These changes, paired with a screen-addiction subplot that motivates the family's move and reconnection with the magical tree, embed progressive gender-role reversals and technology critiques directly into the premise and plot progression. Casting further contributes to the score through the race-swap and redesign of the established character Moon-Face, traditionally shown with a pale moon-like face, now played by Black actor Nonso Anozie with a crescent-moon hairstyle. Director Ben Gregor and writer Simon Farnaby have explicitly linked this choice to assembling a diverse cast and crew that reflects contemporary Britain while updating the story for inclusive modern-family relevance and themes of fitting in, making identity-focused messaging a deliberate structural element rather than incidental detail.