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just one problem with casting...

posted 13 years ago by sky1290
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I just didn't buy Rosario Dawson in that role... should have been someone maybe a bit older and edgier... think Joan Allen from the Bourne series... any thoughts?

[–] dkgambler 13 years ago

Get real, man, young, edgy, black woman in a non-traditional role as a ramrod at a rail yard.... It's Hollyweird GOLD, man!

[–] bossat2822 13 years ago

I agree
Although Rosario is easy on the eyes, in that role someone should have more "grittier". Maybe S Epatha from Law and Order or LaTayna Richardson from U.S. marshals would've looked the part

[–] LadySailor1975 13 years ago

Rosario was PERFECT. No... wait... she was BETTER than perfect!

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[–] mizzlefoshizzle 13 years ago

I think it was the perfect casting choice,they were saying someone younger and not quite as edgier or experienced as someone older can make life or death decisions.

[–] Thought_Criminal_J62377 11 years ago

Which is untrue most of the time @mizzlefoshizzle! But with your username, what would you know!?!

[–] mizzlefoshizzle 11 years ago

That's the point i was making you numpty!

[–] Woodyanders 12 years ago

I thought Rosario Dawson did a fine job in her role.

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[–] Hey_Sweden 12 years ago

I thought she did just fine.

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[–] jinola10 12 years ago

There's your movie poster quote.

"Rosario Dawson does 'just fine'."

[–] pdarred 12 years ago

I think she was not likeable...She was rude to the inspector and appeared arrogant.

[–] hilljayne 12 years ago

She's not arrogant...she's just trying to do her job which she knows very well AND she's young--so she's kind of got something to prove. She was a bit busy at the time of her meeting the inspector...what, with a train full of children getting ready to crash into an unmanned train.

Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!

[–] straightcurve 11 years ago

are you crazy? she absolutely NAILED the role. everything she did felt authentic.

together the ants can crush the elephant.

[–] puirt-a-beul 11 years ago

I'm kinda between the two positions: she did a good job with the dialogue and playing the scenes as written. But a lot of the railroad guys were pretty tough dudes with 'tude, so she didn't seem to have a tough enough edge to make it really believable that she could put them in their place when necessary and get them doing what she wanted when needed.

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] Prismark10 11 years ago

Maybe Joan Allen was not available!

Its that man again!!

[–] gtmail77 11 years ago

Reminds me Bourne Identity with Julia Stiles playing the Comm Dir of the Europe office. Riiiight! What was she 23 at the time?