Welsh actor Michael Sheen has revealed that he finds it “very hard" to accept non-Welsh actors playing characters that are meant to be Welsh. The 54-year-old, who was born in Newport, was speaking ahead of the release of his new BBC series Best Interests.
“You know, seeing people playing Welsh characters who are not Welsh, I find, it’s very hard for me to accept that,” Michael said. “Not particularly on a point of principle, but just knowing that that’s not the case.”
He added in an interview with The Guardian: “That’s a very different end of the spectrum, but a part like Richard III is such a great character to play, it would be sad to think that that character, you know, is no longer available or appropriate for actors to play who don’t have disabilities, but that’s because I’m just not used to it yet, I suppose. Because I fully accept that I’m not going to be playing Othello any time soon.”
