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Billy Dee Williams On Actors Wearing Blackface: “If You’re An Actor, You Should Do Anything You Want To Do”

Billy Dee Williams is defending actors who want to wear blackface in their performances.

Billy Dee Williams is defending actors who want to wear blackface in their performances. Williams famously portrayed the role of Landon Calrissian in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. In an interview with The Guardian earlier this year, Williams said he didn’t “think in terms of Black” about the characters he portrays in media.

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