The Hollywood Reporter have today confirmed the actors to play the two main roles in the Prince of Persia Movie. Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko) has been officially cast as Dastan, the young prince — a choice I fear many fans will not be happy about. Whilst Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) has been cast as the princess Tamina.
In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner.
Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are exec producing.
Production is set to start in July.
(Pics thanks to Gemma-Arterton.net)
Comments 31 Responses to “Jake Gyllenhaal cast as Prince, Arterton as Tamina”
why did they change her name, i thought it was farrah? well, jake gyllenhal has got some huge shoes to fill.
“”“Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko) has been officially cast as Dastan, the young prince — a choice I fear many fans will not be happy about.”””
well i am so god damn happy about that choise, i always wanted an “actor” to play the prince not a stunt ..
and Jake is really a terrific actor, he blew my mind in Donnie Darko ..
Why, god, why?
Since no one has left a comment here I will leave something, if only out of respect for all the effort going into these posts!
It is no secret that the Prince of Persia movie is loved by a lot of folks. It will have a following no matter who plays the main characters. But here is where I add my opinion. Jake Gyllenhaal is a professional actor and I’m sure he’s a nice guy. But I really don’t believe that his acting style and movie experience up to this point are right for the role of the prince.
Its difficult to imagine him representing a middle-eastern man in a convincing way. Granted not all people who live on that side of the world have dark skin but they do have unique physical traits. Its like trying to pass a ” white guy” as a Chinese man.
And I’m afraid that Disney is trying too hard to create a movie trilogy that reaches beyond what it should. Pirates of the Caribbean is a clear example. The first movie was fantastic! But the other two became progressively worse. Disney seems to be more interested in quantity rather than quality. Which is a real shame since its beginnings were all about quality.
All this to say that Prince of Persia will be an interesting example of how biased Hollywood has become. Why don’t they give the leading role to someone yet unknown? There is a lot of talented people to choose from! Orlando Bloom was a no-name until Lord of The Rings! Eric Bana wasn’t well known until Hulk. And there are other examples too. I think that characters on screen are more believable when folks can’t say, ” Oh there’s so-and-so playing the doctor, pirate, prince, etc.”
Come on Hollywood! Come on Disney! Please give us some quality! A lot of folks are upset about the choice made for the role of the prince. But its really not surprising. And if the execs keep ignoring public opinion people are going to start looking for entertainment in different places. I, for one, am not going to the theatres for this movie. And I’m not alone. I have a growing list of people who feel the same way.
Arghhh the shouldn’t use Jake Gyllenhaal, They should be using David Belle the creator of Parkour, he is the only one in my mind you can pull it off and do his own stunts. If anyone has scene Banyule 13 (district B13, a french film by Luc Besson) they would all agree with me on this one. Adding parkour to the movie would make edgy and real. If they use Jake, be sure to expect lots of computer generated stunts.
Sigh!!!
this is really stupid he does not look like the prince of perish he does not have a tan and he does not have long black hair and his face look really different if i had to pick some one i would pick John Abraham he a bollywood actor but not the guy that acting as him not lol i look more like john Abraham this is really stupid i feel really bad.
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
not Jake Gyllenhaal, he does not look like the prince of perish, and his a geek
It depends on the prince you’re comparing him to. ‘Cause the prince in The Sands of Time (game), has blue eyes, a younger appearance. His hair isn’t even THAT dark, it’s just brown. If Jake would grow his hair longer, he’d look quite a lot like the young prince, I think.
Most gamer’s expectation is probably too high anyway. No actor will really look like in the game. Also because everyone sees the character in a different way. If they would really want to do it right, they should make the characters by computer. But that would be too expensive I think
Well anyway, I think Jake will do fine. I’m already looking forward to the story, the atmosphere and the great realistic computer environments Disney will create.
Just a little strange that they changed Farah’s name…
I don’t see why everyone has a problem with him being the prince… everyone is all “he doesn’t look like the prince…He doesn’t have long hair…he’s not tan…he’s not persian…” it doesn’t really matter that much… Angelina Jolie played Lara Croft and she isn’t English but she was perfect for the part… it’s called ACTING and MAKEUP…two elements widely used in movies
Jake Gyllenhal? The Brokeback Mountain guy? Oh hell, no.
WHY did they change Farah’s name? I thought it was cool I shared a name with the character. It’s just strange that they decided to change her name. Anyone have any idea why? To me it just seems sort of pointless.
I wasn’t happy at first with the casting of Jake as the Prince, because he doesn’t look ANYTHING like the part, at all. But…he IS a good actor. So I’ll just wait and see how that goes, he could surprise me =]
I just hope to God they don’t butcher it.
They were originally going to use David K. Zandi who happens to be a REAL Persian, prince, actor, swordsman, and all around good guy. This Jake guy may be good, but SERIOUSLY!! David was basically pre-made for this part!!
And who the HECK is Tamina? Is she supposed to be Farah?
Disney…I loved ya as a kid, but once you start screwing around with my video games, it gets personal.
BTW Shesmiles it totally correct, and so are a lot of other fans…so why doesn’t Disney try to appease the fans better?
I dunno, it just seems a little too lazy to me…
BTW
“Villainous Nobleman” What the heck happened to the EVIL VAZZEIR?!
yes i know I cannot spell
this seems intresting.. i didnt see donnie darko.. yea i know thats like an epic failure to alot of you DD fans. but still from what ive heard im sure with a little time for the kid to grow his hair out and a little acting makeup and stuff.. this could go well. .the whole name change thing for farrah tho.. thats a downer… maybe farrah was too “american” for them? hahaha i dont even care if he can or cant do his own stunts.. thats on him… i cant really even tell… but i dont watch movies to analyze them and see how everything relates to whatnot .. i watch movies for what they were intended for.… entertainment… not to be thought on and all that just to go in have a good time and talk about what you liked and all that other stuff.. like a roller coaster if you will, the climaxes of the ride is what makes it fun, the inexactness of this movie will probly make sells go down a little but i will still likely be fun to watch.
just dont slaughter it hollywood and im happy.
why is jake??? i dont like him much, coz hes not like a warrior.
i hope this film not dissapointed, im the fans of prince of persia
eh, I think gylenhall’s a pretty good fit.
my worry is tamina.
poor, poor choice for tamina.
XD mebe if they put shadee in that would help.
So, does anyone know if Tamina is going to be the same bow wielding ass kicker as Farrah from the game? Or is the name change an indicator that we are looking forward to a stuck up princess who will occasionally hit bad men over the head with blunt objects?
They should have used Tony Jaa. The stunts would have been real and so what if he is thai, he has black hair.
This is very disappointing… a) They gave the Prince a name which just took away the mystery. b) It’s Farah, not Tamina. c) I don’t see a dagger or any sand monsters in the clip. d) Jake? Really? no… really???
I feel like this is going o be one of those movies that has so much hype going around it before it’s released and then just disappoints people by being mediocre.
I played the game and it’s very disappointing that they change the name from Farrah to Tamina. And The prince name is mystery.So Where they came up with “Prince Dastan”.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Let see see if the he is physically fit to do Wall run (upward and sidewards),pole climbing,wall jumping etc.
Jake as Prince.…no way???!!! He is nt evn 1%.…and princess Farah is supposed 2 b indian…why replace her…and who is that new 1?? there r better girls in my locality…!
PS:
plz 4 god’s sake..dnt cast any stupid actress 4 Kaileena — The empress of time…
Monica Bellucci will be gr8 bcz she gave voiceover 4 Kaileena.…
Tamina.….….who the heck is she…?????
why jake gyllenhaal as the prince? he isn’t cute, neither seems brave … so sad i’m a fanatic of the game for almost 20 years!!! is so disappointing…
Gemma Arterton is beautiful but she doesn’t look like a persian princess. I don’t understand why they didn’t choose an oriental looking girl. And I thought Tamina was the slave and Farah the princess.
Seriously … what’s with the stupid story line ? Couldn’t they use the story from the game ?
… I’d have loved to see a movie with Farah, Kayleena and The Dahaka. And the actor, yeah he looks even more boy-ish then the Prince in SoT.
I can’t believe Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince of Persia.he doesn’t look like him at all.if you want to see the real prince of Persia go to this : http://www.niksite.com/photo/albums/hesam-navab-safavi/hessam-8–2-87-b.jpg
now which one is better? a Persian actor or Gyllenhaal ?
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I loved the games and I thought the idea of turning it into a film was an awesome idea…
However we all knew that in order to this film to appeal to the game fans, the film makers would have had to be VERY careful lol!
I too thought Jake was a poor choice… simply cos I hate the idea of an american playing the part. A persian character should be played by a persian actor. simple. Though I would have settled for mark dacascos (ok I know he’s part chinese but I dont think he looks any more chinese than the game character does) because he can fight, do his own stunts, and he actually looks bad ass.
But whats done is done so we might as well accept it. I’d go and see it at cinema but if I dont like it I wont buy the dvd… with all due respect I guess it might be better for us all to forget about comparin it to the games now. Case closed til the official release lol!
Non of you have seen the movie…Jake Gyllenhaal did great job!!! Yes it would be awesome if a Persian person played Persian princ, but I can bet that there is no one who could act this out better than this guy did. And Take a look…in the movie he actually does look like Princ of Persia (make up does wonders
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i loved tamina when i see his film..
ur all a bunch of girls, the movie was awsome yea they could have used more suitable actors but the fact is they did real well so stop ur comlaining