Quote:The issue that I have with him is that there are so many blatant references to Clint Eastwood throughout the book regarding Roland that it's just an obvious discontinuity. I think Elba is a fine actor, I just don't know how they are going to pull this off with him.

Yeah that's true. I dunno. It's pretty interesting how people who are fans of books have their own mental pictures of characters and then when a live casting is made for that character how we all react differently. When I heard Idris Elba, I mentally saw him in old west gear firing his pistols and was like yeah that's perfect because I think his appearance is not nearly as important as his character and the gravity in the way he speaks (something Elba has in spades). In the end, I hope they do the series justice and don't try to cram too much into one movie. 

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