A casting company has apologised after allowing an advert for a role which banned ginger and obese children on its website.
Spotlight UK allowed a casting call from Milka, the Swedish chocolate company, to go on its website appealing for a prepubescent girl who is not overweight and does not have red hair. It specified it wanted"no children over 4ft 4ins","no overweight children","she must NOT have reached puberty" and she must be"beautiful and angelic".
The casting call for the chocolate bar's Christmas advert also said:"She can be aged 9-12. If she is 12 she must be very small and still be childlike." The advert sparked outrage on social media with performer Helen Raw and celebrities including comedian Kathy Burke and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson criticising it.Kathy Burke said:"Imagine being the kids that don't get the job - you're just not beautiful enough I'm afraid, my darling, now off you pop and be riddled with insecurities for the rest of your life."In a statement posted online, the company said the casting call had been"totally unacceptable".
Is this a casting call, or a pedophile’s dating profile?
No, ban overweight kids, they are a sign when used in advertising that all is okay. It's NOT ok.
But surely if that’s what the company wants to cast then they should - what about Hollywood casting the best looking people for roles... so instead of a ripped Daniel Craig playing James Bond I demand that they cast Johnny Vegas for the role instead just for the sake of diversity
So that’s what they are looking for and paying for? If it was an old role the brief would be different. The worlds PC police need to get real and the news need to stop reporting it in this way.....
Possibly the worst tasting chocolate EVER & they come out with these extremely high standards? No babes....no!
Still won't change who they pick!
Didn’t know they still made this ghastly stuff .
So, we're supposed to like fat people it seems.
What a load of welly , it's NOT possible for this stuff to get through WITHOUT SOMEONES APPROVAL SO SOMEONE APPROVED IT 👎