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Cozener · 7th October 2006, 02:47 AM

I think, from what King has written that Roland doesn't really look like Eastwood except his eyes. To quote from Waste Lands:

"Jake knew he should get moving-three o'clock was almost here-but he paused a moment anyway , staring at the poster behind the dirty , cracked glass. Eastwood was wearing a Mexican serape. A cigar was clamped in his teeth. He had thrown one side of the serape back over his shoulder to free his gun. His were pale, faded blue. Bombardier's eyes.
Its not him,Jake thought, but its almost him. Its the eyes, mostly...the eyes are almost the same."

Then there was that bit in Song of Susanah about how Roland looked a little like King himself...as if he could be King's father.

So...based on that I came up with a formula. He's got to have the gray eyes, he needs to be older (late 40s or mid 50s), and he needs to sound a little like Eastwood and look at least a bit like King. Therefore based on his voice, looks, demeanor, and in so small part his role in the movie, Tombstone I nominate...Kurt Russell.

So there.

(yes...I have considered the possibility that I've put way too much thought into this)

7th October 2006, 02:47 AM	#17 (permalink)
Cozener Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 23	Re: Hugh Jackman as Roland? I think, from what King has written that Roland doesn't really look like Eastwood except his eyes. To quote from Waste Lands: "Jake knew he should get moving-three o'clock was almost here-but he paused a moment anyway , staring at the poster behind the dirty , cracked glass. Eastwood was wearing a Mexican serape. A cigar was clamped in his teeth. He had thrown one side of the serape back over his shoulder to free his gun. His were pale, faded blue. Bombardier's eyes. Its not him,Jake thought, but its almost him. Its the eyes, mostly...the eyes are almost the same." Then there was that bit in Song of Susanah about how Roland looked a little like King himself...as if he could be King's father. So...based on that I came up with a formula. He's got to have the gray eyes, he needs to be older (late 40s or mid 50s), and he needs to sound a little like Eastwood and look at least a bit like King. Therefore based on his voice, looks, demeanor, and in so small part his role in the movie, Tombstone I nominate...Kurt Russell. So there. (yes...I have considered the possibility that I've put way too much thought into this)