Petition To Stop Idris Elba Being Mentioned On SKMB

[TheRedQueen]

Harry Potter's brilliant green eyes were yammered on about endlessly, too, but did it make any difference that Dan Radcliffe has blue eyes? Nope. Because eye color is not character.

This was actually down to the fact that whatever contact lenses the producers (or whoever) were using badly irritated his eyes. Bad enough it interfered with his health, his acting, or both. Can't remember. Hermione was supposed to have buck teeth as well, but the prosthetics they fitted her with were so cumbersome she couldn't speak.


And as far as the casting choice, let me put it this way; Jaime Foxx (sp?) played an excellent cowboy in Django Unchained. I loved his role in that movie, felt he was made for it.
But does that mean he should be cast to portray Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, or Donnie Yen?


Let's just say, not in my opinion. And that should more or less convey my opinion on You-Know-Who's casting as well.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...I want a petition signed, allowing partitions.....

 

[mal]

I guess I'm wondering if sK ever described Roland in terms of actual skin color.

Would he be responsible for approving the artwork in the novels? It shows him as a blue eyed honky.

 

[mal]

There you go! Oscar Pistorius could have played The Gunslinger! Opportunity missed.
(Yeah, bad taste, I know.)

He could have played Detta as well. Just slap a wig on him (even worse taste).

 

[skimom2]

This was actually down to the fact that whatever contact lenses the producers (or whoever) were using badly irritated his eyes. Bad enough it interfered with his health, his acting, or both. Can't remember. Hermione was supposed to have buck teeth as well, but the prosthetics they fitted her with were so cumbersome she couldn't speak.


And as far as the casting choice, let me put it this way; Jaime Foxx (sp?) played an excellent cowboy in Django Unchained. I loved his role in that movie, felt he was made for it.
But does that mean he should be cast to portray Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, or Donnie Yen?


Let's just say, not in my opinion. And that should more or less convey my opinion on You-Know-Who's casting as well.

Those are actual people. Roland is not. He is a created character, as are Harry Potter, Gandalf, Han Solo, and James Bond (amongst thousands of others). If their ethnicity isn't important to their behavior or their story, it is irrelevant what any of these characters look like.

 

[blunthead]

Those are actual people. Roland is not. He is a created character, as are Harry Potter, Gandalf, Han Solo, and James Bond (amongst thousands of others). If their ethnicity isn't important to their behavior or their story, it is irrelevant what any of these characters look like.

I resolved a long time ago that no one would be the ideal choice for Roland in my mind's eye expect a 40-50 year old Clint Eastwood, and that since that person no longer exists then it is fruitless for me to care.

 

[TheRedQueen]

Those are actual people. Roland is not. He is a created character, as are Harry Potter, Gandalf, Han Solo, and James Bond (amongst thousands of others). If their ethnicity isn't important to their behavior or their story, it is irrelevant what any of these characters look like.

True, but to some of us, Roland and his tet are real; they're simply on a different level of the Tower.

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Yes I am that big of a nerd. Say thankya big big.