Liverpool’s Lime Pictures has launched an investigation after actress Rachel Adedeji raised questions about the treatment of black cast members on the set of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.
Adedeji, who has appeared in more than 200 episodes of Hollyoaks, tweeted a statement (below) saying “I am disappointed with Hollyoaks’ approach to showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement yesterday. She listed a number of racist incidents she had experienced on the show.
In her statement, she claimed she was told “you’re all the same” by a make-up artist and that black cast members were referred to as “blackies” by a senior member of the production team.
Adedeji claimed that black actresses were “forced to drastically change their hair” for fear that viewers “would not be able to tell them apart.” She also said she had only worked with one black director during four years on the show.
