KILLING Eve boss Sally Woodward Gentle has addressed the backlash for her show having an all-white team of writers. The creator responded to the criticism by admitting the diversity behind the scenes 'isn't good enough'.
Despite having an Asian lead character, Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a since-deleted tweet by In My Skin creator Kayleigh Llewellyn revealed Killing Eve had been written by an entirely white writing team.
In a virtual panel held by SeriesFest, Sally, 56 responded to backlash over the lack of diversity in the show's creative team.
She said: “The make-up of the room should be more racially diverse than it is, and we’re really aware of that and I take full responsibility for it. “You look at that room and it’s full of brilliant.
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