Now if you do not know by now there has been a lot of controversy surrounding actor Idris Elba and him playing Norse God “Heimdall” in the upcoming summer action flick Thor. Well he decided to address this issue with Empire Magazine. See some excerpts below...
“Idris Elba is a fantastic actor – we were lucky to get him. He provides all the characteristics we need from Asgard’s gatekeeper, the man who says, “Thou shalt not pass”. When Idris Elba says that, you know you’re gonna have a problem. He’s smart, intelligent, handsome and an absolute joy to work with. If you have a chance to have a great actor in the part, everything else is irrelevant,” he said.
“If you’re going to say the colour of his skin matters in a story like this, look at 50 years of Thor comics to see how many ways great artists have bent alleged ‘rules’. Look at the Norse myths to see the way they confounded and contradicted themselves. That whole ‘controversy’ was a surprising – and daft – moment.”
I can definitely respect his thoughts on this matter, and he actually sheds some light when others may choose to say nothing. This is not the first, nor will it be the last comic book flick to give an alternative person for a particular role. For the full story on Thor and more from Branagh, pick up the new issue of Empire on Thursday.
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