Interestingly, talent doesn't seem to be one of them. All a younger actress needs to steal a scene, it seems, is fresher, whiter skin.
"You just need to be white to win," she says in a newly-released advertisement for (get ready for a big surprise) a skin-whitening product.
Becoming and staying a star is a long, difficult process, she says, and her own investment in "whiteness" could be endangered if she stops "taking care of herself," i.e., stops using whitening products.
To reinforce the point, the advertisement shows a young, white-skinned actress coming into the scene as Cris' own skin gradually darkens to black.
Reaction in the social media has been strong, but mixed. Many are critical of the "racist" idea that white skin is somehow more beautiful and superior to dark skin. But others, reportedly, just wanted to know where they could buy the product.