We’ve got the first pic from the upcoming Prince of Persia movie, with star Jake Gyllenhaal trying his best to look the part of titular Prince Dastan. (What, they couldn’t find a Persian actor to play the part?)
I bet right about now Naveen Andrews is feeling pretty slighted.
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Anyway, Prince of Persia is based on the popular video game about a young prince (Gyllenhaal) who is tricked by an evil wizard (Ben Kingsley) into unleashing the evil sands of time. The film is being directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and is currently slated for a May 28, 2010 release.
Take a look at the pic and let us know what you think about Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia. (Ladies, try not to get too giddy. Fellas, you either.)
Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia
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Looks like the Prince of Persia from Warrior Within. He really looks like the prince
if this movie is based on the sands of time, the costume is all wrong. the prince (what’s with all this dastan business) wears white pants and a blue vest-like garment and isn’t exceptionally chiseled in that installment, creating a starker contrast in Warrior Within (like bastian said, the costume pictured is reminiscent of WW). he sort of has a boyish quality to him.
PoP is one of my favorite video game series and i sincerely hope disney will takes the time to do it justice instead of it being another opportunity for them to line their already over-stuffed pockets. jake definitely only vaguely resembles the prince, but i admire him as an actor… i guess we’ll see in two years.
I’m sick of Hollywood whitewashing the protagonists of all their movies. Didn’t Gyllenhaal join in on the gay spoof against Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Looks like another political slap in the face by Hollywood.
By the way Artaxerxes, I’ve never met a full blooded Iranian with blond hair. Why are the whiter ones always put on a pedestal? The Western Syndrome. This recreation of our peoples has to stop. The whiteness was caused by Alexander the Great commanding his troops to sleep with a Persian woman and breed us out when they conquered. Don’t blame it fully on Khan. Look at the original reliefs of the 1st Persians on the Iranian plateau, the Elamites. Not white at all, actually quite the opposite.
Jake is the wrong choice.
He’s all flabby. He better do about 100 sit ups a day…i remember the Prince being pretty buff.
I think he needs a darker tan, darker colored hair/beard. And he could probably do with looking a little more lean than he does now, he looks a little too muscular to be very acrobatic, which we all know the prince is. And the costume is not very reflective of the prince… He needs the white puffy pants with way different boots… I agree with whoever said he looks more like the warrior within prince, which wasnt that great of a game. The original prince of persia games, the 2D ones had the white puffy pants and no shoes or anything, but he deffinately needs something on his feet
Baba – I have relatives on my mother’s side from Tabriz that are 100% Iranian and they have blond hair and blue/green eyes. Are they Greeks? Also the Elamites were black and of Ethiopian heritage. They were an empire/civilization of their own with their own culture until they were overtaken by the Aryans tribes around 3000 BC.
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first off costume:
its more warrior within than sands of time.
secondly physique:
more warrior within than sands of time.
thirdly facial appearance:
the beard is nothing like sands of time.
I’ve played all three of the GameCube games several times through and saw how the character progressed. I’m thinking from the photo that he is dressed for some scenes from the second movie.
For all we know they finished shooting the first one and working out the CGI on it.
but who knows that is purely speculation at this point.
but who cares about this movie the new game for ps3 and xbox are dropping this holiday season so play that and wait for more details.
I think he is too old for this role. Originally (in computer game), Prince was about 17 or something
I can’t believe that the gay guy is going to be playing the Prince!!! I now hope that this movie sucks.
holy cow-wow…. I say yummy. Thats all.
jake is not gay, he’s the brother of maggie gyllenhaal.
the costume is simliar to the warrior within costume and all you haters can burn to a krisp
justice speaks, you are right about everything expect the gay part
I’d love to see the people who are calling him ‘flabby.’
Hes solid. And bigger than the prince’s build. The CGI in this movie will make him look even better including his tan I’d bet.
And has anyone played the game? He wears boots.
i played the game
I love this video game! When I first heard that Orlando Bloom was going to play the part, I was quite happy with it. But when Jake was finally cast, I had my doubts. This picture just proves it! He looks “trying hard” to fit the part. Too bulky and too hairy! The wig is awful!
frostfire3d, you are hating cause Orlando Bloom did not get the role.
he doesn’t suit in. an actor with Asian-Persian skin tone could have been more accepted by the POP lovers.
the producer is risking his money and Eidos is risking its one of the most respectful Creation. Learn from the mistakes (47 movie…its was a hopeless time pass flick, couldn’t come up with the expectation)
will somebody get the newbies?
does the newbie Arjav have to be here?
@Roberts
What are you talking about? Anyone who has something to contribute to the conversation is welcome as long as they are civil. You are a newbie here yourself.
Vic
WHAT???? that got that gay-wod to play the prince???? wow i guess they plan on having the movie suck really bad. He alone is going to ruin to moive, as well as the stupid “director” only an idiot put’s a gay guy into an action movie. They will never be able to do it right with disney either.
I agree with those who said he looks like the Prince in Warrior Within,but then again I would have to disagree because in WW is when he wears leather armor with Farah’s amulet and in The two Thrones is wear he wears his shirt off so everybody should do their homework,but first off: How is Jake going to pull off the traininacrobatics and fighting abilities,I mean common,I bet a million dollars he’s never ran 4 or 5 steps up a wall and did a back flip 180 off of it,or running 8 or 9 steps across a wall at least,and if Jake wants to do this I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT He takes up basic Kick boxing,weapon training with swords,daggers,duel swords,axes,maces and more,gymnastics, a lot of running to build up stamina to run those walls,he also would need to be from 5″8 to 5″11,needs to weigh from 145 lbs to 160 prinlbs and have 28 in. to 32 in.waist with a six pack,and veins running through his whole arm starting from his upper shoulders,and a little bit of break dancing to do the hand-stand spin wheel kick with swords and the beard has go to on him,if you want a good example of the ce’s goatee style ,come and see my pic on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/rambo12690 and trust me I did my studies,he eyes also have to be aqua green that changes to a really really light sky blue and about the boots,the boots should be made of light brown suede leather with a little heal designed light and similar like hi top boxing shoes and believe me I beat the game 3 times like it was nothing and play it whenever I’m bored so if Jake can’t handle it, put me man to do the moves cause I can almost run 3 steps up a wall and across a wall and I’m a good Martial Arts and GREAT WITH SWORDS,so if Jake can’t do the moves call me,the number is 1-239-282-5649 and my name is Tony and believe I am the Prince, my friends even call me The Prince Of Persia and one last thing what’s up his name cause if anyone payed attention to the story,he never reveals his name,just a secret word called kukolookial and the princess’s name is Farah not Dumb Tamina cause I got to say that if the producer can’t keep the story true then don’t even bother making this movie cause it will upset me really badly and other fans and would be hurting the story and wasting money but anyway give me a call and look at pic if you disagree ok or you just want to talk and one last thing the story takes place in The Palace of Azad
sorry about the errors in my writing if you anything to ask please don’t hesitate to ok?
Hey Sam I agree with but 100%,just read my note and ask me a question if you don’t understand me ok
Hey Tony, i got you completly. I take martial arts too, and i wouldn’t mind taking a shot at being the prince, but most likly the punk will have like 3 stunt doubles. Even if he does a little dodge, they will have a stunt dude do that LOL I’m just looking forward to the next game their making, going to be TIGHT!
yeah you’re right there Sam,every actor has stunt back up but the only thing that I’m worried about is the fact that Disney’s making this film and Disney is not known for promoting intense violence cause I can’t think of one film made by Disney that is violent and the way prince fights is kinda like a demon,I mean I’m sure everything is not always neat and tightly but he fights with alot of heart and HE CAN’T BE STOPPED FOR CRAP!!! and they better fix the names for the story and make this film right or I’m coming for Jake and I’ll show that little punk who’s THE REAL PRINCE OF PERSIA, I AM
hey Sam one more thing if they really want to do the story right they should pay attention to every detail of the game while playing it or watch it on you tube so they can get the script right,fix up Jake’s face a little and his body alot and do the training as I listed before and get me to do the moves and get the real guy who played his voice to put it into the movie, I’m mean common they got the hi tech these days to do it right? or they should use the guy who did the same voice in the game but make it some animated and real like Beowulf that would be easier and cool right?
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