The BBC is facing a backlash over its 'jaw-achingly stupid' decision to cast black and ethnic-minority actors in historical drama Wolf Hall. The Mirror and the Light, the TV adaptation of the final book in Dame Hilary's Wolf Hall trilogy, broadcasts on BBC1 on Sunday, with several black actors in 'very significant roles'. The Mirror and the Light, the TV …
The director of Wolf Hall has defended the colour-blind casting of Tudor characters, saying they chose the 'very best actors' and pointing out that they are not playing 'lookalikes' of the real people. Based on Dame Hilary Mantel's novel of the same name Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light picks up where the last series ended, with Oscar winning …
