Emma Stone in Aloha (2015)

Emma Stone’s casting as Allison Ng in Cameron Crowe’s 2015 film *Aloha* sparked significant controversy due to accusations of whitewashing. The character of Allison Ng was written as one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter Hawaiian, a heritage not reflected in Stone, who is of European descent. This decision drew widespread criticism for its erasure of Asian and Pacific Islander representation in a prominent role. The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) condemned the casting, highlighting it as part of a larger pattern of underrepresentation for Asian Americans in Hollywood. The film’s director, Cameron Crowe, later issued an apology, acknowledging that the “inherent challenges of a character made problematic by story issues were compounded by the casting.”