Hollywood White washing every role and this makes white people look bad.

[ButlerKing]

He's ugly and he's not well known , he looks like a Bollywood actor and prince of Persia is a movie distributed by Walt Disney Studios. It's all marketing

Well how about this guy? You all call it marketing but people call it a bullshit excuse to market and white-wash at the same time.




In my opinion Hollywood should just piss off from these western adaption

Now their going to remake Akira, a Japanese based anime with Japanese names. You would at least think they used black hair actor but instead they use Robert Patterson for this movie. The gay vampire from Twilight.

[ButlerKing]

Actually the original Prince of Persia was blonde, so hollywood actually made it closer to reality.

COME ONE MAN........ you make sound as if ancient Persian belong to European people.


Do you think just because this Iranian has blue eyes and blonde hair we can just claim them like they are our brother?




They were not EUROPEANS and no way in hell White Americans

[2012JD]

Well how about this guy? You all call it marketing but people call it a bullshit excuse to market and white-wash at the same time.




In my opinion Hollywood should just piss off from these western adaption

Now their going to remake Akira, a Japanese based anime with Japanese names. You would at least think they used black hair actor but instead they use Robert Patterson for this movie. The gay vampire from Twilight.

He's better , but he's a model not an actor . I even doubt he can act . And Disney is not going to allow some unknown Persian guy come and play for their movie . Disney is very strict and picky . I should know lol

And like I said , it's entertainment , nobody goes into a movie thinking omg he doesn't suit the role very well because of how he looks. Nobody goes to the movies to get educated and if some people do , then they are stupid lol

Everyone with a right mind knows pirates don't look like Johnny Depp, they weren't that sexy lol

[Damião de Góis]

I don't know what you mean. The people who designed the game came up with a blonde Prince of Persia in the late 80s, so if anyone was whitewashing was them, not hollywood with Jake Gyllenhaal, since hollywood actually darkened the character in comparison with the original.

[asingh]

Now their going to remake Akira, a Japanese based anime with Japanese names. You would at least think they used black hair actor but instead they use Robert Patterson for this movie. The gay vampire from Twilight.

Honestly R.Patterson as anything is stupidity. But why the heck would they make a movie out of Akira. That is quite a classic Anime. Wonder how they will show the modern urban landscape.

[ButlerKing]

His better , but he's a model not an actor . I even doubt he can act . And Disney is not going to allow some unknown Persian guy come and play for their movie . Disney is very strict and picky . I should know lol

And like I said , it's entertainment , nobody goes into a movie thinking omg he doesn't suit the role very well because of how he looks. Nobody goes to the movies to get educated and if some people do , then they are stupid lol

Everyone with a right mind knows pirates don't look like Johnny Depp, they weren't that sexy lol

Disney is also biased, that is why I only look at cartoon disney movies. I can't stand real life adaption but I still watch it our of curiousity.



Well what is the excuse for not using a Japanese guy for the role. Some said he doesn't look Japanese even all the people are Black hair and Black eyes.


This guy is a good actor and a handsome boy perharps? a cute teenage Japanese boy. I think he looks up to anime standard.

[ButlerKing]

I don't know what you mean. The people who designed the game came up with a blonde Prince of Persia in the late 80s, so if anyone was whitewashing was them, not hollywood with Jake Gyllenhaal, since hollywood actually darkened the character in comparison with the original.

What I mean is whether blonde or dark hair, they have to be Iranians because that's what the character were, the feelins for the movie will be more real. Even though it's all about entertainment, controversies will be raised as to why it has to be a White American pretty boy and not a Iranian one and than you start thinking there's so many truth to it, it keeps happening again and again.

People will say " so just because you there is no famous Iranian actors you're going to white-washing evey characters in European images? "

[Oneeye]

I can't believe that anyone would actually be outraged by Hollywood casting actors that help their movies sell.

[alfieb]

I hate whitewashing, but I also hate the idea of giving white roles to non-whites as well.

I know it's unfair to consider one's race when hiring an actor to play a role, but the gender and the race of the subject should be respected in terms of casting.

It often works when you cast an outsider - look at my people - The Godfather was a film about Sicilians, but many of the actors had other (white) backgrounds. Sonny Corleone portrayed by a Jew, Don Vito Corleone played by a WASP, Vincent Corleone (Godfather 3) portrayed by a Cuban refugee, etc.

Scarface was about a Cuban Latino but they hired a Sicilian to portray him. That much isn't offensive, if you can pass, fine.

But when you make Goku from Dragon Ball Z white, and make a movie called "The Last Samurai" starring Tom Cruise, you're going too far.

[StonyArabia]

LOL at the original Persians looking like Europeans. The Eliamates were present in Iran and they certainly did not look like Europeans, that said Iranians are just Indo-Europeanized people.