Can I admit something? I love Zoe Saldana. 

I loved her when she did greenface in Guardians of the Galaxy.

 I loved her when she did blueface in Avatar. 

I especially loved her when she did exasperated balletface for Center Stage, the best dance movie of all time. 

Despite all of that love (literally decades of love), I cannot support Zoe Saldana donning blackface to portray Nina Simone in the upcoming biopic Nina. 

Really, now? This is egregious. Yes, Zoe Saldana is an Afro-Latina woman, but that doesn’t excuse the darkened makeup, the wig, and the prosthetic nose it requires to make Zoe look like Nina. That’s blackface. 

Actresses who look like Nina Simone really do exist, Hollywood. Look harder.