Spiderman, Rebooted

[Kete]

Yul Brynner is black, right?

[Bob]

Yul Brynner is black, right?

Countdown until someone posts an Al Jolson photo in 3..........2...........

[warofthebees]

Yul Brynner is black, right?

Countdown until someone posts an Al Jolson photo in 3..........2...........

Get with the times:

[ScottotD]

Yul Brynner is black, right?

Countdown until someone posts an Al Jolson photo in 3..........2...........

Get with the times:

That's different, he's not a white guy playing a black guy.  He's playing a white guy playing a black guy.

[MSTJedi]

That's different, he's not a white guy playing a black guy.  He's playing a white guy playing a black guy.

"I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"

Sorry . . . couldn't resist.

[a pretty girl is like]

Here's our new Spider-Man:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/soni-pictures-selects-new-spider-man/#more-51361

Skinny and gangly is closer to Ditko's drawings than Tobey Maguire's short and doe eyed.

[Darth Geek]

Here's our new Spider-Man:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/soni-pictures-selects-new-spider-man/#more-51361

Skinny and gangly is closer to Ditko's drawings than Tobey Maguire's short and doe eyed.

Well, he's no high schooler, that's for sure. But given everything else on this project, I think the casting may not be what sink this.

[bratpop]

Damn, I was really hoping they'd cast someone a lot more douchebaggy and British, the way I always imagined Spider-Man. OH WELL.

[a pretty girl is like]

Damn, I was really hoping they'd cast someone a lot more douchebaggy and British, the way I always imagined Spider-Man. OH WELL.

Have you seen The Tedium of Doctor Parnasus?  He's very very very douchebaggy in that.  His douchebaggery contributed to Heath Ledger's death.  Allegedly.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Isn't Christian Bale a Brit, too?

[Relaxing Dragon]

Isn't Christian Bale a Brit, too?

I believe he's Welsh. Same thing, right?

[mearnest]

Isn't Christian Bale a Brit, too?

I believe he's Welsh. Same thing, right?

Close enough.

[ScottotD]

Isn't Christian Bale a Brit, too?

I believe he's Welsh. Same thing, right?

Close enough.

You Canadians 

[Tripe]

Isn't Christian Bale a Brit, too?

I believe he's Welsh. Same thing, right?

Close enough.

You Canadians 

Nope, being Welsh does make somebody British, it doesn't make somebody English but it does make them British. Unless they're really bolshie about it, which I get the feeling Bale isn't. Not all the Welsh are all that keen on the nationalism, Dylan Thomas springs to mind for example.

It's interesting to see that the thing in most of the responses above is the common confusion by which people think British = English, it doesn't.

[ScottotD]

It's interesting to see that the thing in most of the responses about is the common confusion by which people think British = English, it doesn't.

Interesting how exactly?