Billy Dee Williams On Actors Wearing Blackface: “If You’re An Actor, You Should Do Anything You Want To Do”
Deadline - 2024-04-09T01:45:17.000Z

Billy Dee Williams is defending actors who want to wear blackface in their performances. The Star Wars actor appeared on Bill Maher’s podcast and recalled Laurence Olivier’s performance in 1965’s Othello, where the actor wore blackface. “When he did ‘Othello,’ I fell out laughing,” Williams said of Olivier on the Club Random podcast. “He stuck […] Read this story