Bridgerton Cast Why Black

Even a black duke.

Bridgerton cast why black. Google tag manager jan 11 8 20 am est. On monday jan. 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.

For the record according to romance novelist and historian vanessa riley there were black nobility. Bridgerton set in a fictionalized version of the early 19th century is hardly the first contemporary work to cast non white actors in period pieces both in historically plausible roles. 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.

She almost certainly wasn t considered black or mixed race at the time. Bridgerton raises the question of how diverse nobility could exist during a time when most black and brown people in britain were relegated to domestic work. 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.

Netflix s original series bridgerton has received praise for having such a diverse cast but some question if it s accurate. While the shondaland netflix original series bridgerton is not technically a historical drama in the same sense as the streaming platform s the crown or hulu s the great it does include. 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.