(a) That was 10 years ago. (b) The whole point of his character is he can still "see".
Give me one legitimate reason not to cast someone blind in this role.
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(a) That was 10 years ago. (b) The whole point of his character is he can still "see".
Give me one legitimate reason not to cast someone blind in this role.
I have no intention of arguing with you about this. I have no issue either way whether they cast a blind person or sighted person.
ETA: Blind Al.
There are still productions that cast non-disabled actors to play disabled characters. However, the MCU's been pretty good about inclusive casting -- see Echo, for instance.
My first guess is Alicia Masters. My second would be Frankie Raye who becomes Nova, the herald of Galactus.
If Frankie is in the movie and they intend her to be Johnny's love interest as she was in the comics, I suspect they would cast someone closer to Joseph Quinn's age. As it stands, there is a 15-year difference between Joseph Quinn and Natasha Lyonne.
Tougher and harder than Ben? Interesting.
They couldn't really. Daredevil's too active and acts as if he is sighted.
I suppose they could've used a double for the costume scenes.
We've known this for ages.
I don't even care who! I'm just ecstatic that Natasha Lyonne will be in the film! Hell, yes!!
We already knew that thanks to Patti LuPone's casting...and an interview she did last year.
ETA: Ninja'd! Always miss that following page of posts.
Why shouldn't they cast a blind actress to play Alicia? Is there a reason the person they could would need to be sighted?
I wish I could embed this (or at least Deadline would post this video on YouTube...), but here's a clip of Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio talking about Born Again at the red carpet for Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers. Naturally, both of them are really excited about being back and Cox says he would love to keep doing it for another ten years (or at least as long as he physically can keep doing it...).
I'm guessing it's because you phrased it as a double negative, which can be misconstrued if skimmed quickly.
Let's be hones that wouldn't faze Hollywood if the genders were reversed and the man was 15 years older, in fact that'd be pretty standard.
Yeah, but would it be in character for a shallow kid like Johnny Storm to be interested in an older woman?
Speaking from personal experience, I know of two men in my high school who married women 10-12 years older than they were, and this was back in 1989; and my coworker dated a woman 10 years older than he is. Heck, one of my best friends is a woman ten years older than I am and I've known her since I was sixteen and I'm 54 now.
Good for them, but my point is that we're not talking about men in general, we're talking about Johnny Storm, who's an immature, vain, shallow womanizer. He'd probably feel that he can have his pick of younger women and wouldn't necessarily be interested in an older one.
Although I suppose they could do something where she's so exceptional that he takes an interest despite her not being his preferred type, and he learns something from the experience.
Reckon if Johnny feels he’s able to have his pick of young women, he also feels the same with the age difference in the other direction.
Most womanisers I’ve known don’t give a fig about age but about the conquest.
Most womanisers I’ve known don’t give a fig about age but about the conquest.