Do You Approve Of Juliet Being Portrayed By Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in the Romeo and Juliet Play in London?

[Physics-Man]

• https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/10919117/francesca-amewudah-rivers-romeo-juliet-actress/

Yes

No

[ManOnFire]

Being black, I honestly have to say this is so unnecessary. Even I'm getting sick of the race swapping in the entertainment industry. If you want to make a play or a movie with an interracial couple, do just that. Give it your own name and story and everything. Stop trying to send us "woke" messages by mixing up the classics.

[Juxtapose]

Where is the woman?

[RavVid]

I thought it was trans woman initially but it seems not, though I wasn't the only one to think that.

I more think that Shakespeare should not be mucked around with and it is mucking around with it when the characters are Italian to race swap.

[TommyMountainFigure]

By that token it should be encouraged for Brad Pitt to play the part of Obama if they ever made a movie about him!

[TommyMountainFigure]

Mind you.. It IS London. Most White English people are moving out to the sticks these days. They probably couldn't find anyone else!

[DaBiggestBird]

Nah they should have Chris Pratt or Jack Black play as Obamna.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

She’s cute.

I just feel like it’s a little stupid to do that.

Imagine Brad Pitt playing Japanese Samurai, that would be weird, wouldn’t it?

[TommyMountainFigure]

LOL.. I should have read your response before typing my own!

[purplepoppy]

In fairness its pretty hard to find a white woman in London these days

[KrakenAttackin]

@purplepoppy That's hilarious 😂... and sad.

[DJB72]

Sorry, but no. It's no different than casting Jason Statham as Othello would be. That would cause as much if not more very vocal complaining.

[DaBiggestBird]

Is that a dude? Yeah that’s a dude, has to be. Looks like Ice Cube if he was the wife of a cowboy or something

[Berethor]

It would make it a happy ending when Juliet die, London is becoming worse and worse.

[Guanfei]

Does she looks like she from Verona?
That's what I thought.

[Anonymous]

They could have at least found an attractive Juliet, and Holland is too old for this part by the way.

[RedInnocent69]

Yes. Why not? It’s a story with universal themes. Not everything has to be historically accurate all the time. It certainly wasn’t in Shakespeare’s time.

[AngryCarl]

Interesting casting. I feel like that might be a bit distracting but it's Shakespeare so who the fuck cares?

[gorydetails]

who is the dude on the right? I know tom holland.

[Anonymous]

Given in the early days she would have been played by a he, who gives a damn it's not like it real history being messed with

[Starrrboy]

couldn't at least pick a cute one lol..

[DextroShade]

She looks like a dude.