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Channel 5 sparks race row casting black actress as Anne Boleyn in new drama
CHANNEL 5 has sparked a race row after casting black actress Jodie Turner-Smith as Tudor queen Anne Boleyn in a new period drama. The Queen & Slim star will play the second wife of King Henry V…
www.thesun.co.uk
On the one hand, I fully support Black, Gay, Trans people (i.e. people who have been traditionally discriminated against in all forms of employment) getting their fair share of acting roles.
On the other hand, I'm a stickler for historical accuracy and if a production is based on true life events it must not deviate in any way. I can only accept artistic licence if something is not known as a means of filling in the gaps.
So with that in mind, I am genuinely perplexed that a drama depicting the life of HenryVIII...
Here's a thread about people going ape about Anne Boleyn being portrayed by a black actress.
"Even MM is not that black and maybe passable, but the girl they have chosen, she couldn't get more black - It's like they're taking the p***!"
"I guess virtue signaling is more important than making a good show."
Well now there's a Finnish guy playing a Middle Easterner in a Mel Gibson film. Where's the outrage? I must have missed it, it must be here somewhere.
See Mel Gibson's new Jesus in “The Resurrection of the Christ” first look
Jaakko Ohtonen takes over for Jim Caviezel in the upcoming sequels.
"In the above image, Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen officially steps in as Jesus,"
