Replaced by a Latino Face: 5 TV & Film Roles Recast with Latinos!

By Lee Hernandez | 10/17/2011 - 17:32 | 0 Comments

Television shows and movies are becoming more diverse and in the last 10 years, roles that never would've gone to Latinos 20 or 30 years ago, are being recast with Latino stars! Check out 5 iconic TV and film roles that have been replaced by a Latino face!

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Amanda Peterson (Can't Buy Me Love) & Christina Milian (Love Don't Cost A Thing)

In the 1987 teen comedy Can’t Buy Me Love, Amanda Peterson played Cindy Mancini, a spoiled and popular high school cheerleader who pretends to fall in love with a high school nerd (Patrick Dempsey) after he offers her $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. In 2003, Cuban actress Christina Milian starred in a remake of Can't Buy Me Love called Love Don’t Cost A Thing, in which she played Paris Morgan, a beautiful cheerleader who agrees to date a nerd named Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon) after he agrees to fix her car.

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