User blog comment:Morganaforever/Why all this hate?/@comment-82.217.111.222-20150118101933

I have nothing against the personality of  Angel Coulby. Perhaps she is a talented  actress, although I have never seen her anywhere else except of the "Merlin" serial. She looks nice and pleasant by itself.

But I just don't understand the producers' reasoning  of choosing for the role of such  charismatic and legendary well-known personage a black -skin actress. It was very unexpected, strange and causes certain inner hostility till now. We all get used to the image of the beautiful tender and subtle BLOND  Lady. Where and how King Arthur could met in that time a black girl and even fall in love with her? I don't know exactly  and have my doubt whether there were black slaves at that time in England at all.

I love this serial very much and look it again and again when there is occasion. But every time  Gwen's appearance calls certain resistance and spoil my pleasure because it doesn't correspond to my usual image of Arthur's wife.