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Crowe disavowed Stone of any responsibility in the controversy, crediting the actress for her “tireless research” and adding, “I am the one to blame.” “I am grateful for the dialogue,” the director continued. “And from the many voices, loud and small, I have learned something very inspiring. So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.” Crowe also wrote that, since the film was first mentioned in Amy Pascal’s leaked email threads from the Sony hack, _Aloha_ has “felt like a misunderstood movie.” Pascal’s emails revealed that she took issue with the project’s difficult production. _Aloha_, which opened in theaters Friday, stars Bradley Cooper as a defense contractor who falls for an Air Force pilot (Stone) in Hawaii. 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