Bridgerton African American Actors

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Bridgerton african american actors. Bridgerton lead actor rege jean page instagram regejean british actor. The 30 year old actor sees bridgerton and his portrayal as simon as a crucial opportunity to spotlight black joy over black suffering telling esquire setting the story in the past doesn t. Netflix s bridgerton is just the right medicine the recent netflix release bridgerton with its colour conscious casting is just the answer that creative heads like julian fellowes need who have every excuse to justify an all white cast in their shows.

Bridgerton paid no attention to race when choosing actors for their period piece with regé jean himself playing one of the highest ranking nobles in the show besides the queen ofc. Anthony benedict colin daphne eloise francesca gregory hyacinth. The show features several black actors including regé jean page who plays the duke golda rosheuvel as the queen adjoa andoh as lady danbury kathryn drysdale as genevieve delacroix and ruby.

Queen charlotte is played by british actress golda rosheuvel. The main characters are named a h in birth order. In 2005 actor lennie bluett told npr s hearing voices about being an extra on the set of gone with the wind.

Book 1 the duke and i features daphne and simon s story. The duke of hastings and daphne bridgerton respectively in the buzzy series based on julia quinn s bestselling novels about love and lust. In a new interview with.

The author behind the books that inspired netflix s upcoming drama bridgerton is defending the network s decision to cast queen charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz as black. But he was well known for his early championing of african american civil rights.