Not that I think I would call Jake Gylenhal a Persian but the Persians were known to be white historically. I have to disagree here the Persian people were historically known as white people.

Posted by Jari-Matamoros (Member # 14451) on 29. (Can anyone tell me how a poor white kid traveled to and found ancient Persia? Did they even have Google maps then?) The way the producers were able to justify a white guy playing the Prince of Persia was by the story line that 'yes, we know he is white, but he was adopted by the benevolent Persian King' - so apparently in ancient Persia they had their own version of Angelina Jolie but who instead of adopting poor African children, would adopt poor white kids.

I hope it forces them to make a historically-themed movie starring a minority. You can't deny the racial game being played here and people are finally calling BS. And the main character doesn't look like them, he looks European. Why does it seem like Hollywood can make a big budget historically-themed movie when they want to (300, Prince of Persia) but we have yet to see either the rumored Halle Berry/Egypt movie or Will Smith's rumored Taharqa movie even get off the ground? Yes, Persians by and large are light-skinned and have been for centuries.but all of the villians in this movie seem to be swarthy like most Middle Easterners. But back in the 6th century, a lot of them were blond and blue-eyed.” While not easily swallowed by the film’s outraged critics, this little-known historical detail was indeed confirmed by Disney’s Middle Eastern sensitivity consultant, who has reached out to skeptical cultural organizations to insist that Prince of Persia is the “anti-300 If we went back in time 1,700 years to the mythological era, all Iranians would look like Jake Gyllenhaal.” What? Then why are the bad guys in the trailer and TV spots so much swarthier than Gyllenhaal? Not very Aryan, pal! No one would comment from the production side, though a previously used Jerry Bruckheimer gem was dusted off for historical context: “Persians were very light skinned.

The LAT on Sunday filed from both fronts, first documenting actual Persians’ displeasure that fake-Persian Jake Gyllenhaal was portraying the titular hero of Prince of Persia. Hollywood has been getting attacked more and more for white-washing historical roles and it's about damn time. People ask why a Middle Eastern actor (or someone who looked Middle Eastern) wasn't casted. I don't know if you guys are aware, but Disney is a releasing a video game movies called Prince of Persia and the film has been heavily attacked for casting Jake Gylanhaal(spelling), a white actor, as the lead. Posted by King_Scorpion (Member # 4818) on 29. This is topic OT: Prince of Persia Getting Attacked for White-Washing in forum Egyptology at EgyptSearch Forums. EgyptSearch Forums: OT: Prince of Persia Getting Attacked for White-Washing

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