AlexanderTheGreat to The [email protected] • 3 months agoThe Witcher's Liam Hemsworth hadn't watched Netflix show or read the books before Geralt castingwww.eurogamer.netmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1110
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•3 months agoI don’t think an actor needs to be a fan before taking a role. It can provide a fresh perspective. But it definitely helps.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•3 months agoI don’t think the actor does, but the director and/or production has to. If it’s not similar to the source material just call it something else, but I do get saying “based on XYZ” makes for easier marketing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•3 months agoOh absolutely. Production needs to know and understand it. 100%
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilink2•3 months agoThe atrocity that is Amazon’s Wheel of Time is evidence of this.
I don’t think an actor needs to be a fan before taking a role. It can provide a fresh perspective.
But it definitely helps.
I don’t think the actor does, but the director and/or production has to. If it’s not similar to the source material just call it something else, but I do get saying “based on XYZ” makes for easier marketing.
Oh absolutely. Production needs to know and understand it. 100%
The atrocity that is Amazon’s Wheel of Time is evidence of this.