Anne Boleyn star Paapa Essiedu said critics of the TV drama are entitled to their opinion but far more viewers welcomed the show’s modern take (Ian West/PA)Anne Boleyn star Paapa Essiedu has said critics of the TV drama are entitled to their opinion but far more viewers welcomed the show’s modern take. The Channel 5 production, which premiered in June, starred Jodie Turner-Smith in the title role, while Essiedu played her brother George. Essiedu, an Emmy nominee for his supporting role in I May Destroy You, said the decision to cast actors of colour to play white historical figures did not feel “revolutionary”. “Not all of the casting was integrated or race blind, there were many people who were casted ‘appropriately’, so-called. “So it doesn’t feel that sort of particularly, you know, revolutionary, but we are proud of what we did.

Source: Irish Independent July 19, 2021 19:18 UTC