Sande Alessi Casting Company has issued an apology following the uproar over the company's casting call for the upcoming Straight Outta Compton biopic.
According to Billboard, the company released a casting call that was seen by many as racially insensitive. The company referred to "A" girls as the hottest of the hottest, "B" girls as the light-skinned "Beyonce types," and "D" girls as African-American women out of shape, poor, and brown-skinned.
After major backlash from the web, Kristan Berona of Sande Alessi apologized in a statement posted on Facebook.
"I would like to sincerely apologize for recently posting a casting announcement that used offensive language to recruit women for a film our agency is working on," she wrote. "My intention was not to offend anyone and I'm deeply sorry for not realizing the insensitivity in its content."
Universal Pictures has denied any involvement in the casting call process, and released a statement of their own following the backlash.
"Universal Pictures and the filmmakers for 'Straight Outta Compton' did not approve and do not condone the information in this casting notice," the statement read. "We regret and sincerely apologize for being in any way associated with the offensive descriptions it contained."
Source: Billboard
