Channel 5 hit with Ofcom complaints over casting of Jodie Turner-Smith's Anne Boleyn
dailystar.co.ukChannel 5 has been hit with complaints to OFCOM over their casting for Jodie Turner-Smith's Anne Boleyn.Viewers were angry about the choice of leading lady for the historical drama.Now it's been revealed just how many people were angry over the race row, following the decision to cast Jodie Turner Smith in the role of Boleyn.OFCOM received 167 complaints about the show.The three-part drama starred Jodie Turner-Smith, 34, as the first black actress to play the Tudor royal.She was joined by Paapa Essiedu, 30, playing her brother George.Anne was one of two of Henry’s wives to be executed.
Jodie said she loved the role as she'd just become a mother.She told Glamour magazine: “I had just become a mother and that was what really jumped out at me,.
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