"Riverdale" star Vanessa Morgan (28) makes her anger public. The Toni Topaz actress, who has been an integral part of the production since season three at the latest, announced via Twitter that she would "no longer be silent". The following is a list of some of the grievances that are evident on the set of the series. The actress does not mention the name "Riverdale".
Blacks have to fight with stamps
Morgan writes in one of her tweets In the name of all black actors, for example, that they are fed up with being "used as dimensionless sidekicks for our main white characters". they meanwhile become the only black series member with a recurring role, but get "least paid" for their work.
The criticism of the 28-year-old is not only directed to the makers of the US series, which is available here at Netflix. In general, she could not accept "how black people are portrayed in the media". In their eyes, they would always get the stamp of "thugs, dangerous, angry or scary people".
Co-stars must not be held responsible
The trigger for Morgan's public expression is the criticism of her former series co-star Ashleigh Murray (32) aka Josie McCoy. When the dark-skinned actress was indirectly referred to as a diva by a Twitter user and assumed that she had flown out of the series, Morgan burst the octopus. She hates when black women are called divas "only because they stand up for themselves".
"Perhaps the authors should write for them (Ashleigh Murray, ed.) As they do for white characters," Morgan said. In general, the actress seems to blame for the grievances on site among the authors and makers of the series. Because as it says in one of her latest tweets, her "Riverdale" role "has nothing to do with my co-stars / friends". "They don't write the show" and shouldn't have to be enraged by angry fans. "I know they are behind me," wrote the 28-year-old.