A non-profit organisation for dwarves says they should be given roles other than those of diminutive magical creatures.
Little People Of America say acting parts should be handed out based on talent, not size and not just leprechauns and elves.
The group – which is based in Sonoma, California – says the thespians it represents are not landing roles, such as doctors, in films or television shows.
Mark Povinelli, president of Little People Of America, said: ‘We’re just a sight gag.
‘Roles as elves and leprechauns would be much more palatable if the role you’re playing after that was a doctor, lawyer, father, husband or love interest.
Mark Povinelli, president of Little People Of America, said the roles were not coming to actors
Warwick Davis and Game of Thrones star Pater Dinklage are two of the few actors with dwarfism who have landed mainstream roles in recent years.
‘That’s not happening,’ he told the Guardian on Saturday.
Charity Little People UK – which was founded by Warwick Davis – has been approached for comment by MailOnline.
Warwick and Game of Thrones star Pater Dinklage are two of the few actors with dwarfism who have landed mainstream roles in recent years.
The casting row comes in the wake of 5ft 11in Hugh Grant being cast as an Oompa Loompa in the new Wonka film.
His part takes work away from a dwarf, a 3ft 10in actor whose father played an Ewok said last month.
George Coppen, 26, argued the part should have been offered to an actor with the condition as there is a lack of appropriate roles for dwarfs.
In the trailer for the new film, which focuses on the life of Willy Wonka played by Timothee Chalamet, Grant appears as an Oompa Loompa trapped inside a jar.
In previous versions of the story based on Roald Dahl‘s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the characters were played by actors with dwarfism.
According to The Telegraph, George said: ‘A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love.
Casting Hugh Grant an an Oompa Loompa in the new Wonka film takes work away from a dwarf, a 3ft 10in actor whose father played an Ewok said
In the trailer for the new film, which focuses on the life of Willy Wonka, Grant appears as an Oompa Loompa trapped inside a jar
George Coppen, 26, (left) argued the part should have been offered to an actor with the condition as there is a lack of appropriate roles for dwarfs
‘A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren’t getting offered those roles.’
George, from Derby, started acting after he was inspired by his father Willie Coppen, according to the BBC.
Willie began acting upon hearing that the makers of Return of the Jedi were searching for people to play Ewoks.
Following the trailer’s release Grant, 62, quickly got the internet talking with his transformation into one of the orange creatures.
In the clip the actor is seen saying: ‘I will have you know that I am a perfectly respectable size for an Oompa Loompa.
Wonka replies: ‘An Oompa what now?’
The Oompa Loopma says: ‘Allow me to refresh your memory.’
Grant plays a very different part in Wonka to those he has previously, such as his starring role in Notting Hill (pictured)
‘Oh, I don’t think I want to hear that,’ Wonka says.
‘Too late,’ the Oompa Loompa answers. ‘I’ve started dancing now. Once we’ve started we can’t stop.’
Fans took to Twitter to comment on Hugh’s new role, with one writing: ‘Hugh Grant is definitely in his IDGAF era, every decision this man makes is insane and I love it.’
Another wrote: ‘Thought another Wonka movie was unnecessary but now I’m sold, give me more Oompa Loompa Hugh Grant’.