Bridgerton Netflix Black Actors

Woman has perfect response to claims that it s inaccurate to have black actors in netflix s bridgerton.

Bridgerton netflix black actors. One of the hallmarks of a shonda rhimes production is a sprawling multiracial ensemble cast. Shannon mcdonagh monday 28 december 2020 11 27 ents. Doesn t need to elaborate on its inclusion of black characters.

Regé jean page plays simon basset the duke of. Period drama reimagining bridgerton has made some serious waves since its netflix debut on christmas day. As a viewer i ve watched sexy lawyers seattle doctors and how to get away with murder ers it s a thing of all ethnicities command the screen.

Bridgerton tv series 2020 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. 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. Our show is for a modern audience featuring modern.

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. The first season of show centers around the relationship between a white future duchess daphne bridgerton phoebe dynevor and a black inheritor of dukedom simon basset regé jean page. 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 mean.

Adjoa andoh plays lady danbury in bridgerton netflix and as showrunner chris van dusen puts it bridgerton isn t a history lesson he says.