'Noughts + Crosses' star Bonnie Mbuli says it was empowering to be on a set where she could be herself

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'Noughts + Crosses' star Bonnie Mbuli says it was empowering to be on a set where she could be herself
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The new BBC series, Noughts + Crosses, goes where no other show has gone before. Tonight on MNet

About the dystopian world the series is set in Bonnie says it's similar to apartheid in many ways, as the Crosses, the minority, oppresses the Noughts, who are the majority.apart from being a love story it's a story that calls humanity to pay a bit more attention to the world around us.

"How I looked was just what they wanted. All the black actors literally had natural hair, down to every single last extra. I guess for me it just made me realise how much the beauty standard that's being forced upon the world is so prevalent and has become so prevalent. We don't even think about it anymore.

Bonnie admits that she was nervous about how the show would be received and whether people would be open to just listening and hearing.was a book in our school the same way it is in the UK. "I wanted to do it because it was an important story to tell. And I think it will be one of TV's most life-changing moments."

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