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Adam.armstrong.33 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Adam.armstrong.33 wrote: I updated some casting choices...

Naveen - Farhan Akhtar

Esmeralda - Amanda Crew

and I switched actors for Phoebus and Tarzan Farhan is Indian, not African, but I did a little research, and appently, Naveen is racily ambiguous, although his name is Indian. I personally feel that Farhan is too fair skinned to play him (He'd make a good Mowgi though). Since Naveen doesn't have a specific race (and is from a fictional country), I would probably cast a mixed race actor, with somewhat dark skin. That way they aren't contradicting the movie. That's why I cast Adam Rodriguez in the first place. Adam Rodriguez is clearly Latino though. I think it needs to be an actor with many different races. I can't think an actor off the top of my head, but I did find a musician that has what I would look for in an actor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizz_Beatz

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212832/

Swizz Beatz is Hungarian, Puerto Rican, Arab, and African American.

Notice how because he is a mix of many different races, you can't really put your finger on which race he is (because he is more or less all of them). Also, he still looks very similar to Naveen.