Black actor Noma Dumezweni has been cast as Hogwarts’ brainiest pupil in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The decision is a welcome challenge to the assumption that heroes are white by defaultIs Hermione Granger black? This is the question prompted by the casting of a black actor,Noma Dumezweni, as Hogwarts’ cleverest pupil in an upcoming theatre production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The answer is twofold. First, or why the hell not? moment,what a stupid question!A better one to expect is whether Hermione – or indeed any fictional character – is necessarily white. The answer is no. The decision to cast Dumezweni, an Olivier-award winning actor currently performing at the Royal Court in a lead intended for Kim Cattrall, and challenges our assumption that characters are white unless we’re told otherwise.
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Source: theguardian.com