Johnny meet Jake ... Jake, Johnny

[viktor_haag]

The mouse has turned its attention to film-i-fying a venerable gaming franchise and giving it (apparently) the Pirate treatment. Is it wrong for me to feel queasy that I have to read pretty far down in the cast list before running across someone that seems like they have any kind of connection to the ethnicities that ostensibly have to do with this background? I think Jake Gyllenhaal is a reasonably gifted actor and may do for himself what Depp did with his turn as the irrepressible and swishy Sparrow, but as a Persian prince?

Comments

[thebitterguy]

Welcome to my world. It's usually Indian guys; now they aren't even trying.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I feel your associative discomfort.