United Kingdom, April 26 -- Adjoa Andoh thinks Bridgerton has changed "the zeitgeist of casting".

The 63-year-old actress has played Lady Danbury in the hit Netflix show since 2020, and she feels proud that the Bridgerton cast is so diverse.

The actress - who stars on the show alongside the likes of Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Luke Thompson and Nicola Coughlan - told the Observer newspaper: "I always felt sad that there would be historical dramas and I wouldn't necessarily get a shout in them.

"Hooray for things like being able to do classical theatre, but it wasn't translating into contemporary iterations of historical drama. What Bridgerton has done is change the zeitgeist of casting."

Adjoa previously conceived, co-directed and...