Bridgerton Book Characters Black

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.

Bridgerton book characters black. He s just one of the many black and asian characters who inhabit this world. While charlotte was not a character in the books she certainly is more than just a royal figurehead. Bridgerton is not a colorblind world.

In the novel simon famously has ice blue eyes but not here. The 30 year old actor sees bridgerton and his portrayal as simon as a crucial opportunity to spotlight black. Bridgerton is an american streaming television period drama series created by chris van dusen and produced by shonda rhimes it is based on julia quinn s novels set in the competitive world of regency london during the season when debutantes are presented at court it premiered on netflix on december 25 2020.

The bridgerton family is made up of white actors like dynevor while the duke of hastings is played by page who is black. In bridgerton the new shonda rhimes period drama on netflix the lords and ladies of early 19th century britain are depicted as black as well as white. People are asking if it s historically accurate to have black characters in bridgerton i want to point out that jane austen herself included a woc in her unfinished novel sanditon also set.

She also like so many of the characters of bridgerton. I wanted this series to be about more than just the bridgertons. At first glance netflix and bridgerton s choice to cast black actors as characters written as white people in its source material regé jean page plays romantic lead simon duke of hastings.

What adds to the sheer ridiculousness is that while the black nobility is just assumed there s complete taboo over a gay character who makes an impassioned speech to one of the bridgertons about having to hide his love away following a massive orgy he put on. Violet dowager lady bridgerton.