Character actors

[Spartacus]

With shows now starting to match actors to their roles

Disabled Actors in Disabled roles

LGBT Actors in LGBT roles

BAME Actors voicing BAME characters in animations

What's going to happen to characters like Peter Pan in pantos?

Will political correctness see boys playing the leading roles and Dames being played by girls ?

[TheCat]

[malumbu]

Not sure what this issue is about 1 and 3. Sounds fairly reasonable to me. Here's one which went the other way - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6439020/ A liquorice all sort of actors playing the different characters in Dickensian England, including 'Kerry' from This Country showing what a fine character she is.

[TheCat]

Nancy Cartwright has been putting yellow skinned, spikey-haired, 4 fingered, 10 year old boys out of work for over 30 years now....

[malumbu]

In deed. Jimmy Clitheroe and Janette Kranky also put schoolboy actors out of work for decades.