Zoe Kravitz says she felt 'uncomfortable' shooting 'Big Little Lies' in 'such a white area'
- Zoe Kravitz said she felt "uncomfortable" in the area "Big Little Lies" was filmed in.
- She told The Observer that the location in California had "weird racist people in bars."
Zoe Kravitz told The Observer that she felt "uncomfortable" filming the HBO hit series "Big Little Lies" in California.
The HBO drama follows a group of wealthy mothers whose lives begin to spiral as they get involved in a murder investigation. Kravitz starred as Bonnie Carlson, one of the mothers in the group.
In a new interview with The Observer, Kravitz said that she did not like the area where the show was filmed — which was predominantly done in Monterey, California.
"There were a few moments where I felt a little uncomfortable because it is such a white area," She said.
"The Batman" star added: "Just weird racist people in bars and things like that."
In the past, critics have said one of the big problems with "Big Little Lies" was the lack of diversity within it. Kravitz was one of the few actors of color in the whole cast and she told The Observer that her character was also "originally written for a white person."
While in the past Kravitz praised the series for not making her character's ethnicity "a thing," Refinery29 journalist Kathleen Newman-Bremang wrote that by not acknowledging her race, it made her character inauthentic.
Kravitz most recently stars as Catwoman in "The Batman," but it wasn't the first time she'd auditioned to play the feline thief.
She told The Guardian that she auditioned for the role in Christopher Nolan's iteration of Batman, "The Dark Knight Rises," but was told she was too "urban" for the role.
"I don't know if it came directly from Chris Nolan," the 33-year-old actress said. "I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director's assistant…"
Kravitz continued: "Being a woman of color and being an actor and being told at that time that I wasn't able to read because of the color of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment."
"The Batman" is out in theatres now.