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[Eiknarf]

Remakemania:

Tom Holland’s Romeo Finds His Juliet In Brit Newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

The play will mark on the second acting performance for Amewudah-Rivers.

deadline.com

 

[Jinzo Prime]

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[mansoor1980]

juliet?

 

[MayauMiao]

They hired the lowest bidder after spending so much hiring Tom Holland.

 

[The Cockatrice]

When will it ever end?

 

[Saber]

I sincerelly cannot see what people saw in Tom Holland. The guy is as much bland and his face.

 

[mansoor1980]

I sincerelly cannot see what people saw in Tom Holland. The guy is as much bland and his face.

 

[Eiknarf]

juliet?

Yup

 

[Eiknarf]

When will it ever end?

I never heard of this before today, but there’s not one positive comment anywhere about it.

The NICEST thing people are saying is, “Why couldn’t they cast a pretty black Juliet ?” and “Isn’t Juliet supposed to be pretty?”

The meanest so far is this ;

 

[Ce'Nedra]

Who of them will be Romeo and who Julieta?

 

[Coconutt]

juliet?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Who of them will be Romeo and who Julieta?

Obviously:

 

[Roufianos]

 

[K' Dash]

When will it ever end?

yeah, Tom Holland is NOT a good actor.

 

[JimmyRustler]

We sure know who will be blamed when this inevitably flops, do we?

 

[Bojji]

There are many pretty black actresses so if you want to do a race swap use beautiful woman at least.

We already had "modern" adaptation with much better cast in 2000:

 

[Jinzo Prime]

We sure know who will be blamed when this inevitably flops, do we?

It's not a movie, It's a play. Will do well with the theater crowd.

Tom Holland’s West End ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Sells Out In Two Hours

The Spider-Man actor's limited engagement in Jamie Lloyd's Romeo & Juliet sold out two hours after going on sale this morning.

deadline.com

 

[AJUMP23]

I think you have to be Italian to play these characters.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I think you have to be Italian to play these characters.

But Shakespeare was English...

 

[AJUMP23]

But Shakespeare was English...

He wrote a lot about romans and stuff too.

 

[SJRB]

Yeah I’d kill myself too.

 

[Atrus]

Keep in mind that female roles were originally played by males, so stage based productions tend to be an opportunity for anyone who can supposedly pull it off. Even Wishbone.

 

[DeafTourette]

It's a play... Not a movie.

And she's not ugly. She's fine as she is.

 

[CGNoire]

I never heard of this before today, but there’s not one positive comment anywhere about it.

The NICEST thing people are saying is, “Why couldn’t they cast a pretty black Juliet ?” and “Isn’t Juliet supposed to be pretty?”

The meanest so far is this ;

Is it just the lighting tricking me or.....or does she have a mustache?

 

[John Bilbo]

The Remakening

 

[Interfectum]

Let’s see how Tom Holland is as Juliet before judging the choice, guys.

 

[Gp1]

To think that the 90's remake had peak Di Caprio + Claire Danes...

 

[Eiknarf]

Is it just the lighting tricking me or.....or does she have a mustache?

She seems to have one-
But, if it’s not actual hair, then it’s a darker upper lip.

You’re not alone in thinking that.
Read the comments

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Second time Tom is getting BLACKED then.

 

[Coconutt]

It's a play... Not a movie.

And she's not ugly. She's fine as she is.

 

[Kamina]

Nobody would give a shit if Juliet was at least hot, but now that they chose that one it will look like a race topic once again if it bombs.

Tom Holland will make a very good Juliet

 

[YCoCg]

The 1997 movie is peak anyway, it won't touch that.

 

[Kacho]

Other than stating the obvious I'm kinda numb to Hollywood being out of touch. We all know audiences will reject this. It's total waste of time and money for all involved.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I never heard of this before today, but there’s not one positive comment anywhere about it.

The NICEST thing people are saying is, “Why couldn’t they cast a pretty black Juliet ?” and “Isn’t Juliet supposed to be pretty?”

The meanest so far is this ;

Put on a Mohawk and go back in time 50 years and you can kind of see Mr T

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Other than stating the obvious I'm kinda numb to Hollywood being out of touch. We all know audiences will reject this. It's total waste of time and money for all involved.

Amazing how there’s so many cultures of the world to choose from if a studio wants to go modern day diversity angle yet you hardly ever see any Asians, Latinos. Native Indians and East Indians as if they don’t exist.

 

[Eiknarf]

Nobody would give a shit if Juliet was at least hot, but now that they chose that one it will look like a race topic once again if it bombs.

Tom Holland will make a very good Juliet

He’s definitely the more feminine of the two.

Now is that saying he is feminine looking or that she is masculine looking?

 

[Eiknarf]

Put on a Mohawk and go back in time 50 years and you can kind of see Mr T

OMG! I see it!! DaAMMMnnn Now I can’t unsee it

 

[Kacho]

Amazing how there’s so many cultures of the world to choose from if a studio wants to go modern day diversity angle yet you hardly ever see any Asians, Latinos. Native Indians and East Indians as if they don’t exist.

Why do you think that is? I have my opinion, but I'm curious to hear yours.

 

[Eiknarf]

Why do you think that is? I have my opinion, but I'm curious to hear yours.

 

[Jeff Spicoli]

Nice moustache.

 

[Evil Calvin]

And she's not ugly. She's fine as she is.

No...she is ugly

 

[Evil Calvin]

Hw about Zendaya?

 

[nkarafo]

Yes, i knew before i clicked this would be a multiracial relationship thing. I just wasn't sure about the genders but a black woman is nowadays a sure bet.

I'm surprised it's so conservative though. They could go all in and make Romeo a muslim, disabled trans man or something. Maybe in the next one.

 

[HoodWinked]

are these casting directors straight up stupid or they're trollin people.

 

[Fbh]

If you've got to race swap at least don't mess with the attractiveness factor.
If the character was originally an attractive white woman you should at least cast an attractive black woman.

are these casting directors straight up stupid or they're trollin people.

Are they though?
This will get the play a lot of free publicity (like no one around here would have even known about this play if it wasn't for the castig)
People are going to go watch it anyway because of Tom Holland
Most critics wouldn't dare say anything about the casting
Now they can deflect any criticism of the play as being due to racism

 

[Kacho]

Wait, so this is a play and not a movie?

 

[nkarafo]

Wait, so this is a play and not a movie?

Yeah, i was confused too from the title, not reading the link. I automatically assumed it was a movie.

To be fair, it's not like anyone cares about plays to expect such topics here.

 

[Mistake]

Amazing how there’s so many cultures of the world to choose from if a studio wants to go modern day diversity angle yet you hardly ever see any Asians, Latinos. Native Indians and East Indians as if they don’t exist.

Personally, I think native americans are getting the worst of it. Can't be represented in anything at this point, almost as if they disappeared completely except for that recent apple movie with dicaprio. I came across this character somewhat recently and thought he was endearing though.

It's a play... Not a movie.

And she's not ugly. She's fine as she is.

Her face looks like a math equation

 

[Kacho]

Yeah, i was confused too from the title, not reading the link. I automatically assumed it was a movie.

To be fair, it's not like anyone cares about plays to expect such topics here.

Yeah, I assumed it was a movie as well with Tom Holland being involved.