Mahershala Ali reacts to the use of N-Word by co-star Viggo Mortensen during the screening of a film

Mahershala Ali is expressed after his Green paper Co-star Viggo Mortensen used the keyword when screening his film earlier this week.

Mortensen and Ali took part in a conversation Wednesday night about their film when Mortensen spoke. Green paper focuses on a Deep South tour in the 1960s of American-Jamaican pianist Don Shirley (played by Ali) and a bouncer serving as security (played by Mortensen).

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according to VarietyMortensen spoke of the continued use of hate speech and used the N-word specifically as an example of speech that is no longer common in a conversation.

"Whether well intentioned or intellectual that the conversation was, it was not appropriate for Viggo to say the n-word," Ali said in a statement. "He made it clear to me that he knew about it and apologized profusely immediately after the Q & A session with Elvis Mitchell. Knowing that his intention was to express that removing the n-word from your vocabulary does not necessarily prevent a person from becoming racist or participating in sectarian actions or thoughts, I can accept and accept his excuses. "

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In his apology, Mortensen admitted that he "had no right to imagine the harm caused by hearing this word in any context whatsoever, especially in a home. White man. "

"I am really sorry to have used the whole word last night and not to repeat it," he added.

In his statement, Ali said the discussion had been overshadowed by insults.

"The use of the word by those who are not black should not be debated. The history of discrimination, slavery, pain, oppression and violence, as the word has become a symbol, is only causing harm to members of the black community and must therefore be left in the past. "