That's what the latest rumors are saying in regards to the upcoming film adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, anyway. Disney has reportedly offered Jake Gyllenhaal the lead role as Prince Dastan himself, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Although Gyllenhaal may seem like an odd choice, let's not forget about some of the other actors who were also rumored to play the role at one point or another: Orlando Bloom, Zac Efron, and David K. Zandi, an actual Persian Prince.
At this point, I haven't the slightest clue what to make of this mess. All I know is that if I were to pick someone to play the part, It'd undoubtedly be Zandi. Who would you guys choose?
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8:01 PM on 04.09.2008
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Sands of Time had some of the best story telling I've even seen in a video game. The other two were just...bleah.
Either way, it now seems this movie is bound to get fucked up. Sigh. I had such high hopes (in comparison to other videogame-based films).
That doesn't seem to be important nowadays.
Seriously though, maybe Billy Crudup?
I'm more interested in who's playing Farah.
I mean, if they sell it right, they could kick of this guys career and make him a HUGE star.
In all honesty, I don't care who they chose as long as they can do the stunts. I don't want any stupid "cut away so you can't see the face wall running" here. I want REAL wall running DAMMIT!
They're just another studio and they can make movies beyond PG.
As long as it someone that can act
He's no action star. He's no where near the Look. Give me somebody that at least looks like he might ya know, be Persian. It's like we're back in the forties and all Native American, Indian, Asian and even sometimes African roles are played by a white guys in bad makeup. Give me a break.
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They are just searching for their next Pirates of the Carabeendone. What they should do is hire some of the art talent from the games, animate the movie and call it good.
Anyways, i thought Naveen Andrews was gonna do it. He would be a satisfactory choice, though im sure Gyllenhaal could pull it off.