In A Gentleman in Moscow (2024), many Russian characters are (very confusingly) played by non-white (specifically black and Indian) actors.

Do they signify/symbolize anything?

Or was the casting random? Was there any point to it? Or was this just simply some politically correct thing that happens to be fashionable nowadays?

In A Gentleman in Moscow (2024), many Russian characters are (very confusingly) played by non-white (specifically black and Indian) actors.

Do they signify/symbolize anything?

Or was the casting random? Was there any point to it? Or was this just simply some politically correct thing that happens to be fashionable nowadays? Are they simply trying to signal that they are "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues—especially issues of racial and social justice" (four-letter w word censored here)?

In A Gentleman in Moscow (2024), many Russian characters are (very confusingly) played by non-white (specifically black and Indian) actors.

Do they signify/symbolize anything?

Or was the casting random? Was there any point to it? Or was this just simply some woke/politically correct thing that happens to be fashionable nowadays?

In A Gentleman in Moscow (2024), many Russian characters are (very confusingly) played by non-white (specifically black and Indian) actors.

Do they signify/symbolize anything?

Or was the casting random? Was there any point to it? Or was this just simply some politically correct thing that happens to be fashionable nowadays?