FB, FB: I believe I had seen that as well before any casting announcement.

To be clear, what would drive me bonkers would not be stroking an actor's ego, but rather using precious screen time and money on anything other than the original story (for whatever reason).

And don't get me started (again) on efforts to "modernize" the story with woke messaging and character reimagining.

I remain cautiously optimistic and I love this story so much that I am both willing to accept some bastardization if the spirit of the story remains intact and it is told beautifully, but also fiercely and possibly mildly irrationally protective of its original form

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Posted by Fun Bunch

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Posted on 5/5/21 at 2:53 pm to luvdoc

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but rather using precious screen time and money on anything other than the original story (for whatever reason).

Well, from the spoilers I have seen, you are going to be disappointed. They spent a good chunk of time filming in Spain, and it wasn't for original story, I can tell you that.

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Posted by squid_hunt

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Posted on 5/5/21 at 2:56 pm to luvdoc

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but also fiercely and possibly mildly irrationally protective of its original form

The silver lining is that if Amazon messes this up, someone is likely going to be determined to do it, but better. It's a huge project. Hope they follow through.

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Posted by Sneaky__Sally

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Posted on 5/5/21 at 3:05 pm to luvdoc

I really dont understand why people care so much about the race of the actors. Racw wasnt a big compenent of the story at all, so havent the emonds fielders be a diverse cast doesnt impact the spirit of the story in any way.

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