A Brief History Of White Actors Playing Native Americans

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rooney Mara has been tapped to play the Tiger Lily, a Native American princess, in Joe Wright's "Pan." This casting choice has been met with the backlash that Warner Bros. seemed to anticipate, as sources told Variety and other outlets that, "The world being created is multi-racial/international -- and a very different character than previously imagined." As Variety noted, Lupita Nyong'o and Adele Exarchopoulos were other actresses considered for the role, bu...