Eddie Red-maybe

[birdsofshore]

So, what do we think about Eddie Redmayne apparently being confirmed in the role of Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts film?



If you're not sure who he is, he's a British actor who recently won a lot of awards for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

Personally, I think I'm fairly happy about it.

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Is there a different actor you hoped would star in the film? Let me know all of your thoughts in the comments, please!

Comments

[birdsofshore]

Gosh, yes, he's awfully white and awfully posh. It would indeed have been awesome to have a POC in the leading role. I hadn't picked that up about Rolf... is it me, or is 'swarthy' a fairly icky way to describe somebody who's black? I would have probably assumed she meant he was tanned and leathery from being out in the sun all day doing his zoology thing.

Anyway, I'm sorry you're disappointed, and I can quite see why.

[dicta-contrion.livejournal.com]

Definitely agree that swarthy is a non-ideal descriptor (to say the least) but do understand why people have grabbed on. Outside of tumblr speculation I tend to associate it more with Mediterranean people than black people, but also would've been happy/intrigued to see an actor who complicates whiteness, particularly in a time and place where there was a massive, massive amount of immigration happening. But...nope. And therefore: sigh.

[birdsofshore]

Oh, I do like that phrase, 'complicates whiteness'. Let's hope the rest of the cast might bring something more complicated to the table.

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'm remember correctly, but wasn't Rita Skeeter the one 'writing' the reports that mentioned Rolf?

because if so, it makes perfect 'character' sense for Rita Skeeter, Horrible Cow that she is, to use an offensive word to describe someone who is not white.