Some articles about the expanse
How SyFy's The Expanse cast its multiracial future
NBR: The Expanse - Best Science Fiction show in a decade
The Expanse is the best new science fiction series in years
Review: 'The Expanse' Season 1 Has Totally Changed the Game for Sci-Fi on TV
Some excellent interviews with the cast who are very articulate and thoughtful.
With actor Steven Strait after the season finale:
Click to viewWith Wes Canvar (Alex) after episodes 2 and 3. Wes is a Canadian actor born in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Iranian parents and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He speaks speaks English, French, Persian, and some Arabic, Hindi, and Spanish! He plays Alex, a Pakistani Texan guy from the Mars Colony. There’s a great comment in there by Cas about how his character is non-white but his character is not all about being ethnic - he’s just a cool pilot and team-mate and it’s a character he’s been looking for for a long time.
He also discusses how three of the lead characters are non-white females .. and it’s true. Such unconventional casting but it’s also such an amazingly realistic and well-acted and smart science fiction show. Love it. I need to finish reading the books before I try to write any fic…