News Room Contributor  Posts: 8020 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007    | Honestly, he could make a pretty good Prince, given the proper script. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 109 Joined: 23 Jan 2008    | I think Jake Gyllenhaal's a very talented actor, however I think he has been mis-cast to epic proportions in some roles. Like, for instance, Jarhead, where our boy takes on the role of a guy who can bench-press over 200lbs before he even enlists in the USMC (check the book out, it's awesome). Although to be frank, that whole film was horribly cast (Jamie Bloody Foxx Grrr..) so I'm not blaming him personally. I just think it might be better to have someone even remotely Persian-looking in the role. Hell, even a mediterranean-looking actor would do. |
Paperboy Posts: 35 Joined: 24 Dec 2007 | This could be interesting? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1419 Joined: 2 Mar 2008     |
While I do agree, a good make-up artist can do amazing things. Unfortunately, I can't give an opinion on the actor himself, 'cause I've never seen any of his movies. And wasn't there a thread on this saying that an actual decendent of Persian Princes was playing the role? I guess that was just a "He might be," not a "He is." |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 2 Joined: 15 May 2008  | I really don't give a dam (Gable...GABLE COULD HAVE BEEN PRINCE OF PERSIA) about game-into-film adaptations.....Film staff(including ALL the actors,producers...)should PLAY THE FUCKING GAME,not relly on their WAYOFEXPRESSINGART shit(that comes second). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2161 Joined: 14 Nov 2007   | Jerry Bruckheimer's producing it. That's as sure a sign as any that it'll be crap. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1455 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     | Did I misread that or did they change Farah's name? And if so, why? Was it offensive or something? - J |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1214 Joined: 9 Dec 2007    | Well, its somewhat appropriate considering his previous cult hits, too. I mean, Donnie Darko was all about time travel and saving the day too, right? |
BANNED  Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007    | Oh dear. Well, it's a Disney movie, so it already has strikes against it... User was banned for: Mom Calls For Ban On Underworld. (Permanent) |
Paperboy  Posts: 15 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 | Surely they need someone vaguely acrobatic to play the eponymous prince? What about that british thesp that plays Sayhid in Lost? He's already believable as an Iraqi (Persian), he already has a decent accent, and has the right build. Plus he's like.. not a white American.. |
Paperboy Posts: 15 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 | Surely they need someone vaguely acrobatic to play the eponymous prince? What about that british thesp that plays Sayhid in Lost? He's already believable as an Iraqi (Persian), he already has a decent accent, and has the right build. Plus he's like.. not a white American.. |
Paperboy Posts: 15 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 | Surely they need someone vaguely acrobatic to play the eponymous prince? What about that british thesp that plays Sayhid in Lost? He's already believable as an Iraqi (Persian), he already has a decent accent, and has the right build. Plus he's like.. not a white American.. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 785 Joined: 20 Sep 2007    |
That right there tells me all I need to know: this movie will be crap. The choice of words suggest something along the lines of King Arthur, only with less grit : P 'Course, that doesn't mean it can't be half entertaining... |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 21 May 2008 | Sayid in Lost is played by Naveen Andrews and he's Indian and does not not look like the prince of persia....plus he looks too old....good actor though. I think Orlando Bloom would be much more suitable for the role, he has a very noble look and comes across as a prince while Jake looks more like an emo kid. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 149 Joined: 12 Mar 2008   | oh man :/ I had hopes for this. JG doesn't bother me, not a bad choice and could surprise us, ever since Robert Downey Jr and Daniel Craig I've learned to be optimistic about unusual choices (not that I was ever a Craig hater). But changing Farah's name? GIVING the nameless Prince a name? What is the point? Why change it? It has no impact on story. *sigh* |
Paperboy Posts: 15 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 |
He looks more middle eastern than a white American, which was my point, and is already believable as a middle eastern character in an established, popular television show. Orlando Bloom!? Surely a prince of "Persia" should look Persian? I mean this isn't in the style of 300, and it is live action ... and as far as we know it isn't be reset in LA.. I just naively thought the days of white actors being chosen for every role of any ethnicity were over. And Southern Iraq was once part of the Persian Empire during the Sassanid Dynasty - Talking about the difference between Arabs and Persians is a little rich when you're suggesting a white British actor would be better suited for the role! Middle Eastern was my point, and Iranians and Iraqis both can pass for Persian, and apparently so can Indians. Being too old? I can dig that, but I haven't seen him in much recently, and the first season of lost - and other older UK drama's he's been in he |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1566 Joined: 5 Dec 2007  | If this guy looks white in the movie I wont watch it, blergh. |
BANNED Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | I forsee this movie consisting of scenery-chewing and nodding and winking at the audience. User was banned for: Mom Calls For Ban On Underworld. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   | Hey, weren't they slated to get an actual Persian Prince a while back. I remember reading 'bout this athletic Iranian guy who had some Persian royal blood in him. Why pick this guy over him? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 492 Joined: 8 Oct 2007   | *sobs uncontrollably at this news* >.<' |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 | Am I the only person that doesn't think that this will be the killing blow for the movie? |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 961 Joined: 8 May 2008  | he did a swell job in zodiac:) |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Disney!!!? *cries self into new levels of insanity* User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Paperboy  Posts: 17 Joined: 23 Mar 2008 |
Seconded. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10317 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
What did you expect? These are the people responsible for Cinderella 2&3, Mulan 2, and the upcoming Little Mermaid III. |
BANNED Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
What did I expect? Well, I expected Disney to not even come close to it....Then again...Some dreams just need to be shattered I guess. tear. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Beat Writer  Posts: 191 Joined: 14 May 2008  | I hope Gilbert Gottfried will be cast as a wise-cracking CGI parrot with a heart of gold. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1419 Joined: 2 Mar 2008 |
Yeah, exactly... wait a minute!.. That actually might make it somewhat funny. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2659 Joined: 4 Nov 2007   |
I remember that guy and I was so very chuffed to hear it. Not only did he look awesome and Prince-like and Persian but if I remember rightly he had some very respectable acting chops and- was it fencing or something? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008 |
Would someone get ahold of that link...? I'm pretty sure it's on The Escapist somewhere... Anyways, from what I remember, he could ride horses, had Persian blue-blood, could fence... Damn, that's all I remember. Hell, even with this, he's better for the role than this guy. |
Reply to Thread
|
|
Not registered? Sign up for a free account! |
Jake Gyllenhaal is the Prince of Persia
Jake Gyllenhaal has been tapped to take the lead role in the upcoming Disney movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Despite originally reporting the role had gone to Black Hawk Down star Orlando Bloom, the Hollywood Reporter now says the prince will be played by Gyllenhaal. Starring as a sixth-century Persian prince named Dastan, Gyllenhaal will team up with Tamina, played by Gemma Arterton, a "feisty and exotic princess" who will help him prevent the Sands of Time from falling into the hands of an evil nobleman with dastardly plans to rule the world.
Jerry Bruckheimer, who is producing the movie, described Gyllenhaal as "charismatic" and said he had high hopes for Arterton. "We've been fairly fortunate with some of our leading ladies," he said. "Some of them have gone on to become major movie stars, going back to Nicole Kidman in a movie I did a long time ago called Days of Thunder to Keira Knightley out of [Pirates of the Caribbean]."
Bruckheimer would not comment on the movie's budget, although he did say, "It's not one of our smaller productions." Filming is set to begin in July in England and Morocco, with release currently slated for summer 2009.
Permalink