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Undercover,” Adam Moore, the guild’s national director of EEO and Diversity, told Deadline. “So far as we’ve been able to determine, there’s been no painting down on the set of K.C.

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The union reportedly sent a field rep to visit the show’s make-up room to see if they were applying dark make-up to the white stuntwoman to better pass as the actress – a practice known as “painting down.” According to McTeague, “No special make-up was required to match Zendaya’s skin tone.” SAG-AFTRA began looking into the matter in May, and on June 23 sent show producers a letter asking them for proof that their stunt coordinator had endeavored to find a qualified black stuntwoman to double for Zendaya, who is bi-racial but self-identifies as a person of color.

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Thus far, three stunt performers have doubled for the series star Zendaya.”

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Considerations, including job qualifications and special training – martial arts, gymnastic and dance – plus efforts to match ethnicity, height and physique, factor into casting a body double for the series. Each fully-qualified stuntwoman matches Zendaya’s height, physique, and skin tone. Her stunt doubles are Hispanic and Caucasian. “Zendaya is Caucasian and African-American. Undercover are in compliance with the SAG-AFTRA agreement,” Disney Channel spokesperson Patti McTeague said. No Females In Fall Guy Frat: Why Women Remain Excluded from Stuntmen Groups Two other stuntwomen – neither one of whom is black – were also used to double the show’s star. Deadline has learned that the stunt coordinator’s wife, who is white, was hired to double for Zendaya on many of the episodes. The non-discrimination clause of the SAG-AFTRA contract states that a show’s stunt coordinator must “endeavor to cast qualified persons of the same sex and/or race involved,” but in this case, it doesn’t appear that he endeavored very much. Three other black stuntwomen, who asked that their identities not be revealed, have contacted the guild about their concerns in an email thread obtained by Deadline. Several black stuntwomen have told Deadline that they want the show to hire black stuntwomen for the job when the show begins production on its second season in September.įor them, it’s not just about jobs – it’s about ending a little-known, but not uncommon, discriminatory hiring practice. “It’s a civil rights issue that I’ve personally been fighting my entire career since the late ’70s,” said one veteran black stuntwoman who’s been spearheading the effort to get SAG-AFTRA to do something about it.

But her main stunt double for Season 1 was white.

is black her mother is black her father is black her nerdy brother is black her robot sister is black and her grandfather is black. Cooper, the daughter of African American spies. Undercover, 18-year-old actress Zendaya plays K.C.