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Zoe Saldana is the star of three blockbuster science fiction franchises ― and she says the experience has allowed her to be ?colorblind? when it comes to race on screen.


The Afro-Latina actress, who plays the green-skinned alien Gamora in ?Guardians of the Galaxy,? told The Daily Telegraph on Saturday that sci-fi makes her feel ?superhuman? because it doesn?t focus on ?the color of my skin or my gender or my cultural background.?


?I think science fiction has given me the ability as an artist to be colorblind, and gender-blind,? Saldana added. ?And to imagine and reinvent myself and be the chameleon actors are supposed to be.?

In addition to Gamora, Saldana has played the blue-skinned Neytiri in ?Avatar,? and Lt. Nyota Uhura in the ?Star Trek? franchise.

But despite her success in sci-fi, Saldana?s colorblind approach to acting has drawn some criticism in other genres. In 2015, Saldana came under fire for playing Nina Simone in a biopic, a role for which she wore blackface and a prosthetic nose.

At the time, Saldana defended herself by stating: ?An artist is colorless, genderless ? It?s more complex than just, ?Oh, you chose the Halle Berry look-alike to play a dark, strikingly beautiful, iconic black woman.? The truth is, they chose an artist who was willing to sacrifice herself.?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zoe-saldana-says-starring-in-sci-fi-movies-made-her-a-colorblind-actress_us_58ece538e4b0c89f91218fe7

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[FlowerBomb]

First Samuel, now John and Zoe?

[fedswatchin]

I'm sorry but that "for my art" stuff is nothing but a coon-tastic copout

[GRAND]

cxxxxx

Zoe has always been on that mess

Especially after she booked Avatar and had her white baby

'you can do anything!1!1!!! no1 is racist!'

[Genesis]

So he gave an asian woman a lead role that's intended for a black woman because he's dating an asian in real life?

[FlowerBomb]

So he gave an asian woman a lead role that's intended for a black woman because he's dating an asian in real life?

yup

[Kurama]

'you can do anything!1!1!!! no1 is racist!'