Actor Demands That Changed Movies For The Better

Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief

Denzel Washington was in the 1993 film The Pelican Brief, alongside Julia Roberts. The initial plot included a love story between the two characters, but Washington rejected the role, saying he didn’t want to offend his black female fans.

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Apparently, Washington said that since black women were not often represented in Hollywood as the main love interest, he felt it wasn’t the right thing to do. Since his contract said that he didn’t have to do anything that he didn’t want to do, there wasn’t much of a discussion about it.