Do you honestly think they are casting "the best actors regardless of race"? I don't. I think the casting director was told "these characters must be black" and cast them accordingly.
I have no interest in this new series because I know it is going to be a woke crapfest. Same with the Game of Thrones prequel. (Besides the last season of GOT sucked so bad I don't want to see anything associated with it again).
“(Besides the last season of GOT sucked so bad I don’t want to see anything associated with it again)”
That’s because the last book wasn’t written yet, so they got some hack script writers to put together something to wrap it up.
Amazon Studios Sets Inclusion Policy And Playbook For Its Content And Productions"
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