Casting Call

Regarding the Oct. 4 Film Clip item on the casting of “The House of the Spirits,” the movie version of Isabel Allende’s Latin American novel:

Clara del Valle Trueba, one of the female leads, is a Chilean woman, a Latina. But I couldn’t help noticing that, of the 15 actresses considered for the part, all were white. Furthermore, the film’s other lead Latino roles will also be played by white actors, Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close.

Will the day ever come in Hollywood when a meaty, sought-after Caucasian lead role is being cast, and the first 15 actors considered for the part are all non-white? Not if the film industry keeps up this kind of casting.

ROBERT PAYNE

Studio City