MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Actress Nabs Female Lead In GODS OF EGYPT

Gods are the new superheroes. I mean, the original superheroes?

Yes, I just spoke with Horus and he said he isn't white I'm afraid....

Who the hell is Zaya?!
Call me when the cast Isis.
Unless it's Gal fvcking Gadot.

Yay! More white people portraying African gods!

She can get it.

@FlexXx@ Not until 2015. So it shouldn't have too much competition. Only Star Wars VII, Avengers 2 and Batman Vs. Superman.
A good year for such a film to come out, really. Y'know this was the first ever story to be performed theatrically, as near as we can figure. It was part of an ancient Egyptian religious ritual. They didn't really have much in the way of Special FX back then, o they just had slaves fight in the battle scenes and actually kill each other. Sacrifices to the gods of art, I suppose. Then came the DithyRambic Dionysia of ancient greece and the rest is theatrical history, right up to the present day, with the Silver Screen. So it's a big thing.
An the director's not too shabby, either. He is the epitomy of integrity. And he did some pretty fvcking classic cult movies:
The Crow; Dark City; I, Robot; Knowing.
The guy's good.
Believe it or not, I think this could own 2015.

Jaimie Lannister and King Leonadis together? That is awesome

How about we just do what makes freaking sense and when casting gods of a specific geographical region we cast actors accordingly. If this was a samurai film you'd cast asians. So, likewise...you should choose actors who look of African and Egyptian descent. I actually have Egyptian friends and they don't look anything like Gerard Butler or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

And I think white people should be a tad more sympathetic to other ethnicities and their desire to be represented accurately on a medium that will be seen throughout the world. But I understand how easy it is not to care about the woes of others when literally every major television show or movie has someone who looks like you. God forbid we show diversity, you know like life...

This actress by far isnt Caucasian or"white". But she most defintely still does not fit description of Ancient female gods of Egypt.

@Repoman, the animal heads were symbolic of the "cult school of thought" that each particular diety represented(sort of like mascots). No the Ancient Egyptians(Kmtians)were not stupid enough to really think that their gods REALLY had animal heads. The people of that land's gods always were a reflection of themselves and vice versa when it comes to how they REALLY looked. Even the Pharoahs were considered gods and desendants if the gods. The skin colors like green were symbolic but their gods were Black Africans just like themselves. But some people want White people to be the gods because they dont want the world to know that Blacks created the cradle of civilization. Its so sad when some peopleareso bent on telling lies to make themselves seem superior when we're all one human race and none is better than the other.

@moviesrawesome
To quote a fantastic michael jackson song "All I want to say is that they don't really care about us!"

@DarkSuperman
I honestly couldn't have said it any better than what you just did. Bravo to you conrad.

@moviesrawesome
Well said and on point.

@DelTorite
I agree with your point of view all the way.

@moviesareawesome, Ashe', Ashe'. Jim Carey as Papa Elegua.!!!!!? Looooool!!! Damn thats too funny, they dont even know that the Orishas and Neteru are really one in the same. But they are afraid of the Orishas though and know they cant mess with them on THAT level.

Its like even in a movie set in Africa black people can even play black characters. White people dont give a damn about race changes until its a white character being made black. Everything is ok and they dont see a problem until a Thor or Heimdall is touched and then you'd think someone just blew up the moon.

Speaking of the Orishas, thats what some of theses Black directors need to be making Epic movies about as well as the Neteru. The only movie that sort of went there was "Besouro". The Neteru have been brutally watered down but they cant water down the Orishas, they r too much still alive in the African/Latino diaspora and culture. They cant de-Africanize them like they did the Neteru plus they might suffer the consequences of such actions. The Orishas dont like too be mocked.

JatevinM is right, yeah it never matters until a Black actor is portaying a traditionally or culturally White actor, then all hell breaks loose.

If it didnt matter then why not cast an all Black cast. If it didnt matter, then why cast of bunch of people who are FAR from Black African desent, which would actually make the film A LOT MORE authentic. The reverse racism crap excuse doesnt work. Even many White folks who know the truth in this day and age know that this is bullshite.

@moviesrawesome

Yes, I've seen that movie, and yes, he did look the part. I'm not saying we should completely disregard an ethnicity, just that we shouldn't overlook someone's talent just because somebody is all wound up about their skin color.

Though, truth be told, this argument is getting nowhere. I'm not going to win you over to my side, and you're not going to win me over to yours. And when one sees things from both sides, the truth of the matter is that no one EVER really wins an argument.

RexBlazer1@ Are you serious? Do you even believe the bullcrap that you're typing like seriously? The people who worshipped those gods would've projected themselves onto the gods therefore the egyptian gods would be black and not white people. Its not racist to cast a movie accurately and you implying it is bullcrap. Again I say Hollywood wont even let black actors play black characters and thats a sad thing. Ethnic groups constantly get told by white people to make our own media if we want to see ourselves represented and then white people go and take ethnic stories and ethnic things and completely white wash them. I can almost gaurantee you the main cast will be white but the background people will be black or middle eastern.

@DelTorite, @Omega, @Blastaar, @DarkSuperman, & @moviesrawesome, Thank you for speaking up! Really... I know as more information comes out about this it will be a sensitive subject, and, we may not share the popular opinion on this. But, it must be said.

Ppl like inbreeder and REPOMAN like to scream "bloody murder" when the shoe is on the other foot, however rare it may be. Then the say, "well- Black ppl and other ethnicities should stick to roles more suited to their culture (which they really mean to say 'skin color')." Now this and the same ones threatening to boycott Fantastic Four because of Michael B. Jordan potentially playing Johnny Storm aren't outraged AT ALL.

This is just another vehicle for them to perpetrate their superiority to the world. They have been consistent throughout history for trying to portray Egyptians as White due to their unexplained advancements in architecture alone. They refuse to believe that Black ppl could be so smart or accomplish so much, and, that archaic mindset is alive and kicking til this day.

I had a genius on one thread tell me that Egypt isn't in Africa and another tell me that a Black man being the smartest person alive was unbelievable. Once they have discredited us for our most amazing historical feats and modern media paints us as mostly crooks and murderers, it's not that hard to believe.

To these ppl it's just a movie. To us it could be a positive image of a Black hero for our children to relate to, instead of a White person saving the day 99.9% of the time. Sorry, but, if you are against a Black actor taking a role for traditionally White characters, and, you see NOTHING wrong with this, there is definitely something [frick]ed up with that equation.

I guess people didn't see the outrage when William Fichtner was cast as "The Shredder" or when Ben Kingsley was originally cast as "The Mandarin", people dont give a damn about this as there's no "comic book character" present, so there's no affiliation. It's just another movie being reported on a site called "Comic book movie" why do you think people have barely commented in the comments section compared to news that actually involves comic book characters.