D&D General Who would you cast as Drizz't? (Tiger Shroff Bollywood martial artist)

[Dungeonosophy]

I would agree, that Drow skin is a black not found in natural skin colours and also D&D elves are much more slender then the human norm.

Yeah, but makeup could darken to ebony blue, and prosthetics could reshape face (and ears!). Tiger Shroff from India has a graceful form.

Just not some Euro-Caucasian person in black face. And not CGI - agh! CGI works only for monstrous visages (Gollum). CGI for humane faces (unless the whole film is semi-cartoonish CGI) results in the "uncanny valley". "And then Bruenor turns and talks to the creepy cartoon character."

I suggested an Indian actor since there are Black Dravidian roots to the Indian People. A Black African actor and martial artist could be cool too.

 

[ccs]

Yeah, but makeup could darken to ebony blue, and prosthetics could reshape face (and ears!). Tiger Shroff from India has a graceful form.

From the 5e PHB, p.24: "~ Have black skin that resembles polished obsidian ~"
Not ebony blue. Not some shade of brown. BLACK.
(weirdly enough the 5e MM doesn't describe Drow at all.)

Just not some Euro-Caucasian person in black face. And not CGI - agh! CGI works only for monstrous visages (Gollum). CGI for humane faces (unless the whole film is semi-cartoonish CGI) results in the "uncanny valley". "And then Bruenor turns and talks to the creepy cartoon character.".

Yes CGI. Then you pick whichever actors you want - Euro-Caucasian, Indian, African, etc - mold their facial features Elvish, & CGI them obsidian black.
And you make it clear that Drow =/= Human (of any shade).

I suggested an Indian actor since there are Black Dravidian roots to the Indian People. A Black African actor and martial artist could be cool too.

What don't you get? Drow =/= black person.
Maybe if you were trying to film this 50 years ago, or with no budget, you'd have to cast darker skinned people.
But this is 2018 & we have CGI that can paint you whatever colors desired.

 

[Carlsen Chris]

Rob Schneider. It works because they both suck.

 

[Dungeonosophy]

From the 5e PHB, p.24: "~ Have black skin that resembles polished obsidian ~"
Not ebony blue. Not some shade of brown. BLACK.

okay okay...look...I'm speaking as an artist here. Every kind of black...even the deepest obsidian black...has a specific shade: even "obsidian black" must lean toward "blue-black" or "green-black" or "gray-black". I'm not talking about "blue", that's why I said "ebony-blue" (bluish-black). Drow have sometimes been depicted with a "bluish" (obsidian) black hue. For example, Erol Otus' classic (scroll down the page): http://thedelvers.com/2011/digger-please

this is 2018 & we have CGI that can paint you whatever colors desired.

Maybe, but still I feel the role would be good for a Black or Indian martial artist and actor. Not because of their skin is the shade of a drow, but because of the righteousness of it.

 

[Unwise]

During my time on ENWorld, I think I've seen an apostrophe appear in every possible location in "Drizzt."

For the record, it's "Drizzt." No apostrophe. Just "Drizzt." Thank you.

Tha'nks for clear'ing that up. It bug's me when pe'ople get that wro'ng.

 

[Horwath]

Robert Downey jr.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

With all the fuss made about "whitewashing" at the moment Drizzt is a real can of worms. "Annihilation" was attacked for whitewashing Natalie Portman's character, even though it is only a brief sentence in the sequel novel that mentions that the character is Asian.

The safest bet would probably be to cast someone who is not 100% white AND give him a skin tone that isn't found in humans. Given that a D&D movie is likely to have a limited budget, they would probably want to avoid CGI when makeup can be used. The idea of casting a martial artist is a good one, given the likely budget. Someone who can make the fights look spectacular is more important than having a big Hollywood name.

 

[Shasarak]

You need someone who can do angsty well, so how about Ben Affleck.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You need someone who can act better than a block of wood, so not Ben Affleck.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

R.A. Salvatore seems to have made a tidy profit....

I suspect that the bulk of R.A. Savlatore's sales are to people already familiar with the lore of D&d and I also strongly suspect that the people that would bury a movie for portraying a matriarchal black skinned evil race would not be caught dead within 50m. of a fantasy book.

To pull off a Drow themed movie and not overturn the lore you would have to highlight the alienness of the Drow. I don't any male human (or at least adult male) actor can pull of the gracilieness of Drow, too wide at the shoulders. May be female actors or teenage boys. Go for the black body paint. Red eyes with out iris or pupil, sclera red also. Would also have to continually show the alien nature of social interaction also. Constant dominance and submissive threat behaviour.