Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20160716093855/@comment-1916997-20160725010946

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I would argue that since he is taking a role that was already established by someone else (assuming this is the same Jafar), he should actually not add his own spin, and try to match how he is playing it to have Naveen played it. I have to disagree.

Naveen Andrews portrayed Jafar on a different show, and it is never a good thing for actors to mimic another's performance. Oded Fehr is a very talented actor, and should put his spin on the role. Besides, their accents are completely different.... Andrews is British, while Fehr is Israeli. First off, the show is in the same universe, and the character is (as far as we know now) the same character. Secondly, I'm not talking about mimicry or trying to do a Naveen impersonation, I'm merely talking about matching how Naveen played the character. It's hard to explain in words, but while I will know this is a different actor in my head, I should feel like it is the same actor in my heart, if that makes sense. Putting your own spin on the character to me is saying: "I know Naveen did this, but I want this to be my character, so I'm going to do that instead." And I really don't want that. It will feel tacky and disjointed. And I would like for the shows past events to all line up as naturally as they can. But like I said, from the few minutes we saw of Oded's Jafar, I feel he is trying to match Naveen, so I'm good right now.