“I Should Have Tried Everything In My Power To Cast A Black Woman”: Zoe Saldana Tearfully Apologizes For Playing Nina Simone

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“I Should Have Tried Everything In My Power To Cast A Black Woman”: Zoe Saldana Tearfully Apologizes For Playing Nina Simone

"I know better today and I'm never going to do that again," Saldana said in a recent Instagram Live interview.

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