Comments on: What Do Walter Duranty And Ben Kingsley Have In Common?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:32:45 +0000

I agree that Postlethwaite and Kingsley don't belong. I nominate as substitutes:

– Not-Chinese David Carradine as half-Chinese Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu.

– South African actress/model Charlize Theron as a redneck American serial killer in Monster. Sure, the performance was great, but I find any movie that makes Charlize Theron look hideous patently offensive.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:45:25 +0000

Well there goes my whole post pardner.

He's damned good at playing an Englishman.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:08 +0000

Namaste, pardners. I beg to differ on a couple points regarding Ben Kingsley's role as Gandhi. First, Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji) is either 1/4 or 1/2 (or somewhere in between) Indian. He only changed his name a few years before landing his role as Gandhi. Second, I'm guessing his accent is pretty good, since the paternal side of his family is Gujarati, same as Gandhi.

By: Grandy

Grandy — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:22:50 +0000

Postlewait/Kobayashi don't belong on the list. Kobayashi wasn't necessarily the name of the character, for one (and almost certainly wasn't, or that's how I interpreted it). For two, must all characters have a name that's ethnically/culturally appropriate to the time frame of a viewer? There was no attempt to give the character a particular ethnicity, even if the name was real (errr. . . as in people really called him that, which doesn't make the name re. . . shit never mind). Reeves in Little Buddha always struck me as a bizzare casting choice.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:17:21 +0000

Mickery Rooney is, indeed, burning in Hell for that.

Whereas Kevin Costner in Robin Hood is merely laughable.