Director Ridley Scott (R) and cast members Christian Bale and Maria Valverde (C) pose for photographs as he arrive for the film world premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" in Madrid , December 4, 2014.
Director Ridley Scott (R) and cast members Christian Bale and Maria Valverde (C) pose for photographs as he arrive for the film world premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" in Madrid , December 4, 2014. Reuters/Juan Medina

Rachel Dolezal said “Exodus: Gods and Kings” should be banned because Moses was played by Christian Bale, a white English actor. Shortly after she resigned as Spokane NAACP president, an interview of the activist criticizing the 2014 biblical drama resurfaced.

“A lot of people might go to that film. Hopefully nobody goes to that film. We need to boycott that film from my perspective because it’s miseducation,” Dolezal told radio host Taylor Weech of “Exodus: Gods and Kings” in an interview in October 2014 in Spokane.

According to Dolezal, a Caucasian woman who pretended to be black for years, having Bale play Moses in “Exodus: Gods and Kings” is misrepresentation, which is greatly offensive not only to the people who actually were living during that time but also to people of the current generation.

Aside from Bale, Dolezal also slammed the late Charlton Heston, also a white actor, for playing Moses in the 1956 film “The Ten Commandments.” For the former Spokane NAACP leader, allowing white actors to play Moses is tantamount to allowing them to rob and shred their ancestry and history.

Aside from Heston and Bale, other white actors who have portrayed the Egyptian prince Moses in Hollywood are Val Kilmer in the 2006 musical “The Ten Commandments: Musical” and the late Burt Lancaster in the 1974 TV miniseries “Moses the Lawgiver” with his late son Bill Lancaster, who played young Moses.

Currently filming “Jungle Book: Origins” and “The Big Short,” Bale has yet to comment on Dolezal’s criticisms against white actors playing Moses. “Exodus: Gods and Kings” director Ridley Scott and casting directors Nina Gold and Sandra Mooney have also not commented on the issue.

After “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” Bale will appear in “Knights of Cups,” which was written and directed by Terrence Malick. The romantic drama will also star Natalie Portman, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Joe Manganiello, Cate Blanchett, Jason Clarke, Joel Kinnaman and Isabel Lucas, among others.

Recently, it has been confirmed that Bale will star opposite “A Most Violent Year” actor Oscar Isaac in a period film “The Promise,” a tragic love triangle set during the decline of the Ottoman Empire to be helmed by “Hotel Rwanda” director Terry George, Entertainment Weekly has learned.

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