Melbourne, June 7 (ANI): Angry Hollywood dwarfs are raging at the producers of 'Snow White and the Huntsman' for casting average-sized people as dwarfs in the film.
The dwarf actors are threatening to protest against the movie, which stars Oscar-winner Charlize Theron, 'Twilight' actress Kristen Stewart and Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, with a "100-midget march", TMZ reported.
Los Angeles dwarf theatre group Beacher's Madhouse is fuming - arguing that filmmakers would never use white actors and then digitally turn them black.
Matt McCarthy - a 124cm dwarf who heads the group - fired off a letter to Universal Chairman Adam Fogelson, saying, "In response to and in protest of this incredible injustice and prejudice, the Beacher's Madhouse midgets and I are coordinating a 100-midget march to Universal's offices."
McCarthy further said that casting average-sized actors as Snow White's dwarfs "is the equivalent of Universal casting a white actor to play a role written for an African-American person and digitally changing the colour of their skin".
Another dwarf group, The Little People of America, emphasised the need for the entertainment industry to actively cast little people.
"This means both casting people with dwarfism as characters that were specifically written to be played by little people ... and other roles that would be open to people of short stature," the Daily Telegraph quoted a spokesman as saying.
Actors Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Brian Gleeson, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost and Johnny Harris play the dwarfs in the hit movie.
Director Rupert Sanders had used camera angles and special effects to make them appear like dwarfs, including digitally inserting their faces on to the bodies of shorter people. (ANI)
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