Nina Simone's estate to Zoe Saldana: 'Take Nina's name out your mouth'
Representatives of the late Nina Simone are not thrilled with an upcoming biopic starring Zoe Saldana.
On Wednesday, a trailer was released for the film, Nina, which stars Saldana as the iconic musician. It swiftly drew criticism because Saldana, who is Dominican and Puerto Rican, is wearing darker makeup and a prosthetic nose to play the role.
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Saldana tweeted a quote by the musician, but quickly caught a clapback from none other than the official Twitter account of Simone's estate. It's not confirmed precisely who within Simone's camp wrote the tweet, but Mashable has reached out to the estate for clarification and will update with further comment.
Saldana didn't respond to the tweet, opting to later post an Instagram photo of the Nina poster with the caption "..." A representative for Saldana has not yet responded to Mashable's request for comment.
Meanwhile, the Internet's reactions to Simone's estate's tweet itself were swift and hilarious.
Later, Simone's official estate tweeted again, calling the biopic situation "heartbreaking" and "soul-crushing."
Nina will hit theaters on April 22.
You can also watch the Oscar-nominated, Nina Simone estate-approved documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? on Netflix.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
