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‘European roles’ and me

Non-English actors are encouraged to change their name and disguise themselves as English in order to be cast in productions – this will not change until we ditch limiting stereotypes, says actor Barbara Blanka.

Barbara Blanka
4 min read

Anyone can be an actor; but that ‘anyone’ must have talent, malleability, heart and enough resilience to overcome some of the harsh realities of stereotyping that exists in the industry to...

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