Zendaya Pulled Out of 'Aaliyah' Movie: The Problem With Biopics

The Disney star pulled out of Lifetime's planned Aaliyah movie for creative reasons, highlighting the difficult process of making biopics. Even if there were no creative reasons, there would have still been an uproar about Zendaya playing Aaliyah. To be honest, she did not look anything like Aaliyah. The appearance really do count. Fans want to see someone that resembles Aaliyah.