Universal Pictures Has Been Unacceptably Using Cis-Male Actors to Dub Laverne Cox's Voice
Hedy Phillips
The release of
Promising Young Woman has been pushed back in Italy, as it was discovered last week that Universal Pictures Italy had dubbed Laverne Cox's character with a man's voice. Originally scheduled to premiere on May 13th,
Una Donna Promettente used actor Roberto Pedicini in place of Cox. After the studio shared a teaser clip to social media on May 6th, an uproar broke out—and for good reason.
Following complaints from all angles, Universal Pictures International removed the clip from the internet and issued an apology to