When Elle Fanning was just 16 years old, she lost out on a movie role for not being sexy enough. 'It's so disgusting. There are so many stories like this that I've heard and talked to people about,' she said.
"Being a woman of color and being an actor, and being told at that time that I wasn’t able to read because of the color of my skin, and the word 'urban' being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.
” However, she went on to star inPriyanka Chopra lost out on a movie role because of her skin color — someone from the studio said she hadShe told InStyle,"I was out for a movie, and somebody [from the studio] called one of my agents and said, 'She's the wrong...' ― what word did they use? ― '...physicality.
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