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First Wayne played Genghis Khan, then Heston played a Mexican and now Gyllenhaal plays the PRINCE OF PERSIA!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. In the grand Hollywood tradition of casting a well known actor in a role that is out of their ethnicity, Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast as the PRINCE OF PERSIA for Disney's next attempt at making a Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. So has Gemma Arterton, who will be seen as a Bond Girl in QUANTUM OF SOLACE.

What the hell, right? I like Gyllenhaal and Arterton is cute. I'm sure we'll get some really solid Middle Eastern actors in supporting roles. I would have loved to have seen this series create a new star and give someone new a chance, but it is Hollywood afterall. Here's hoping it'll be a fun ride from Jerry Bruckheimer.

PS While the Variety story is a confirmation that he has signed, Latino Review first broke Gyllenhaal's involvement a month and a half ago!


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Yawn...
by ShogunMaster
May 20th, 2008
07:20:54 PM
Sheesh...
by BoggyCreekBeast
May 20th, 2008
07:21:11 PM
Oh yeah! Droppin' Loads!
by Darth Rosenberg
May 20th, 2008
07:25:58 PM
They better keep in the scene
by chrth
May 20th, 2008
07:27:02 PM
Disney raped my Atari ST's childhood!
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 20th, 2008
07:30:10 PM
Will Alexander Siddig have a role?
by Drath
May 20th, 2008
07:31:26 PM
Is this going to be like Aladdin...
by drewlicious
May 20th, 2008
07:36:08 PM
Really...
by Life_is_Fatal
May 20th, 2008
07:36:09 PM
"fun ride" & "Jerry Bruckheimer" in the same sentence...
by BicNowler
May 20th, 2008
07:37:28 PM
Persians are Caucasian
by gaghalfront
May 20th, 2008
07:39:43 PM
Without Depp POTC would be mediocre...
by RandySavage
May 20th, 2008
07:42:57 PM
Really bad choice
by Crow3711
May 20th, 2008
07:43:33 PM
And again
by montimer
May 20th, 2008
07:44:15 PM
is there any way to break up paragraph's in this message board
by montimer
May 20th, 2008
07:46:18 PM
Look, a crack
by vaterite
May 20th, 2008
07:48:31 PM
joeelliot - Downey is NOT playing a black guy
by ShiftyEyedDog2
May 20th, 2008
08:15:49 PM
Whiting Up
by montimer
May 20th, 2008
08:24:31 PM
THIS CASTING IS DOG SHIT
by Live.
May 20th, 2008
08:25:43 PM
CRAPTACULAR! 5 dump loads (I mean stars!)
by Big Dumb Ape
May 20th, 2008
08:30:00 PM
Typical Film Industry Racism
by Kal Reeve
May 20th, 2008
08:35:58 PM
WTF??? Check this out...MORE crap coming your way!
by Big Dumb Ape
May 20th, 2008
08:44:07 PM
Worst bit of casting...
by The_Fredo
May 20th, 2008
08:52:39 PM
disney tried to hire a middleeasterner, but turns out...
by BMacSmith
May 20th, 2008
08:53:58 PM
what's going on in this talkback?
by BadMrWonka
May 20th, 2008
08:55:25 PM
I KNEW WILLIAMS WAS COMING BACK FOR THE FINAL POTTER
by BurgerTime
May 20th, 2008
09:09:48 PM
Don't worry about the colorblind casting guys
by blindambition238
May 20th, 2008
09:09:56 PM
typical hollywood
by THE KNIGHT
May 20th, 2008
09:16:34 PM
BAFFLED
by BurgerKing
May 20th, 2008
09:19:28 PM
regardless of ethnicity...
by Obscura
May 20th, 2008
09:20:01 PM
Persians are caucasion
by Darth Bald
May 20th, 2008
09:25:01 PM
they want charlton heston to play a mexican
by lastsonofkrypton562
May 20th, 2008
09:25:43 PM
Anglo-Philed!
by ScottinDC
May 20th, 2008
09:26:51 PM
maybe
by pcassou
May 20th, 2008
09:29:43 PM
Persians are caucasion...CORRECTION
by Darth Bald
May 20th, 2008
09:31:07 PM
hmm. interesting point, Bald. i think im ok with this now
by BMacSmith
May 20th, 2008
09:31:42 PM
Wha?....FUCK THAT!
by jimmy_009
May 20th, 2008
09:40:08 PM
KEEP THE STORY MOTHERCOCKSUCKERS!
by Proman1984
May 20th, 2008
09:44:48 PM
AND THE BATH SCENE! IT WAS SO HOT!
by Proman1984
May 20th, 2008
09:45:21 PM
joe elliot your a fucking idiot.
by BMacSmith
May 20th, 2008
09:46:40 PM
Let's not forget...
by phaedrus007
May 20th, 2008
09:52:56 PM
I'm fucking OLD, so love for the ORIGINAL Prince...
by FlickaPoo
May 20th, 2008
09:57:00 PM
Joe Elliot
by gringostar
May 20th, 2008
09:59:25 PM
Next... Shia LaBeouf to star as Conan
by Skywise
May 20th, 2008
10:15:27 PM
damnit "you're". YOU'RE a fucking idiot
by BMacSmith
May 20th, 2008
10:15:34 PM
Disney hits the goal line...IT'S A FUMBLE!
by RetroActive
May 20th, 2008
10:23:22 PM
Why do you credit Variety with the link to the scoop?
by nomihs
May 20th, 2008
10:23:57 PM
Darth Bald
by RetroActive
May 20th, 2008
10:32:30 PM
who gives a shit?game/movies suck100% of the time
by BMacSmith
May 20th, 2008
10:32:47 PM
Can Someone please Offer Jake The Spiderman role
by Phategod2
May 20th, 2008
10:52:19 PM

by justy4life
May 20th, 2008
10:53:46 PM
"ARYAN"
by Stevie Grant
May 20th, 2008
11:26:46 PM
nomihs
by Quint
May 20th, 2008
11:28:19 PM
of course...
by Quint
May 20th, 2008
11:29:05 PM
Terrible casting...He doesn't look remotely Persian...
by blackmantis
May 20th, 2008
11:29:20 PM
May I suggest Ben Barnes?
by GingerBallz
May 20th, 2008
11:45:57 PM
Quint / Latino business
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
12:03:08 AM
Sorry for all the typos
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
12:04:26 AM
This just in...Welsh actor to play Egyptian sidekick!
by Riley Martin
May 21st, 2008
12:08:55 AM
John Rhys-Davies
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
12:11:41 AM
I understand the outrage...
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
12:25:22 AM
Why didn't they hire Behrooz Araz?
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 21st, 2008
12:28:54 AM
IRON MAN
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
12:34:44 AM
This is why PC is so fucked up
by Riley Martin
May 21st, 2008
12:36:28 AM
This just in...American actor to play Australian actor...in Blac
by Riley Martin
May 21st, 2008
12:40:24 AM
All apologies to Latinos, Quint and Persians alike...
by nomihs
May 21st, 2008
12:52:02 AM
Why would Terrence Howard be a villain in Iron Harder?
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 21st, 2008
12:57:00 AM
First photo of Jake as the prince
by rsdigi
May 21st, 2008
12:59:00 AM
I use "villain" loosely
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
01:03:23 AM
TONY JAA
by colinjbooth
May 21st, 2008
01:05:36 AM
Maybe, just maybe
by Stunt_Lime
May 21st, 2008
01:06:11 AM
Think I read maybe two comics with Rhodey as War Machine.
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 21st, 2008
01:08:55 AM
Hollywood White-Washing (Please Read)
by loserguy3000
May 21st, 2008
01:30:01 AM

by monkeyduke
May 21st, 2008
01:37:54 AM
Damn you, George Lucas!
by Motoko Kusanagi
May 21st, 2008
02:09:42 AM
could've been worse - wait, Jake's not Jewish is he?
by Maniaq
May 21st, 2008
02:12:20 AM
Egyptian plays Dr. Zhivago.
by ZombieHunter
May 21st, 2008
02:15:29 AM
Conan O'Brien to play Bruce Lee!!!
by MonkeyManReturns
May 21st, 2008
02:28:15 AM
did Bruckheimer ever make a good film?
by kwisatzhaderach
May 21st, 2008
02:35:16 AM
No Arabs Cast As Persians Please
by J-Dizzle
May 21st, 2008
02:46:04 AM
A Point Missed...
by Kilroy
May 21st, 2008
02:47:34 AM
Disgraceful
by u.k. star
May 21st, 2008
02:50:00 AM
you all only have yourself to blame!
by cloudrider`
May 21st, 2008
03:29:04 AM
CASTING SUCKS- FUCK THIS MOVIE
by geodesigns
May 21st, 2008
03:40:09 AM
Um, cloudrider
by JimBobCooter
May 21st, 2008
03:49:50 AM
He should have been SUPERMAN
by BendersShinyAss
May 21st, 2008
03:52:07 AM
Seems like a clumsy move from Gyllenhaal
by barnaby jones
May 21st, 2008
04:00:03 AM
no worries
by Quint
May 21st, 2008
05:08:05 AM
Christ...
by Prof_Ender
May 21st, 2008
05:43:40 AM
How come....
by Yeti
May 21st, 2008
05:53:27 AM
Oh, fuck. They should keep this simple
by David Cloverfield
May 21st, 2008
05:54:34 AM
that's "hire" not higher.
by Yeti
May 21st, 2008
05:57:17 AM
BEST Bad Casting Ever?
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
May 21st, 2008
06:23:06 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
May 21st, 2008
06:23:18 AM
Persian heritage isn't "traced back"
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
May 21st, 2008
06:33:14 AM
hm
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
May 21st, 2008
06:37:29 AM
also
by Smoke Monster Loves Kate
May 21st, 2008
06:42:07 AM
POTC 2 and 3
by I AM ROCKO
May 21st, 2008
06:49:42 AM
Latino Review breaks the story
by Cruel_Kingdom
May 21st, 2008
06:54:26 AM
why don't they do The Secret of Monkey Island instead?
by cifra
May 21st, 2008
06:56:30 AM
Isn't Aladdin a Chinese story?
by Kizeesh
May 21st, 2008
07:29:22 AM
Yeti
by MonkeyManReturns
May 21st, 2008
07:37:51 AM
The Caucus Mountains are in Iran.
by Diagnostic
May 21st, 2008
07:41:55 AM
Alladin
by MonkeyManReturns
May 21st, 2008
07:57:43 AM
how is Jake not physically built
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
May 21st, 2008
08:05:27 AM
if you can name more than one Persian actor...
by BMacSmith
May 21st, 2008
08:37:45 AM
BMacSmith
by MonkeyManReturns
May 21st, 2008
08:52:26 AM
Quint pens the single most stupid thing in this site's history
by ArcadianDS
May 21st, 2008
09:00:35 AM
I don't care that he isn't Persian
by Dwide Shrewd
May 21st, 2008
09:01:27 AM
ArcadianDS
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
May 21st, 2008
09:05:09 AM
right, monkeyman, but they usually get...
by BMacSmith
May 21st, 2008
10:15:02 AM
Anyone saying Gyllenhal isn't jacked
by JackRabbitSlim
May 21st, 2008
10:29:26 AM
Hey Retroactive, the Internet was not my source.
by Darth Bald
May 21st, 2008
10:50:00 AM
JackRabbitSlim
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
May 21st, 2008
11:00:38 AM
The problem with Gyllenhaal...
by Christopher3
May 21st, 2008
11:02:44 AM
instruction...
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
May 21st, 2008
11:26:19 AM
Michael Keaton is a terrible choice
by skimn
May 21st, 2008
11:41:29 AM
Why this sucks
by DANNYGLOVERS-DICKBLOODS
May 21st, 2008
11:48:06 AM
This...
by fivezero
May 21st, 2008
12:02:46 PM
What on earth is 'ethnic-looking'?
by JTStyler
May 21st, 2008
12:14:09 PM
Quint
by Series7
May 21st, 2008
12:56:06 PM
GEEKS ARE NOT COOL!
by Dick Bahls
May 21st, 2008
01:22:25 PM
MonkeyManReturns - Nope wasn't joking
by Yeti
May 21st, 2008
01:27:12 PM
ethnic looking
by lastsonofkrypton562
May 21st, 2008
01:47:07 PM
John Williams
by sambrook
May 21st, 2008
02:44:28 PM
Why not
by Series7
May 21st, 2008
03:09:20 PM
Why does Hollywood insist on casting white people as Persians?
by Leafar the Lost
May 21st, 2008
03:40:24 PM
What.. the.... fuck?
by THT3000
May 21st, 2008
04:18:31 PM
P.S.
by THT3000
May 21st, 2008
04:19:10 PM
uhhh JimBobCooper
by kilik777
May 21st, 2008
04:31:58 PM
jet li looks persian
by d_fens1969
May 21st, 2008
05:20:39 PM
the Prince of Persia isnt buff.
by BMacSmith
May 21st, 2008
05:42:35 PM
All I have to say is this...
by rogueleader66
May 21st, 2008
07:28:37 PM
All I have to say is this...
by rogueleader66
May 21st, 2008
07:33:31 PM
jimbob
by cloudrider`
May 21st, 2008
08:18:19 PM
I think you guys are taking this too seriously
by CherryValance
May 21st, 2008
09:06:23 PM
I just realized why they chose Jake
by CherryValance
May 21st, 2008
09:41:33 PM
Jake as PoP = White guys in the secondary!!
by Lord Haw Haw
May 22nd, 2008
12:19:12 AM
Sorry, Rogueleader, I don't agree with your Keaton analogy AT AL
by Big Dumb Ape
May 22nd, 2008
03:35:37 AM
Danny Glover's...
by Kid Z
May 22nd, 2008
10:09:36 AM
ive yet to see good suggestions
by ArcadianDS
May 22nd, 2008
10:26:06 AM
Big Dumb Ape
by rogueleader66
May 22nd, 2008
11:17:08 AM
Persians...
by Kid Z
May 22nd, 2008
02:34:10 PM
RogueLeader, NOW you're talking...
by Big Dumb Ape
May 22nd, 2008
05:45:40 PM

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