Fernanda Torres apologized after her 2008 clip was re -placed in Blackface on the eve of the 97th Academy Award.
AND I’m still here withTar, 59, which earlier in January received a nomination for the award of the Academy in the Best Actress category, talked about its re -appearance on the Brazilian television show Fantastico in a statement for Deadline.
“Almost twenty years ago, I appeared in Blackface in a sketch of comedy from the Brazilian TV show. I’m very sorry about this,” said the statement.
Torres said she was talking because it was “important to me that I quickly deal with it to avoid further pain and confusion.”
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Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in “I’m still here.”
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Deadline Reports that the clip in question was a sketch called “The opposite sex: family (father against mother).” It was supposed to be a humorous testing of gender roles, and Torres played his mother named Solange and appeared in Blackface as a maid named Dalva.
Torres said that at that time “awareness of racist history and the symbolism of Blackface has not yet entered the main public consciousness in Brazil.”
“Thanks to a better cultural understanding and important but incomplete achievements in this century, it is now very clear in our country and everywhere that Blackface is never acceptable,” she added.
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Fernanda Torres participates in the 82th annual awards of the Golden Globe at Beverly Hilton 05. January 2025.
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Torres ended her statement by stating that she continued “an important conversation” to prevent “normalization of racist practices then and now.”
“As an artist and a global citizen, and from my open heart, I remain careful and dedicated to the pursuit of vital changes needed to live in the world without inequality and racism,” said her statement.
People addressed the Torres representative for comment.
I’m still here He finds Torres playing his mother and activist by facing a forced disappearance of her husband. It is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s book of the same name and a nomination received for the best picture and best international feature at Oscar 2025.
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Also nominated in the best actress category along with Torres is: Demi Moore (Substance), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Cynthia Erivo (Evil).
Earlier in January, Torres won the Golden Globe award for the best performance of the leading actress in the drama. She is just the second Brazilian actress ever nominated for the best Oscar actress. The first was her mother Fernanda Crnacre, who earned for 1998. Central cell.
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