[ SECRET POST #2637 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2637 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 070 secrets from Secret Submission Post #377.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

That's great (and I mean that sincerely). But that's not the same as a fantasy casting, which (at least to me) is about finding the people who most closely match the characters as you imagined as you read the book.

I mean, there's no reason why Idris Alba wouldn't make an amazing Svidrigailov, but I wouldn't pick him in my fantasy casting because I didn't picture the character being a black man in 1800s Russia.

That's why the secret is dumb -- fantasy casting is context-specific.

[(Anonymous)]

Alright, fair enough. Only, to me it seems like the secret is about something set in a fantasy setting which then should not be (real world) context specific?

[(Anonymous)]

This this this.

I loved Idris Elba in Thor, I thought he was the best thing in it. Years before seeing the films though, I read the Norse tales and my mental image of the character was a typically white, blonde/red haired Scandinavian. If I had been 'fantasy casting' the Norse tales on Tumblr, I probably would have picked someone with that colouring. It wouldn't even have occured to me to pick someone of colour for the role, because of the historical context.

Casting from auditions is very different, and picking on the ability of people to play the role and not their race makes perfect sense to me.