Charlotte Rampling clarifies controversial diversity remarks

Speaking in French, she asked if the goal was to classify everybody and have “thousands of little minorities everywhere.”
Rampling, who has starred in both English and French films, is nominated for a best-actress Academy Award for Andrew Haigh’s portrait of a marriage, “45 Years.”
Veteran British actor Michael Caine, meanwhile, urged Black actors to “be patient” and said recognition would come.
He told the BBC there are plenty of strong performances by non-White actors this year, including Idris Elba’s “wonderful” work in “Beasts of No Nation”—which did not receive an Oscar nomination.
“Be patient,” said 82-year-old Caine, who has won two supporting-actor Oscars. “Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar, years.”
Chelsea Clinton—daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton—took to social media to condemn Rampling’s remarks. “Outrageous, ignorant & offensive comments from Rampling,” she posted on her official Twitter page.
 
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