dark-knight-rises-because-of-skin-color\/","title":{"rendered":"The Batman Actress Zo\u00eb Kravitz Accuses Californians of Racism, Says She Was Rejected From Christopher Nolan\u2019s the Dark Knight Rises Because of Skin Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-batman-actress-zoe-kravitz-accuses-californians-of-racism-says-she-was-rejected-from-christopher-nolans-the-dark-knight-rises-because-of-skin-color%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1364053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Batman actress Zo\u00eb Kravitz recently claimed that she was rejected from a role in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight Rises film due to her skin color.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-148835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a wide-ranging interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2022\/mar\/06\/im-ok-with-not-getting-it-right-every-time-zoe-kravitz-on-growing-up-famous-and-getting-her-claws-into-batman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>, Kravitz discussed rejection and the advice she received from her mother, Lisa Bonet.<\/p>\n<p>She would tell The Guardian, \u201cEven though it\u2019s sometimes hard to see that in the moment, usually a few years later, you\u2019re like, OK,\u00a0<em>this<\/em> is why this didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152142\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed7d7bd89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed7d7bd89.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed7d7bd89-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed7d7bd89-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed7d7bd89-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman (2022), Warner Bros. Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/03\/05\/the-batmans-zoe-kravitz-claims-romantic-choice-between-tifa-and-aerith-in-final-fantasy-vii-is-the-problem-with-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RELATED: The Batman\u2019s Zo\u00eb Kravitz Claims Romantic Choice Between Tifa And Aerith In Final Fantasy VII Is \u201cThe Problem With The World\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, she would reveal she was rejected from a role in Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight Rises telling the British outlet, \u201cI don\u2019t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan. I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director\u2019s assistant\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cBeing a woman of colour and being an actor and being told at that time that I wasn\u2019t able to read because of the colour of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148836\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.02.07-08.08-boundingintocomics-62017c5a523a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1296\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.02.07-08.08-boundingintocomics-62017c5a523a1.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.02.07-08.08-boundingintocomics-62017c5a523a1-203x300-1.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.02.07-08.08-boundingintocomics-62017c5a523a1-768x1138-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-148836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not only did she claim she was rejected from a role in The Dark Knight Rises, but she also claimed that \u201call the scripts that were being sent were about the first Black woman to make a muffin or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though those stories are important to tell, I also want to open things up for myself as an artist,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed83ee3fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed83ee3fa.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed83ee3fa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed83ee3fa-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-04.56-boundingintocomics-6222ed83ee3fa-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman (2022), Warner Bros. Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/03\/03\/the-batman-star-zoe-kravitz-says-her-version-of-catwoman-is-bisexual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Batman Star Zo\u00eb Kravitz Says Her Version Of Catwoman Is Bisexual<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kravitz would go on to accuse people who lived near the set location of Big Little Lies are racists. She told The Guardian, \u201cThere were a few moments where I felt a little uncomfortable because it is such a white area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then explained what made her uncomfortable, \u201cJust weird racist people in bars and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.01.28-03.58-boundingintocomics-61f412acacac3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1296\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.01.28-03.58-boundingintocomics-61f412acacac3.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.01.28-03.58-boundingintocomics-61f412acacac3-203x300-1.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.01.28-03.58-boundingintocomics-61f412acacac3-768x1138-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-147361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Catwoman actress would also discuss her own heritage and that she had trouble with her own identity when she was younger.<\/p>\n<p>Kravitz would say, \u201cI felt really insecure about my hair, relaxing it, putting chemicals in it, plucking my eyebrows really thin. I was uncomfortable with my blackness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me a long time to not only accept it but to love it and want to scream it from the rooftops,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152291\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ab955655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ab955655.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ab955655-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ab955655-768x334-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/10\/05\/the-batman-actress-zoe-kravitz-doesnt-want-catwoman-fetishized-or-stereotyped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Batman Actress Zoe Kravitz Doesn\u2019t Want Catwoman Fetishized Or Stereotyped<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She explains that one of the moments that brought this change in her was \u201crealising what it meant for my grandmother to get a job on\u00a0<em>The Jeffersons<\/em>, and be a Black woman on TV, and what it meant for her to be in a biracial relationship on television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kravitz relayed, \u201cAnd to hear stuff that my mother tells me about being a biracial girl in the 1970s, and being abused or being spit on, and what that felt like, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She would that her parents \u201cnever warned me or anything. I think they were more focused on trying to make sure I understood that despite the colour of my skin I should be able to act or dress or do whatever it is I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ac0ec675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ac0ec675.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ac0ec675-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.07-08.27-boundingintocomics-62266ac0ec675-768x334-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Batman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kravitz stars as Catwoman in The Batman. The film has currently earned $134 million at the domestic box office and $124.2 million internationally for a worldwide gross of $258.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of her accusations of racism and her claim that she was rejected from Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight Rising because of her skin color?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2018\/07\/22\/harry-potter-prequel-star-zoe-kravitz-call-for-impeachment-of-president-donald-trump-at-san-diego-comic-con\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Potter Prequel Star Zoe Kravitz Calls for Impeachment of President Donald Trump at San Diego Comic-Con<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Batman actress Zo\u00eb Kravitz recently claimed that she was rejected from a role in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Dark Knight Rises film due to her skin color. 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