Majora on 13 February 2021
I have no issue whatsoever with fictional characters being portrayed by any ethnicity unless the character is explicitly written as a certain ethnicity and to change that would mean fundamentally altering the story.
I do, however, have a major problem with the casting of an entirely different race when it comes to historical figures, most recently a black actress playing Anne Boleyn. This attempt at altering history and changing the life story of a real person is distressing and likely has been done only to cause friction; I would balk at the idea of a Scottish Genghis Khan or an Arab King Cnut and I really find it in bad taste when things like this are done.
