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Brokeback Persia

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am by Jami

Brokeback Persia

As long as Jake Gyllenhaal lives, every blogger in the world will use “Brokeback” in some way to describe his latest project. Gay cowboy movie FTW!

Gyllenhaal will star as Dastan in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s live action adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Although I think he’ll do a fairly good job (he’s been picking a lot of great projects lately), is it too much to ask for them to cast someone who’s, oh I don’t know, Persian?

The familiar argument goes something like, “Well no, Jami. We couldn’t cast a Persian because there are none in Hollywood.” I also understand that Gyllenhaal is a HUGE name draw that will bring in audiences not familiar with the game.

Okay, so maybe Iran is currently on our shit list. And that might be the biggest deterent to casting someone of Persian ethinicity. But casting a white guy to play a brown guy is so last century. There are plenty of Middle Eastern actors working Hollywood. How about not casting one as a terrorist for a change and making him a prince.

Color me unimpressed.

[Via The Hollywood Reporter]

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6 Responses to “Brokeback Persia”

  1. AvatarKevin Bahrt
    Posted: May 21st, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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    Disney doing Prince of Persia? I don’t know. I mean Pirates of the Caribbean was a good actiony and Jerry Bruckheimer=win but it still has that Disney stamp and I didn’t think Disney would ever move out of family friendly stuff.

  2. AvatarKiey
    Posted: May 21st, 2008 at 7:58 pm
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    I don’t know if you ever saw this article at Joystiq, but I thought this guy was perfect. No idea why they didn’t choose him.
    http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/17/survey-favors-persian-prince-for-prince-of-persia-role/

  3. AvatarJami
    Posted: May 21st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
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    Man, that guy is freaking made for the role!

  4. AvatarSnowBear
    Posted: May 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
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    . . . Two and a half words . . . Robert Downey Jr. . . . two more words . . . Tropic Thunder. :-D

  5. AvatarLurklen
    Posted: May 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
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    Jake Gyllenhaal does not make me think prince of persia. Im a big fan of his work but come on how is he in anyway suited to this role?

  6. AvatarDrezz
    Posted: May 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
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    Hooray for Hollywood - lets get a white boy to play an ethnic role because THAT is more believable in the eyes of the public. Seriously - how hard is it to get a person of Middle Eastern heritage to play a role in an “action” movie. Anybody at all! Doesn’t even have to be a person with a large portfolio of work. Sure, there’s the argument about star drawing power and the skill level of the actor, but come on - its a freakin Disney movie. The same company that turned guys like Dwayne Johnson and Ice Cube into after school special actors.

    Typically, there is minimal dialogue in an action movie anyway. So if the story is written well and that minimal dialogue is decent, you don’t need much acting skill to pull off an enjoyable action film. Half of that is in the direction alone.

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