‘Luther’: BBC diversity chief says Idris Elba’s character “lacks authenticity”

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Luther “doesn’t feel authentic” due to the lack of representation of Black culture.According to Metro, Wayland addressed the diversity on the BBC show in a recent MIPTV conference.“When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there — a really strong, Black character lead,” Wayland began.“We all fell in love with him.

Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the second series, you got kind of like, OK, he doesn’t have any Black friends, he doesn’t eat any Caribbean food, this doesn’t feel authentic.”Luther, which began in 2010, sees the titular detective chief become romantically involved with murderer Alice Morgan, played by Ruth Wilson.Series five cast Wunmi Mosaku (His House) in the role of DS Catherine.