Slightly off-tangent, but we have the same problem here in the UK with the BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic - note here in the UK Asian means people from the Indian subcontinent) movement. Sir Lenny Henry, who is Black British, is the (self-appointed) leader, and he’s pushing for better BAME representation in…

Anthony Hopkins playing Richard Nixon in Nixon. Makeup took 5 hours. He went through the same thing in Hitchcock, playing Alfred Hitchcock - that’s a really prosthetic heavy performance. So it’s not uncommon.

I love the video of the B52 landing ON THE GRASS at Duxford Air Museum: