Bridgerton Cast Black Actors

Nicola coughlan who portrays penelope featherington on bridgerton recently shut down critics who had something to say about the show s diverse casting in a period piece.

Bridgerton cast black actors. The bridgerton family is made up of white actors like dynevor while the duke of hastings is played by page who is black. Netflix s original series bridgerton has received praise for having such a diverse cast but some question if it s accurate. 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.

Bridgerton tv series 2020 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. 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. 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.

With bridgerton netflix continues their staunch tradition of casting a lightskin black women in the main cast. 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. Simon s family was given their dukedom by queen.

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