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I see nothing wrong with the choice. Hell, it is canon that Zelda has the ability to change gender.
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Hashbrown123
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I see nothing wrong with the choice. Hell, it is canon that Zelda has the ability to change gender.
JonSnowAKAAegonTargaryen
I am more worried that live action adaptations are usually a miss.
taggat
I'd hunt her Schafer
FelonyRaptor
Let's wait until they finger her for the role.
I'm sorry
hergurh
well Ganon, presumably
Ttoften
How her voice going to be? And will Links be canonical?
CountryGuyMike
Well she already looks like a dam elf. lol, sign me up for front row seats! :D
RiotousSinner
RuPaul and a few drag queens should be cast as the Great Fairies.
djevelen
oh, that would be absolutely amazing
EmanNiemThcin
Hunter Schafer, a name straight from the middle of the neolithic revolution.
imonsei
The franchise isn't for them anyways
kilgoth1
I don't understand the outrage. In many theatrical productions, Peter pan is traditionally played by a woman.
SecondSince
Who dat?
StarfallSnow
As if the censors and corpos will know the difference between Zelda and Link. lol
Donaldbain
Already has the ears for it.
Chimaeraxxxxx
I actually thought she was wearing elf ears
Hashbrown123
Seriously, she looks almost spot on for TP Zelda.
redundancy
SkyHighInc
More than ears, she just looks like an elf lol
mikeatike
Yea, Orlando Bloom had to get prosthetics. It's about time we have elves playing elves on the big screen.
IWantToHugEveryCat
Why live action... Should be ghibli style hand drawn animation.
Z0op
Idc if zelda is played by trans or not, anyone qualified will do, so i give jack shit about that.
But im just not having any high expectations regardless.
Then again, ive been pleasantly surprised before by game adaptions, so we’ll see.
Definitely not hyped tho
Fawin
Nah, should have been Bea Arthur, but Nintendo squandered their chances and now that she's passed, they'll never win an oscar.
MikeRInternetTraveler
I know absolutely nothing about Hunter Schafer, but going purely on appearance, this is damn good casting. Very elven look. She looks exactly like ‘Twilight Princess’ Zelda. No clue if she can act, or if there’s any validity to this rumor, but on looks alone, I dig it.
thevole
She’s also an amazing actor, which helps her case.
GurtX
Reportedly eyed, but unlikely.
mikeatike
More like eared. :)
manthraxx
They only thing that would bother me with this is if they made some very central storyline around Zelda being transgender. If they can refrain from doing that, it's perfectly fine and I'm sure she'll do a great job
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
WOKE RUBBISH. ZELDA IS A BOY.
Mmbear
But what if Zelda was a girl.
shanefrost
Back in my day that Zeldur was 8 bits and not one bit more!
omniikiid
Wait, isn’t Zelda a boy? Isn’t it his legend? He does the all the questin and stuff in the games. Am i on crazy pills??
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Literal link
Eldis
ChickenNuggetNumber05
cheesus, that scared the hell out of my cats
Eldis
FelonyRaptor
That's like an evacuation horn. Damn.
bourbonandbaddecisions
I only have one question Can they act?
AnneMakesMistakes
As long as she's taller than Link, I'm game.
RayneOfSalt
If hollywood can make Tom Cruise look like he's 6foot tall rather than 3foot7, they can make her appear taller than Link.
backrideup9
Be more specific than that or we'll end up with frickin' Kevin Hart as Link. Nobody wants that.
blaghart
Noted homophobic piece of shit Kevin Hart?
Pala2
This would only work with Dwayne Johnson as Zelda
evilspyre
Except maybe Kevin Hart.
MrRareza
And Link can only use what voice acting was used for him from Ocarina of Time, for the whole movie. HAH! HAYUH! HOH! HAAAA!
bohjeenie
Or the OG cartoons.
My boy!!
goflyblind
KommanderKayriel
Except right at the end before the credits, he goes, "Well EXCUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS!"
MrRareza
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1czBobmNiYWE0MTVyZXB6YzF5Ymt3OHplejh3Y2Jqd2h6OGwxOHlwdCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/NsZbrSS0miha0/200w.webp
NarratesTheDarkerStory
that has been the one thing I wanted from a Zelda movie but they'd never do it. I want a silent protagonist, at least for dialogue. just like when people ask your name in the game, and you don't say anything, and they go "Link, huh?" that's how the movie should be. and just like you said, I want to hear only grunts of exertion from that little bastard!
Frederf
It's Jack Black
mechscientist
Is that canon?
I thought it was just a solid bit of disguise work.
WeatherWiz
She’s from NJ it seems. Hopefully she has a good British accent. Or whatever that accent is that Zelda has:
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Well BOTW/TOTK Zelda is voiced by a goddamn Yooper so
knotydes
In game voice was some random noise. So Scottish is the only logical choice.
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
Welsh also feels appropriate.
ColoniaCroisant
LMAO Zelda's voice actress doesn't even have a good British accent. It's one of the worst I've ever heard!
andexer
She looks like a great match. Who us this going to piss off and why?
ThanosDei
Chuds
KoalaOnTheJuice
She was born a man and is now one of the hottest women alive. The reaction will be thermo-nuclear.
andexer
Thank you for the clarafication
Mrpipboy3000
Going off context I think she's trans? Doesn't matter to me. No idea who she is, but she looks the part. This movie will be for kids anyway, so, whatever.
Hashbrown123
The redhats, as usual.
andexer
Should've known. They're always mad, even when they get exactly what they wanted.
Mncdk
Pretty odd, for users for a linux distro that was discontinued 20 years ago, to care about who play Zelda.... Wait, no, maybe that makes sense. :D
GirdleTurtle
I’m totally against this. We need Hugo Weaving. His portrayal of Elrond is the definitive expression of elven grace in film format…no one else will do it justice. Galadriel was way too over the top and Arwen too subdued - almost human. Either they cast Hugo Weaving or they have cancel it!!!!
(Obvious joking is obvious, but just in case:) /jk
Tengenstein
Hugo weaving as the Deku tree.
Hashbrown123
Hylians are humans, not elves.
GirdleTurtle
Nintendo obviously appropriated elven likeness and renamed them as Hylians to human-wash history. It is obvious if anyone has ears that don’t look like mine must belong to a different species. I even suspecting the big-Sapiens cabal even replaced some of my relatives with imposters having attached earlobes just to hide the truth!!!
(Again obviously joking, but I do appreciate and thank you for lore clarification.)
maobezw
"Welcome to Hyrule, Mr. Anderson"
Copperbrat
I like Weaving too, but uh... he's a few years past elven roles.
Tengenstein
DEKU TREE!
Nalianna
He'd still give it a red-hot go, i bet.
mikeatike
Well,
Copperbrat
I won't argue that.
distractedFreek
Have a transmasc actor play Link to even it out.
dentd
Never heard of this actor, but from the above pic alone they should play both Zelda and Link.
TrumpRapesChildren
100% need a genderfluid Twink to play twLink. Lol
Or here's a blast from the past. A super macho-ed buff as fuck meathead to play as Lunk.
iDrawStuff
Eliot Page.
AnneMakesMistakes
Finally, someone who clearly knows their shit.
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
Or play Lunk, anyways.
ThanksForTheThing
Toqom
As a straight male, you're dead on what they need. Would be magical
Faloopsinarb
I vote for @theelliotpage
normalityimpaired
Nothing personal against Elliot, I wish him a happy, well loved life; however, I have never been particularly impressed by any of the roles he has ever played.
That being said, I know nothing of the women being spoken of (aside from the comments here), so maybe his inclusion would bring a certain something to the whole affair.
cannibalthemusical
I liked Juno and the Umbrella academy.
Not sure the etiquette about referencing the older work though, Juno in particular, is a gendered story.
normalityimpaired
The fact that he is no longer deadname does not change the skills and talent on display by the actor. No hate here, i do think Elliot is a fine actor, just nothing special.
iamoverrated
....that actually makes too much sense.
sascottsn
You know, they could just, um... FUCKING NOT make a live action film...
SuperFlamingTominoHead
Japan already proved it can be done elegantly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjpHzLYHkwA
LootenetDan
Japanese adaptations of games and anime have a history is turning out better than American, just saying
AlexSomething
Think of it this way: money.
Over400
I would’ve preferred animated too.
Hashbrown123
I feel that if done right it could be really good. But they need to use the Majora's Mask/Twilight Princess timeline.
delecti
I disagree. I think that most of the most apparent traits about Zelda games are fundamentally in conflict with a good movie. Silent (well, dialog-free) protagonist, generally solitary atmosphere, lots of puzzles, items that'll either feel like a weird James Bond movie or like there are too many macguffins.
Mario going on a fun adventure is easy to turn into a movie, but I seriously doubt Zelda will translate as well.
sascottsn
Id rather see a CG Zelda movie before I'd want to see a CG heavy live action movie.
If Red vs Blue taught me anything, good writing, a good universe and shit graphics can make a good product. If they made a Zelda movie in Wind Waker graphics, it could probably do good. Something stylized.
I don't see how this will be.
Hashbrown123
CG/live action can be good. Look at the first Sin City.
MoopsyLD
to be fair i think HTTYD movie is amazing and nintendo did do a good job with the mario movie so i just hope it turns out okay.
TheManWhoStaresAtTurtles
Sin City's a panel-for-panel and shot-for-shot translation of the comic so one-to-one that it doesn't even have a credited screenwriter, done by a maverick director who quit the guild to make it. Turning a dialog/narrative-lite and gameplay-heavy game like Zelda into a 90-120 min movie is a very, very different task.
Hard enough in a medium that easily supports LoZ's style like animation. Not sure why anyone would even want it to be live action.
Z0op
Yeah that comparison doesnt really work, its the same story transitioning media, cant do that literally with a game. Zelda games are mostly action adventures, the story is there to push that gameplay (like the fancy abilities you generally can unlock), that doesn’t make a really compelling story to tell.
However, the franchise is full of usable lore ofcourse, theres definitely a movie or series worth of material there, but i doubt they’ll manage to do it justice
SweatyNuts
Zelda's genitals don't really factor into the game, so it'll probably be fine.
FelonyRaptor
They could be a huge factor in the movie though.
eetsumkaus
But the R34!
MoschopsUK
They do the way I play it :(
goflyblind
Hashbrown123
Well, except for the big twist in OoT.
delecti
OoT's twist deals with her gender presentation, but unless I'm forgetting something significant, the game doesn't actually mention her genitals.
KommanderKayriel
Someone missed the point about Sheik's MASSIVE MAGICAL DONG.
GCRust
It's been a hot minute (Oh god don't dwell on how long no no no no no), but was Shriek ever actually identified as a dude?
mikeatike
I'm pretty sure Shrek does.
Longinus212
In the game, no (but fun fact, uses a male model for the body). In the manga... Kinda? Sheik is acting as a double agent and, to quote the Zelda wiki, "Sheik is revealed to be Princess Zelda, who later explains that she had Impa lock her consciousness away and assume the disguise of a Sheikah boy." In order to really hide from Ganondorf, had to go to some extreme measures to keep Zelda safe.
MaleProstateMilker88
I don't know this woman, so I don't know if she has openly admitted having a penis?
KommanderKayriel
Superintendent Chalmers: ... May I see it?
NarratesTheDarkerStory
either do I, but I don't think it needs to come up before, during, or after the movie's release. that's for her to know and for us to not worry about.
MaleProstateMilker88
But the assumption people make about her and trans women in general is that they have penises which is why people comment like that, and since last time I pointed out that assuming that every trans woman has a penis or trans woman=penis is unfair towards trans women with vaginas people didn't like that. So this time I asked if she has said so openly since people started talking about penises the second it's a trans woman in question.
UserMCP
What we'll get: Chris Pratt as Link, Charlie Day as Zelda, Seth Rogan as Impa, Jack Black as Ganon/dorf. Calling it now.
hyptosis
I mean.... Charlie Day as Zelda though....
Fairemont
I want Jack Black as Link, the Rock as Zelda, and Danny DeVito as Ganondorf
DrSchlepenstein
It would be something more like, Chris Pratt as Link (with no actual speaking lines, he just goes HYAH, HUP, HYAAAT all the time), Tilda Swinton as Zelda, Sidney Sweeny as Impa, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Ganon, Kevin Hart as Navi, Jack Black as the Korok Seed givers, Seth Rogan as all the Gorons, Gal Gadot as Ruto, and Zendaya as all the Gerudo (CGI'd multiple times to look different).
vosuraekira
Who would Navi be?
Derakor
Danny DeVito
DreadPirateJaceMangrove
Danny Devito
DrSchlepenstein
Kevin Hart.
positiveev
Alan Tudyk, like HeyHey. “LISTEN!”
omniikiid
Here me out, Billy crystal for 1/3, then Navi changes randomly to David spade, and then just to be whacky we get Wayne Brady for the last 1/3
Howlingowl
He went to Juilliard
GlennBecksChalkboard
AI James Earl Jones.
omniikiid
I think he sold the rights to his voice before his death and now Disney owns his vocal likeness.
vosuraekira
Interesting choice, but why not Samuel L Jackson?
ThatuldoPig
Hey muthafucka
GlennBecksChalkboard
He isn't dead yet, so it's not morally bankrupt enough.