Trinidadian character is first black character in Anne of Green Gables

Canadian actor Dalmar Abuzeid will make history as the first black character from Trinidad and Tobago in the iconic Anne of Green Gables series, 'Anne with an E'.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Abuzeid will play Sebastian, an Afro-Caribbean steamship worker from Trinidad and Tobago who befriends Gilbert Blythe, one of the story's main characters and Anne's romantic interest in the Netflix series. 
The move was described as a 'watershed moment' for the well-loved story which is based on Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel about a young red-headed orphan in rural Prince Edward Island. 
"It's incredible the way I'm being introduced into a story that already has this history and this audience, and that means so much because I get to be part of that story with the new perspective of an Afro-Caribbean in the world of Anne," Abuzeid said.
His character, Sebastian Lacroix, is originally from Trinidad and arrives in fictional Avonlea as a manual laborer who stokes coal in the engine room of a steamship.
Moira Walley-Becket, creator of Anne with an E, said she deliberately chose a multicultural direction for the show's second season.
"When I was first conceiving Anne With an E, I was troubled by the lack of diversity in the book, especially since Canada is such a diverse nation, both then and now," she said.
The series is available on Netflix.
Source: The Loop, July 12, 2018