Imagine deciding to create a historical film about The Troubles, then cast a black man as the lead role, and not have his race be relevant to the plot. At the time the film takes place there were almost no black people living in England whatsoever and yet he is handpicked to be a secret agent meant to infiltrate/surprise IRA groups in plain clothes operations. What? His race would surely be brought up more but the characters in the film just treat him as if it's perfectly normal and there's no discrimination or lack of trust among his peers whatsoever.
The ONLY time his race is brought up is when his girlfriend verbatim states "Youre a black man living in a white man's world". Such an awful line that is is never elaborated upon or supported through things in the film.
If they were going to cast him for this and have racism or some sort of outsider/immigration theme to draw on then it would be totally fine, but as it's written it just feels extremely out of place and for a historical film detracts from the story too much to take it seriously.
The ONLY time his race is brought up is when his girlfriend verbatim states "Youre a black man living in a white man's world". Such an awful line that is is never elaborated upon or supported through things in the film.
If they were going to cast him for this and have racism or some sort of outsider/immigration theme to draw on then it would be totally fine, but as it's written it just feels extremely out of place and for a historical film detracts from the story too much to take it seriously.