Yara Shahidi, Disney’s new Tinker Bell, has been busy in recent days speaking out against the racist backlash to her casting in “Peter Pan & Wendy.”
, who has a Black mother and Iranian father. Since the first on-screen depiction of Tinker Bell in the 1924 silent film “Peter Pan,” the fairy has exclusively been played by white actors in more than a dozen versions since.Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ trailer criticized for depictions of Hook and Tinker Bell
Disney just released the trailer for its live-action ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ film, and people had lots of thoughts — especially about Hook and Tinker Bell. Amid the backlash, Shahidi credited Disney and “Peter Pan” director David Lowery with wanting to tell a new story. “They wanted to bring some new fun to this classic but also give us the fairy tale we deserve,” Shahidi told the publicationin an interview published Tuesday. “It’s evident they’re not just popping Black and Brown folks in the cast for the sake of updating the story. Instead, it’s about creating a story that so many more people can see themselves in after we’ve been left out for so long.”
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