Successful Prime Video series Daisy Jones and Six When the nominations are announced next month, it’s expected to receive several Emmy endorsements, including indie starlet Riley Keough, who plays the famous musician. But before the prize race kicks off, an online drama about the cast introduction and the supposed stepping-down of one of the series’ few Black co-stars is already in preparation.
Last Thursday, Variation She released the cover photo featuring Season three of the Women of Awards. Daisy Jones and SixThe female lead actors of: Keough, Camila Morrone and Suki Waterhouse. In the attached piece, Variation‘s TV editor, Emily Longeretta, wrote that she chose the trio for the issue because of their refreshing portrayal of “as a unit” in the series, unlike competitors. Despite standing on the profile Daisy JonesAlthough there were ‘female friendships’, Nabiyah Be, who plays the fictional disco artist Simone Jackson on the cover, was curiously absent. Her character, the only Black woman to play a main role in the series, is Daisy’s former roommate and confidant.
Following its release, Twitter users expressed their immediate disapproval of the cover story, as well as the three white actresses, including Elvis Presley’s granddaughter and Al Pacino’s de facto stepdaughter, who said it “changed the narrative in Hollywood”. (Morrone, who plays the serial’s Latin character Camila Dunne, is Argentinean.)
One user wrote, “The major publications are announcing this about a different group of casual white actresses every two months” quote-tweeted article.“A lot can be added to the Nabiyah Daisy Jones and Six just for her to be so excluded,” wrote another. “Now that I’m done with this show. I was shocked to see how important Nabiyah is to this show. You never know by marketing that a black woman is an integral part of the story. one more person added.
This Variation The cover isn’t the first time that Be’s cast has been visibly absent from some of the big press appearances. During the series’ first press run in March, Be did not appear onscreen. The Kelly Clarkson Show Keough also did not join the larger cast of the series, along with Morrone and Waterhouse. The Drew Barrymore Show.
Some social media users argued that Simone, whose role was expanded from the Taylor Jenkins Reid novel, played a more important role in the series than some white characters. Specifically, Episode 7, titled “She’s Gone,” departs from the main story about Daisy and The Six to focus on Simone’s disco aspirations and her relationship with a female DJ named Bernie (Ayesha Harris). Later in the episode, Simone meets Daisy as the rocker is about to quit her music career, and eventually convinces her to rejoin The Six in time for their blockbuster movie. polar lights type. For the rest of the season, Simone finds herself trying to navigate the music industry as an oddball artist.
In addition Variation On the cover, Waterhouse, who plays keyboardist Karen Sirko, is brought into the fray. weekend, Daisy Jones Fans have called the musician and model out for allegedly contributing to Be’s supposed isolation from the cast after she cropped the Brazilian actress from a photo. Daisy Jones press event. Twitter user and movie critic @ZoeRoseBryant said, “No bc I’m sick to my stomach, what the hell is that?” tweeted next to your photo.
Fans immediately criticized Waterhouse for what they perceived as a deliberate move to exclude Be, calling the model “”.racist” and one “hater.” Others, Waterhouse’s posted the uncropped version of the photo Minutes after the first post, she wrote, “The next iteration of gold, you heard it first here, is a four-member girl group.” a user argued The 31-year-old woman claims that the photo that the cast originally posted has already been cropped. Still, some They question why Waterhouse didn’t post the cropped photo in the first place or delete it when he realized it was edited. The Daily Beast reached out to Waterhouse for comment.
Due to the nature of the internet (and fast-paced fans), this controversy has also reached Morrone, who has been similarly labeled as racist—not because of his treatment of Be, but because of his alleged involvement with his provocative Instagram posts. Twitter users collected screenshots Morrone mostly likes posts from the popular meme account @thefatjewish that mock Black women, make fun of Taylor Swift, and criticize Blue Ivy’s looks. The Daily Beast reached out to Morrone for comment.
for advertisers Daisy Jones and for Variation He has yet to respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. Still, it will be interesting to see if this online boost for Be will have any impact on its Emmy chances or if this discussion will blow up into the night. While IndieWire has named her a possible contender for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, other publications seem less confident that she will be on the ballot.