I see from the comments that apparently it was makeup. I wonder to what extent this is makeup, since after all, ALL actors on set wear make up. I have a similar skin complexion and if I sunbathe for a week I’ll look like Vasquez too.
The fact that they tanned her is not the issue. The fact that they tanned her to play an ethnicity she is not, is the problem. Especially during an era where people of that ethnicity were lucky to be typecast in something.
I know it’s before this time, but Martin Sheen had to change his name to get work in Hollywood because nobody would hire someone with a Hispanic sounding name.
That’s his son. And his other son is Emilio Estevez which is Sheen’s real last name. Technically it’s Charlie’s last name too, but he kept his father’s stage name for the stage.
I see from the comments that apparently it was makeup. I wonder to what extent this is makeup, since after all, ALL actors on set wear make up. I have a similar skin complexion and if I sunbathe for a week I’ll look like Vasquez too.
If an actor loses weight or works out to be more muscular, that’s commitment to their craft.
If they lay out in the sun, that’s cheating!
[jk]
Well, to be fair, blackface is also a type of makeup
The fact that they tanned her is not the issue. The fact that they tanned her to play an ethnicity she is not, is the problem. Especially during an era where people of that ethnicity were lucky to be typecast in something.
I know it’s before this time, but Martin Sheen had to change his name to get work in Hollywood because nobody would hire someone with a Hispanic sounding name.
Charlie
That’s his son. And his other son is Emilio Estevez which is Sheen’s real last name. Technically it’s Charlie’s last name too, but he kept his father’s stage name for the stage.
And none of the above are my favorite Estavez. Shout out to Joe, Soultaker rules.
James Roday Rodriguez did the same before he got his role in Psych.