11 Latina Actresses Who Would've Been Fantastic In The 'Ocean's 8' Reboot

Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures released a first look image of the Oceans 8 all-female reboot on Monday, showing the films main ladies looking chic and suspicious in the New York City subway.The Oceans 8 cast seems to be exceptionally diverse for a film of its kind, with Mindy Kaling, Chinese-Korean-American rapper and comedian Awkwafina,Rihanna, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter cast in the eight leading roles for the all-female rebootslated for June 8, 2018.With such a large main cast, the film had plenty of opportunities (eight, to be exact) to infuse the film with real diversity. And yet,theres one major demographic not represented among the leading ladies: Latinas.Latinos make up 17.6 percent of the U.S. population, according to 2015 Census numbers, and isHollywoods most important audiencewhen it comes to profits. Oceans 8is a great example of Hollywoods overall lack of inclusion of Latinas when it comes to casting, which is onereason you didnt see any Latina or Latino actors among these years Oscar nominees.Somehow this too-big-to-fail franchise with numerous leads failed to find one Latina actress in Hollywood fit for the role. A particularly disappointing fact when you consider that 16 years ago Oceans Eleven featured Cuban-American actor Andy Garca in a starring role.So we did the work for Hollywood producers and found several Latina actresses that wouldve been fantastic for the film. Since the heist in the Oceans 8 plot happens at the Met Gala, we assumed the casting directors were looking for women who are both elegant and unafraid to jump into action. Not to mention theyd need the comedy chops to carry the humor the original films are known for.Here are 11 Latinas with both comedy and action/crime acting credits who should, at the very least, be considered for an Oceans 8 sequel.-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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