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John Leguizamo Outraged On James Franco Casting As Fidel Castro: “He Ain’t Latino!” - Deadline

John Leguizamo Outraged On James Franco Casting As Fidel Castro: “He Ain’t Latino!” - Deadline

John Leguizamo Outraged On James Franco Casting As Fidel Castro: “He Ain’t Latino!” - Deadline
Aug 06, 2022 33 secs

John Leguizamo thinks the casting of James Franco as Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro is no bueno.

Like Franco?

Deadline exclusively broke the news earlier this week that Franco, 44, will be playing Castro in the indie film Alina of Cuba. That spawned an Instagram eruption today from Leguizamo, who ranted against having a non-Latino actor in the role?

His comments struck a nerve, drawing 10,000 likes, including new The View cohost Ana Navarro, who said she would join a boycott of the film.

The screenplay from Oscar-nominated scribe Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries) and Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz, follows the true-life story of Cuban exile turned social advocate,

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