The movie Thor is coming out soon and there are a few critics who are unhappy with the casting of African-American actor Idris Elba as Heimdall. Apparently they don't think a black man is the right choice to depict a Marvel comic book character of a Nordic god. Riiight.
Historically accurate I imagine, with no room for artistic interpretation or creative license whatsoever. Let me add some other depictions of the MYTHICAL Heimdall for reference:
Even better, I will include Elba's response to the strict historians:
"It's so ridiculous. We have a man [Thor] who has a flying hammer and wears horns on his head. And yet me being an actor of African descent playing a Norse god is unbelievable? I mean, Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor, and Gandhi was played by Ben Kingsley." (emphasis mine) (source)
Game, set, match.
In case you are not a comic reader this is what Heimdall looks like:
Historically accurate I imagine, with no room for artistic interpretation or creative license whatsoever. Let me add some other depictions of the MYTHICAL Heimdall for reference:
Now here is Elba's Heimdall, a fierce and vengeful god :
Even better, I will include Elba's response to the strict historians:
"It's so ridiculous. We have a man [Thor] who has a flying hammer and wears horns on his head. And yet me being an actor of African descent playing a Norse god is unbelievable? I mean, Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor, and Gandhi was played by Ben Kingsley." (emphasis mine) (source)
Game, set, match.
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Kingsley is half Indian, of course.
And how about Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan?
I don't know about the Anansi issue. What is it about?