Zoe Saldana found herself at the center of a huge controversy after she was cast to play Nina Simone in an upcoming bio-pic [click here if you missed that].
Zoe responds to the backlash and explains how she coped with her critics...
Zoe tells Hip Hollywood,
”What kept me from getting stressed and being hurt by the negative comments is that I’m doing it for my sisters and my brothers and I don’t care who tells me I’m not this or I’m not that. I know who I am and I know what Nina Simone means to me.”
“I did it all for love. Out of love for Nina, my people and who I am and my pride of being a Black woman and a Latina woman and an American woman. That’s my truth.”
