DavidMerrick said:
It’s called erasure, wherein the status quo dictates how stories of less represented groups are told, often without said groups’ input or participation.

I have enjoyed music from both groups 😄

I never felt watching John Hurt playing Quentin Crisp was off and when Derek Jacobi played Alan Turing and Francis Bacon I didn’t feel their shared sexual preference helped him get into the mind of a mathematician or a fine artist. It’s called acting.
Neither were actually emperors of Rome.