‘Wolf Hall’ Director Defends Color-Blind Casting, Saying Series Did Not Want Tudor “Lookalikes”
deadline.comWolf Hall returns to British television after nearly a decade this weekend — and director Peter Kosminsky has revealed why the Tudor series has switched to a color-blind casting policy.
The critically lauded Hilary Mantel adaptation has cast Egyptian-born Amir El-Masry as Thomas Wyatt after he was played by Jack Lowden in Season 1, while Lady Margery Seymour is played by Sarah Priddy, who is from a mixed-heritage British-African family.
At a Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light screening, Kosminsky said: “There are a number of parts played by people of color and this is not something we did in the first series.
I’m delighted we’ve been able to do it.” He added: “We wanted the very best actors who are available for the show and we looked at everybody, and we chose the best actors who auditioned for the roles.
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