Why a Brown Boyfriend?
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Lady_Groan — 17 years ago(September 07, 2008 07:11 AM)
I think the bigger issue here, isn't, "Why would they cast a non-white actor" but, "Why would they cast someone who clearly has no chemistry at all with Jodie Foster?" Naveen Andrews might be a good actor, I don't know. I'm not familiar with his body of work.
Race aside, they did not make a believable couple. They made an awkward-to-watch couple.
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Howlin Wolf — 17 years ago(November 14, 2008 09:17 AM)
I think the bigger issue here, isn't, "Why would they cast a non-white actor" but, "Why would they cast someone who clearly has no chemistry at all with Jodie Foster?" Naveen Andrews might be a good actor, I don't know. I'm not familiar with his body of work.
Race aside, they did not make a believable couple. They made an awkward-to-watch couple.- Especially since she
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appear to have a good on-screen rapport with Terrence Howard
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FranLovesBetteD — 14 years ago(October 11, 2011 04:50 AM)
"I think the bigger issue here, isn't, "Why would they cast a non-white actor" but, "Why would they cast someone who clearly has no chemistry at all with Jodie Foster?" Naveen Andrews might be a good actor, I don't know. I'm not familiar with his body of work.
Race aside, they did not make a believable couple. They made an awkward-to-watch couple".
Utterly agreed. I'm not familiar with his body of work either, but I don't think he was a good choice to play Jodie's boyfriend. He looked like he doesn't take showers too often and acted rather bland, and I'm afraid I couldn't feel sorry for the character once he was gone.
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citizen_cris — 17 years ago(September 27, 2008 10:24 PM)
i thought they had pretty good chemistry.
in terms of why was he cast? well there are probably several reasonsi mean, rest assured, nothing is done by accident in a film.
to me i think it makes the film a more authentic view of new york city which is, after all, a melting pot of different cultures. erika bain's radio program is all about experiencing the beauty of new york city and what makes it such a unique and wonderful place, unlike any other. i think her relationship is a reflection of that. to me, it just made sensethe casting and everything else.
well and also naveen andrews is a fantastic actor and extremely easy on the eyes.
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charihar — 17 years ago(November 22, 2008 10:30 PM)
i love the fact that idiotic members of IMDB came out and called me a racist bigot, as they clearly did NOT read the last sentence of my original post. I AM A BROWN MALE (of Indian ancestry, well, my folks are from Guyana in SA), and have a WHITE GF. I was only asking why the casting unfolded the way it did because it seemed random. Usually, there's a reasoning or some sort of explanation as to why an interracial/interethnic couple get together (in movies). I liked the movie because there wasn't an explanation, it was just normal. BUT, i thought that there was an explanation for it that was unknown to me, which is why I asked the question.
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