Diverse casting for white Austrian composers in Sky's Amadeus remake

Sky is producing a new series reimagining Mozart’s life based on Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus. The cast features a racially diverse group portraying historical figures from 18th-century Vienna, including British-Japanese actor Will Sharpe as Mozart and Paul Bettany as his rival, Antonio Salieri. Critics argue that this portrayal is “historically inaccurate and misleading,” noting Vienna's diversity but also the lack of African representation during that time. Scholar Ian Pace highlights the absence of the significant Ottoman Turkish population. The series continues a trend of diverse casting in period dramas, often straying from historical accuracy.