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# When I am asked what I think of a black Anne Boleyn, a Little Mermaid or a Duncan MacLeod, I remember that Asta Nielsen played Hamlet, and even in 1921 that was not a problem, so I see no reason to fret that people of different ethnic and racial identitie
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- Published: 2023-04-11T07:19:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:36:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Cinema, Observations, Pop Culture

When I am asked what I think of a black Anne Boleyn, a Little Mermaid or a Duncan MacLeod, I remember that Asta Nielsen played Hamlet, and even in 1921 that was not a problem, so I see no reason to fret that people of different ethnic and racial identities may play different heroes of world literature. The main thing is that it be done with talent, though it is precisely on that score that the quarrels are heard ever less often