The Huffington Post reports that the director of the new film “Aloha” made a mistake in casting a white actress to play an Army captain who is depicted as being one-fourth Hawaiian and one-fourth Chinese.

In a blog posted on his website, Cameron Crowe wrote, “I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice.”

“Aloha” stars Stone and Bradley Cooper in the movie, which has been panned by critics and attracted a disappointing box off sales. Though it is set and filmed in multicultural Hawaii, the lead actors are all white.

As Huff Po reports, “Critics argue the problems go far deeper, however. As Jen Yamato pointed out on The Daily Beast, Crowe might’ve even gotten away with it if he’d cast any of his supporting characters with minorities, more accurately repping the ethnic makeup of the islands.'”

Emma Stone plays an Air Force captain who is part Chinese and Hawaiian.

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