Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26830263-20160302221846/@comment-24674051-20160304184339

Interesting conjectures. For now, we have 3 characters, Jacob, Nathaniel, and Prince Marcus. Given that Jacob and Nathaniel are of Hebrew Origin, that does lend some direction towards a Mid-Eastern setting. And even though ethnicity is not specifically stated in the casting call, that does not mean that the casting director won't have additional instructions that indicate other things to look for besides what was noted.

So, here is a possiblity of the big mashup. King Richard was away from England during the Crusades. Crusades were, of course, fought in the Middle East (Israeal and surrounding). So it would not be a far stretch to use Robin as one means to introduce some of the arabian stories.

Based on the current conversation, I am inclined to favor Alibaba and Cassim as the 2 brothers.

after that, Mufasa and Scar (using Hamlet as the source material), then Jekyll and Hyde, and finally leaving the option open for originality. and while some of their originals have been lame (as one person put it), not all have been. Emma is quite original, and she's definitly not lame.