[Movie] Prince of Persia - Bruckheimer/Disney/Gyllenhaal

Bruckheimer seemed decent enough with historical and action films, and Sands of Time has a pretty small cast, so the problem that came with Pirates 2 & 3 won't probably rear itself here.

Jake though? I don't know, he seems like a capable actor, but I was hoping a real Persian might get the role. You know, add some authenticity. I guess though the thinking at the studios was that they needed a familiar name headlining the film to draw audiences.

One thing that has me simultaneously relieved and worried is that the initial script-writer is Jordan Mechner, who did work on the games themselves, but also did work for Polar Express. =\

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shin

Bruckheimer makes awesome action films, mainly because the US army and air force love him for his promotional work (Pretty much all Bruckheimer's military based films are none too subtle recruitment ads) and will lend him any hardware he wants. I can't imagine there'll be much call for Blackhawk helicopters in a Prince of Persia film though.

Probably not, but I imagine some high speed chariot racing as featured in the third game, and large armies would also entail a lot of action sequences (IIRC, in the first game, the Prince comes home to see his home-city under siege, or maybe it was the third game? I'm not sure).

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To be a real Persian, you'd have to be 73 years old. Any younger and you'd have been born in Iran, not Persia. Also, how many Iranian actors can you name who'd fit the role?

Well, umm, that's what I meant. I thought it was common knowledge that Iranian = Persian, as far as ethnicity goes. The name of the place may have changed, but the people have err... remained as they are: Persian / Iranian, but I understand what you're getting at.

As far as an Iranian actor, I can only name one, but a good one: David K. Zandi. He's not only a starting-out actor, but he's an honest to god real life prince. Sure, he only did a couple small roles, but we have authenticity! Plus, David has also studied both fencing and Roman sword fighting in England. Choreography time gets cut in half! I mean, sure, Jake Gyllenhall is a familiar name, but unknown name actors who've only done small roles like Mr. Zandi here as an example, can pull off surprising developments.

But oh well, die has been cast, announcements have been made, and so forth.

There's nowhere I can't reach.