Netflix star attends F1 red carpet after being cut from film
Controversy has erupted after it emerged that the star of Netflix hits Bridgerton and Sex Education, Simone Ashley, has had all her lines cut from the final edit of the Brad Pitt-led blockbuster F1, directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Originally slated to star in a minor love interest role, Ashley's part in the film – which lands in Australian cinemas on Thursday – has reportedly been reduced to a lineless cameo, echoing a similar treatment of The Acolyte and The Good Place actor Manny Jacinto by Kosinski in the director's 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick.
Ashley attended the London premiere of the film this week despite her treatment in the final edit, but has yet to make an official statement. In 2022, when Jacinto was cut from Top Gun: Maverick he told GQ that it 'wasn't shocking' for him to have been cut from the film.
'It kind of fuels you because at the end of the day, Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise. It's up to us — Asian Americans, people of colour — to be that [for ourselves]. We can't wait for somebody else to do it. If we want bigger stories out there, we have to make them for ourselves,' Jacinto told the outlet.
F1 co-star Damson Idris told Buzzfeed this week that Ashley's role 'was more of a cameo ... it was sort of a love interest situation that happened. But, as with many movies, you know the director's cut. I mean I've been cut out of movies, and these things happen.'
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Idris said he was set to star alongside Ashley again soon, and that the actress would work with Kosinski in a future project.
Kosinski told People that actors getting cut from final edits 'happens on every film' and lauded Ashley's ability, saying 'she's an incredible talent, incredible actress, incredible singer, and I would love to work with her again.'
The news has caused controversy online with many saying that Kosinski's removal of Ashley, and earlier Jacinto, was a race issue, while others argue that this is a normal part of the filmmaking process.
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