Emma Stone, who everybody knows to be nothing but American, surprisingly played an Asian character named "Allison Ng" in the Cameron Crowe film "Aloha."

Though Stone is famous for being one actress with many talents, she is not Asian American. However, Crowe still cast her as a character that is part Chinese, part Hawaiian, and part Swedish in the movie, and audiences were forced to accept this despite her undeniable whiteness. 

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The public has debated on Facebook and Twitter whether people with mixed Asian descent could still look like Stone, reported Vulture.  

Entertainment Weekly said that Ng was meaningfully non-white in the framework of the story.

"Accepting Emma Stone as an Asian-American in 'Aloha' requires a certain suspension of disbelief and no small amount of magical thinking," Chris Lee wrote in an Entertainment Weekly article. "I'm not buying Emma Stone as an Asian-American in 'Aloha.'"

The comment is not an attack on Stone but rather Hollywood's representation of non-white actors, according to Refinery 29. 

The Muse called the difference between Hawaii and the film "Aloha" embarrassing, as whites are basically considered a minority in the island yet Stone was still chosen to play the role of an Asian character.

The Web site posited the real problem as indeed, in sync with Refinery: Asian erasure is normal in Hollywood. It is not just Emma Stone as Allison Ng. Other examples include Josh Hartnett as an Inuit sheriff, Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia, Carey Mulligan as a "Latina" in "Drive," and Scarlett Johannson as an Asian character in "Ghost in the Shell."

There may be no simple answer as to why Hollywood directors choose white actors for characters of diverse heritage, but as for Crowe, he said in a Twitter chat with IMDb that "Everything began with the great Emma Stone then we built from there." 

In fact, Stone repeatedly said in the movie that she is quarter Hawaiian, which is crucial for the film as at this point, audiences would have to realize her to be 100 percent white.

Perhaps in sync with critics' opinion on the casting choices, "Aloha," which also starred other white Hollywood stars including Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams, only brought in $10 million despite costing $37 million. "Aloha," in fact, came in only sixth at the US box office this weekend, according to DListed.

"Aloha isn't horrible, but it does have a pitiable odor about it, like a dog that's sat too long on the beach," said the Web site.

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