Update: Latest rumor shows casting for a white Ciri | Original: Netflix looking for non-white actress to play Ciri in the Witcher tv series

[KLAMarine]

SpokenTruth said:

KLAMarine said:

Indeed but Ciri is an established character who is light-skinned.

Not only was that changed, I understand it is in writing that only a non-white actress can be hired for the role.

Why not just let the best actress play the role and whatever skin color she might be will be?

It's not a matter of taking a job but rather denying the opportunity for someone who's white to show their own worth as an actress. Screwed right out of the gate.

1. But that's irrelevant in a casting call.  The choice of the character and what they should or should not look like has already been determined.  It's a casting call.  Not a story development meeting.  That's already happened.

2. Again, that's irrelevant in acting.  A BAME didn't take a white girl's job because this was never a white girl's job to begin with.  By your logic, any choice is a denial of all other actors who are not that choice.  Need a male, denied all females.  Need someone tall, denied all short actors. Need someone athletic, denied all large actors. Need someone light skinned, denied all dark skin.  Need someone beautiful, denied all homely.  Need someone who can sing, denied all non singers.

That's understandable: a historical film for example would have such requirements and aptly so.

Is Ciri's skin color relevant to the story of Witcher?