Emma Stone Addresses ‘Aloha’ Casting Controversy, says She is the 'Butt of many Jokes'

Emma Stone has finally addressed the controversy over her role as mixed-race character, Allison Ng, in the Cameron Crowe's directed movie, "Aloha," which came out earlier this year.

In the movie, set in Hawaii, Stone's character Ng, an Air Force liaison assigned to military contractor, Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper), is supposed to be part native Hawaiian and part Chinese. Since Stone clearly does not have a mixed race heritage, many people were very critical of her casting. Viewers were also upset that the movie did not depict how racially diverse Hawaii is.

"I've become the butt of many jokes," Stone, 26, said reported by the Australian news outlet News.au.com. "I've learned on a macro level about the insane history of whitewashing in Hollywood and how prevalent the problem truly is. It's ignited a conversation that's very important."

Since the movie was released, Crowe also issued an apology for the casting and lack of diversity in "Aloha." He explained that in the context of the movie, Ng was not supposed to look Hawaiian/Chinese at all.

"As far back as 2007, Captain Allison Ng was written to be a super-proud 1//4 Hawaiian who was frustrated that, by all outward appearances, she looked nothing like one," Cameron wrote in his blog. "A half-Chinese father was meant to show the surprising mix of cultures often prevalent in Hawaii. Extremely proud of her unlikely heritage, she feels personally compelled to over-explain every chance she gets. The character was based on a real-life, red-headed local who did just that."

Aside from the casting controversy, Stone also talked about the huge age gap between love interests in Hollywood movies. In "Aloha," Stone stars opposite Cooper, who is 14 years older than her. In Woody Allen film, "Irrational Man," which comes out today, July 17, Stone plays the love interest to Joaquin Phoenix's character. Phoenix is 40-years-old.

"It's rampant in Hollywood and it's definitely been that way for a long time, both culturally and in movies," Stone said. "There's a lot of conversation about how we want to see people represented on screen and what we need to change as a business to reflect culture in a clearer way and not in an idealized way. There are some flaws in the system...My eyes have been opened in many ways this year."

Stone will reunite with Ryan Gosling in "La La Land."