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Bridgerton star Arséma Adeoluwayemi Hamera urges Tom Holland to speak out in support of Romeo and Juliet co-star Frances Amewudah-Rivers amid a 'barrage of deplorable racial abuse'


Bad Education's Francesca was announced last month as the actress set to play Juliet opposite the Spiderman star in the upcoming West End production at The Duke of York's Theatre.

Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Arséma (pictured in March), who played young Lady Danbury in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, shared a plea from HBO actress Selina Jones urging Tom to speak up They are joined by Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun (Friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Paris), Ray Sesay (Tybalt), Nima Taleghani (Benvolio), Joshua-Alexander Williams (Mercutio), and Callum Heinrich and Kody Mortimer (Camera Operators). The Shakespearean epic is a story that has been staged hundreds of times on the West End and The Crown actor Josh O'Connor and Irish star Jessie Buckley appeared in a version of the play, filmed for TV inside the National Theatre in 2021.

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