Lennie James is calling for more debate when it comes to casting in film and TV, as Hollywood looks to employ more actors with lived experience in certain roles.
The British actor and screenwriter, who is best known for playing devoted father Morgan Jones in the hit AMC zombie series"The Walking Dead," told BBC News that he would"challenge" the notion that some roles must only be played by actors with certain identities to preserve authenticity.
Harry Hamlin's 'playing gay' disclosure spotlights another huge problemLast week, actress Maureen Lipman told the Jewish Chronicle that Helen Mirren should not have been cast as the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in an upcoming film, comparing it to Blackface and arguing,"the Jewishness of the character is so integral.
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