Mena Suvari as a Black woman in Stuck
Stuck is a 2007 thriller, loosely based on the true story of a Black woman, Chante Mallard, who irresponsibly ran a homeless man over with her car and left him to die on her windshield.
Mallard’s character is called “Brandi Boski” in the film.
The white actress cast to play Brandi was American Beauty star, Mena Suvari. To add insult to injury, the filmmakers thought it was appropriate to have Suvari wear cornrows in the film, as if to hint at the character’s true ethnicity.
