🇺🇦 Ukrainian actress and Hollywood star Ivanna Sakhno @ivannasakhno, known for her roles in American films such as "Pacific Rim 2 and The Spy Who Dumped Me, has refused to play a character of russian origin in one of Netflix's projects. Sakhno was born in Kviv and moved to the United States at the age of 13. She shared her position in an interview with TSN Ukraine, adding that she was not allowed to disclose certain details. "ⵊ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴡʜᴇɴ ⵊ ᴡᴀs ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ Nᴇᴛꜰʟɪx sᴇʀɪᴇs, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴠɪᴅ. ⵊᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ Rᴜssɪᴀɴ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ. ⵊ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴠ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴍᴀɪᴏʀ ʀᴏʟᴇs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ Nᴇᴛꜰʟɪx sᴇʀɪᴇs. Bᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ,ᴛ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ꜰɪʟᴍɪɴɢ, ᴡᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ COVⵊD. Aɴᴅ ⵊ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ⵊ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ Sᴏᴠɪᴇᴛ Uɴɪᴏɴ. ⵊ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʟᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ Nᴇᴛꜰʟɪx," Sakhno said. The actress admitted that terminating the contract with the streaming service is not cheap. "Tʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴊᴏʙ ⵊ ᴅᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ Nᴇᴛꜰʟɪx, ⵊ ᴏᴡᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ 50% ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ sᴀʟᴀʀʏ. Bᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ⵊ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ," she added. Nevertheless, Sakhno emphasized, There are certain moral values and principles. [me- this is what having dignity means! Ukrainians are nothing like russians, our history with russians is just too painful. Netflix if you’re all about diversity why not start creating roles for Ukrainians?] Stand With Ukraine !
@Yarochenko @IvannaSakhno @KyivPost Netflix needs to be sensitive to an illegally invaded people during these times of war. Their management needs to step up and earn its salaries by discretely doing the right thing, in this instance concerning Russian characters in a production.