[Bakary]

Well that is to be expected, because much like theatre musicals don't have that WISYWIG immersion expectation at all.

To test your belief, it would make more sense to picture a "serious" historical movie where the actors portraying the founding fathers don't look much at all like the faces on the dollar bills.

[satyrnein]

Not quite that level, but plenty of people seem fine with Bridgerton swapping the race of its characters, which I believe is otherwise a standard period drama.