Clue’s in the question really, no? It’s an American remake. How many Brits are in the American remake of The Office (as a random example)? Come to that, if Japan remade Doctor Who, anyone think their lead would be an angry Scotsman in his 50s?
Depends really. If they remade the office in japan, you’d expect it to be japanese people. But if it was still set in whereverthehellitwasset, it’d be weird if they were all japanese. As far as I can tell, the remake’s still set in Japan?
But, seeing as how the major wasn’t actually a human that’s probably all a bit beside the point. I find it distasteful that they’re replacing this cartoon robot with an actual person 😉