Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
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Geoffrey Rush is in this? And he's Ra?
The things you never knew you wanted...
Seeing Edmon post again makes me a happy GAF:er.
A lot of Ancient Egyptians probably could have passed for Spanish or Italian, but a Danish actor? Really? Really?
Why are the gods of Egypt all white guys?
Geoffrey Rush will kill though
Fuck off Hollywood. Jesus fucking Christ.
Watch everyone in the backdrops be non-white.
But seriously, at least make the effort of finding a bunch of Southern Mediterranean-looking bros.
Hollywood is a business first. They are in it to make money. Once you realize this you'll stop caring about their dumb epics.
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No they couldn't have. There's more to ethnicities than skin tone.
No fucks were given about whitewashing.
WTF IS THIS SHIT
Of course! But genetic studies of y-chromosomal and mtDNA show that common Ancient Egyptians were ethnically closer to modern Palestinian/Lebanese than modern Sub-Saharan African populations. Very many Southern Europeans are indistinguishable from people in the Middle East, because a lot of physical differences between populations are really just stereotypes.
Obviously there were lots of people in ancient Egypt who would fit our definition of Black. King Tut was certainly black, and his father Akhenaten and stepmother Nefertiti may have been as well. But at the same time, the pharaoh Ramesses was described as "red-haired and milk-skinned". Like modern Egypt, Ancient Egypt was a diverse population. Still, I doubt anybody there would have ever encountered a man as white as Nicholas Coster-Waldau.
A quick google search of "Egyptian people" brings up this image:
If the modern and ancient populations were as similar as DNA evidence indicates, the average Ancient Egyptian person would probably have been what we would consider tan, brown, or "olive-skinned", while a significant amount would also have looked African. The cast is fucked up. Even that Brendon Thwaites guy is a little too pasty.
Why are the gods of Egypt all white guys?
Geoffrey Rush will kill though
Who said Ancient Egyptians as a whole looked Sub Saharan African Lol?
should have gone with Arabs or Arab Americans.
should have gone with Arabs or Arab Americans.
To be fair, they're a pretty shitty business a lot of the time considering a lot of the movies they greenlight, the budgets they give them, and the actors they cast within them.
The new show on FOX looks fun, Hieroglyph. Main character is a white dude, but the rest of the cast looks more mixed.Look at all these white people! Amazing.
About a month ago, I was wondering why ancient Egypt isn't used as a setting for more things. I guess I got my wish...
There are egytian people that are white, you guys do know this? I remember an interview with a famous egyptian man that was extremly hot and white looking
anyone know his name? Famous in Egypt apparently
surprised me when I saw him, even tho I had no idea what he was saying
I agree but let's look at it like this. Same a big budget movie full of minority gets greenlit. It bombs because the majority of America isn't willing to see it yet. What's going to happen? They won't even green light anything starring not starring Denzel. Things like this will take time because of the nature of the business. In about 50 (hopefully less) or so years Hollywood will have to pander to a very different audience. That's when you'll see more historically accurate movies.
I understand it sucks.
There are egytian people that are white, you guys do know this? I remember an interview with a famous egyptian man that was extremly hot and white looking
anyone know his name? Famous in Egypt apparently
surprised me when I saw him, even tho I had no idea what he was saying