Bridgerton Cast Of Colour

It was very much a conscious choice not a blind choice netflix.

Bridgerton cast of colour. In the original netflix series which is based on julia quinn s bestselling book series people of colour. Taking place in tudor england the spanish princess on starz features stephanie levi john as a black woman named lina who came to england as catherine of aragon s lady in waiting. Surely the inspiration bridgerton takes from 1997 s cinderella can t be costume deep.

Tv wise andoh played nurse collette griffiths in casualty for 10 years starred in two series of doctor who and was in eastenders for a year in the early nineties. Bridgerton s diverse cast is great and all but season 2 needs to be more color brave. 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 who.

Known for his various roles on stage and on screen jonathan has starred in the itv crime drama broadchurch bbc comedy w1a sci fi series doctor who and alongside phoebe waller bridge in crashing. Nicola coughlan speaks out about concerns over bridgerton s color blind casting bridgerton star nicola coughlan opened up about the netflix show s diverse cast and explained how she sees her. If producers are going to claim a production is progressive and has color blind casting whatever.

Quinn added that bridgerton cast golda rosheuvel as queen charlotte and several other black actors for a specific reason. Color conscious casting is a process meant to be more inclusive where race is a.