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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 2802720" data-attributes="member: 3400">It's really something of a minefield. You can see studios wanting a known quantity, someone with star power, for their film regardless of whether he fits the role or not (and with the Rock being part Samoan (a Polynesian people), he's not a horrible fit for a native Hawai'ian (another Polynesian people)). But then, when it comes to playing certain roles that are bound up in feelings of nationalism or national identity, expect trouble from some quarter. Look at Memoirs of a Geisha and the flap it has caused. The Japanese are irritated that the lead female roles are not played by Japanese actors, many Chinese are irritated that Zhang Ziyi is playing in it because of Japan's brutality to the Chinese during WWII, and so on. Any story involving Hawai'ian nationality is going to be controversial among native Hawai'ians.Personally, I think reasonably close and the actor being properly respectful is close enough. I'm more concerned about them capturing the essence of the character and the times in the film.</blockquote>