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Strictly speaking, it's almost certainly racist, but ultimately I think asking foreign actors to emote and speak authoritatively in English just does them a disservice.
That actress is evidently quite accomplished so I'm sure she's good at her job. But you're asking her to carry a series in her second language. Moreover, culturally, the way she emotes and the way she uses language is just going to be different than what American ears would be accustomed to.
I just don't understand why a series would do that. I mean I get it, it's to establish "Humanity is a global thing now; it's beyond nations and now everything is on an interstellar/planetary scale..."
Okay, fine - but you still have an audience to reach. And just listening to her in that preview...man, it just doesn't work.
It's like having someone with a high pitched/nasal voice trying to do a baseball or football broadcast - it just rings wrong.
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