Quote Originally Posted by brendanvb View Post
Don't think that's what he meant. I think if you're going to adapt a book/game/comic or whatever into a film, you're obviously doing that to rake in the cash from its fan base. So to completely change certain aspects of a character, even small things like their race, is a little off-putting.

Harry Potter fans wouldn't have liked it if a blonde boy was cast as HP. I, as a fan of Tomb Raider, would be pretty peeved to hear Lara Croft is now going to be a black woman with dreadlocks in a new film. Not because I am racist or against powerful black women, but because you are used to the character having a certain look and part of the fun of a live-action adaptation is seeing how close an actor comes to resembling your favourite characters.

I'm not saying what they did is wrong, and I'm not at all familiar with the FF comics so it does not affect me whatsoever, but I can understand that changing significant details of a character's look is a little annoying to some.
Alright fair enough I can understand that argument.

Me personally I don't care as long as the essence of the character is captured in the role. For example they made Heimdall black in the Thor movies and yet Idris Elba brought the exact presence needed to the role thus no one complained thereafter.

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