Berry: 'Hollywood fears black movies'

Oscar winner and Hollywood film star Halle Berry has claimed that the film industry still has problems casting black actors.

Speaking at a special screening of her new film ‘Frankie and Alice’, Belly said she had experienced reticence amongst film produces when casting her for certain roles as they believed her skin colour would change the tone of the project.

She said: "There've been roles that I've really wanted to play and I've had to listen to producers say to me, 'We don't want to go black with the role because if we go black it changes the whole story because who would her parents be?

"'Then we've got to cast a black guy for the father. Then it becomes a black movie and then who's going to see it?'"

Berry became the first woman of African-American descent to win an Oscar for 'Best Actress' in 2001, for her role in Monster's Ball.