As everybody knows, Stephen Kings Western Thriller ‘The Dark Tower’ is going to be filmed now and will hit theatres 17th February 2017. The Daily Mail has published some set photos of Idris Elba as the main character, a guns man as known as Roland Deschain.
Controversial discussions
The 43 years old British actor was controversial discussed as cast as the main character Roland Deschain. As every fan of the ‘The Dark Tower’ knows, Roland is described as an ugly, old and white guy. So it’s pretty surprising that Elba was casted as Deschain, but I think it’s a pretty good choice!
“For me, it just clicked. He’s such a formidable man.” – Nikolaj Arcel director about Elba
Elba who is known for his characters amongst others, like ‘Captain Janek’ in Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’, or his recent movie ‘The Jungle Book’ as the voice of ‘Shir Khan’, is a multilayer men who knows his stuff.
Nikolaj Arcel and Stephen King also confirmed Matthew McConaughey as Walter Padick (Man in Black) as Deschains antagonist. We can be curious how Elba and McConaughey will interact with each other during the movie.
First look at Roland Deschain
So let’s have a look at Elba as Roland Deschain.
The Luther star looked pretty handsome in his costume. He wore a white shirt, waistcoat with a red scarf around his neck including dark jeans, leather boots and the important: the gun holsters. He pretty rocked the western style and covered everything you need as a hero.
What is ‘The Dark Tower’ about?
‘The Dark Tower’ is a western book series, which includes other genres like dark fantasy, science fantasy and horror too. The eight book series is written by American writer Stephen King which describes a guns man, who is on his quest towards the Dark Tower.
What does Stephen King say about the movie?
Stephen King said that fans can be disappointed about the movie adaption of ‘The Dark Tower’. There will be a lot of difference between the book and the adaption, just like the main character and the process of the plot. The movie will not begin linear to the books and will start in the middle of the plot. Maybe this choice of the beginning can be just an addition to the Franchise.
Perhaps Kings Tweet in May is a hint about the beginning of the Dark Tower adaption. Maybe Nikolaj Arcel starts the adaption, where King has ended in the book. It wouldn’t be a bad decision, because Kings Story is pretty complex and extensive, that it wouldn’t be an easy job to include everything that happened in the book.
So we’ll see what awaits us next.
The full cast so far
Idris Elba as Roland Deschain
Matthew McConaughey as Walter Padick
Abbey Lee Kershaw as Tirana
Jackie Earle Haley as Sayre
Claudia Kim as Arra Champignon
Fran Kranz as Pimli
José Zúñiga as Dr. Hotchkiss
Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers
Alex McGregor as Susan Delgado
Michael Barbieri as Timmy
The more I read about the movie adaptation, the more intrigued I am by the possibilities. I think that Idris Elba is perfectly cast, as is Matthew McConaughey. 🙂
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Oh yeah I think so too! Both will do a great job and perfectly fit to their roles.
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