Billy Dee Williams defends blackface, says actors 'should do anything' they want to do

Billy Dee Williams believes actors should be able to perform in blackface.

Billy Dee Williams believes actors should be able to perform in blackface.

In a new episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the “Star Wars” actor recalled watching Laurence Olivier in 1965’s “Othello,” in which Olivier wore blackface to portray the title role.

“When he did ‘Othello,’ I fell out laughing,” Williams said of Olivier. “He stuck his a-- out and walked around with his a--, you know, because Black people are supposed to have big a----.”

“I thought it was hysterical. I loved it,” he added. “I love that kind of stuff.”

Maher noted that “today, they would never let you do that,” to which Williams replied, “Why?”

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