The Beguiled (2017 film) for a biracial character from the novel, she cast white actress Kirsten Dunst. "The Guardian" said Coppola was criticized for engaging in whitewashing, to which the director said she made the changes so as "not [to] brush over such an important topic in a light way," and that "[y]oung girls watch my films and this was not the depiction of an African American character I would want to show them." The Beguiled (2017 film) The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel of the same name (originally published as "A
Mark Radcliffe (film producer) Mark Radcliffe (film producer) Mark Radcliffe (born October 7, 1952) is an American production manager, assistant director and film producer. His credits as producer include "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Bicentennial Man", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Rent", and "". Radcliffe was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Tulsa. Radcliffe began his film career as a production manager on the 1979 film "Rock 'n' Roll High School". He went on to become an assistant director on the Francis Ford Coppola production "The Escape Artist", re-teaming with Coppola on "Rumble Fish" and "Peggy Sue Got Married". Other assistant director