Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
Although Saldana is usually beloved by audiences all around, casting her in the lead role of 2016’s universally panned Nina was met with heavy criticism. Saldana replaced artist Mary J. Blige as the lead, but many complained she was too conventionally good-looking and much fairer-skinned than Simone in real life. Even Simone’s family despised Saldana’s portrayal of the singer.
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