Zoe Saldana has hit out at Hollywood casting agents claiming that some of them are racist.
The actress has seen her star rise over the last twelve months with roles in both Star Trek and Avatar.
Speaking to Nylon magazine the actress said: "When they say, 'We want to go white', they have a very smooth way of saying it, and the recent one is the word 'traditional'.
"[I've heard], 'Oh, you know, you're just not what we were looking for, your skin is a little darker'. Compared to what?
"My skin is just my skin. It's dark if you compare it to someone who's lighter."
Despite hitting out at casting agents she revealed that she had no such trouble with James Cameron who believed she looked exactly like Neytiri.
"I'm thinking he probably imagined some Amazonian girl [for Neytiri] - I had really long hair at the time - wearing really little s**t with, like, a bow and arrow," she said. "I had no idea she was blue and nine feet tall.
"But for some reason, he was like, 'You look so much like her!'"
The Losers and Death At A Funeral are the next projects due for release from the actress.
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