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Jan_El_Senor — 6 years ago(July 08, 2019 03:43 PM)
They purposely avoided casting a person like that.
That said, I don't get hung up on the not looking Greek thing. 90% of the cast on both shows is from New Zealand so I just roll with it and have fun….
The best is when the New Zealand actors can't pronounce the "r" in Hercules, but they add an "r" to the end of Xena….
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Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(July 08, 2019 03:47 PM)
They purposely avoided casting a person like that.
Why? The guy just doesn't look like Hercules. Why not put a darker guy in the role? Will it offend Anglos?
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Jan_El_Senor — 6 years ago(July 08, 2019 03:51 PM)
That's the way they wanted it? I'm not sure why but they specifically said they didn't want a big burly dude for their Hercules.
Granted, I remember being thrown off as well at the time. But, having a TV that only gets one channel on the antenna limited my TV options. So I eventually got sucked in.
At the end of the day, I'll give any show that Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert produce a shot because I've loved all of them.
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Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(July 08, 2019 04:15 PM)
One channel? Lol.
I can see why they wouldn't want some guy with massive muscles. I just object to an Anglo playing a Greek.
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