Anthony Hopkins Successfully Passes for White in The Human Stain
In the 2003 film, The Human Stain, Anthony Hopkins plays, Coleman Silk, a Jewish college professor who, despite his appearance, turns out to be a Black man.
For obvious reasons the filmmakers decided against all the blackface shenanigans, but the suspension of belief required to make Hopkins’ performance as a Black man successfully passing for white convincing, is just humanly impossible.
The casting decision in The Human Stain was baffling because there are a number of good actors in Hollywood who already have the ability to pass as white, but were passed over for the role.
