Imagine a movie set in and about 15th century Japan starring a 6 foot 4 blond haired blue eyed Swede.
What? Its no more ridiculous than the constant race swapping (ie substituting Blacks for White Europeans when there were zero Blacks present) that’s done all the time in the West nowadays.
Yes, I think it’s really a falsification, and annoying for the viewers to boot.
Now, the BBC has produced a new TV series „Lord of the Flies“. I haven’t seen it, but why are there so many actors who don’t look like indigenous British children?
In the early 1950s, when William Golding wrote the novel on which the series is based, there were almost no non-white people in Britain.
And why is the bad guy, Jack Merridew, played by an angelic looking blue-eyed blond, who looks very much like Ralph, the good guy? In the book, Jack has bright blue eyes, yes - but auburn hair and freckles.
I wonder whether no young actor could have been found who resembles Jack, as he is described in the book.
The only character in the book, whose skin is described as a shade darker than that of the other boys, is Simon (who is possibly of partially Anglo-Indian heritage. While rare, that would not have been totally unrealistic in 1950s Britain).