Alexandra Shipp, actor who plays young Storm in the ‘ X-Men’ film franchise, has addressed the criticism surrounding her casting in the role, saying people have no right to tell her that her skintone ‘doesn’t match a Crayola from 1970’.
Shipp first starred as the character in 2016’s ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and was slammed for not having a dark enough skin. Halle Berry played the adult version of the role in ‘X-Men’ (2000), ‘X2’ (2003) ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ (2006) and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ (2014).
Shipp, who reprises her role in the upcoming ‘Dark Phoenix’, said as a child devouring the Marvel Comics, she could always relate with the weather-controlling mutant.
She said, “(I tweeted back) at people who criticised me for not having dark enough skin for my role in X-Men because we’re not going to have this conversation about a cartoon character. You’re not going to tell me that my skin colour doesn’t match a Crayola from 1970. “
Shipp first starred as the character in 2016’s ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and was slammed for not having a dark enough skin. Halle Berry played the adult version of the role in ‘X-Men’ (2000), ‘X2’ (2003) ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ (2006) and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ (2014).
Shipp, who reprises her role in the upcoming ‘Dark Phoenix’, said as a child devouring the Marvel Comics, she could always relate with the weather-controlling mutant.
She said, “(I tweeted back) at people who criticised me for not having dark enough skin for my role in X-Men because we’re not going to have this conversation about a cartoon character. You’re not going to tell me that my skin colour doesn’t match a Crayola from 1970. “
