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Asa Offered Title Role in Ender's Game

posted 13 years ago by Haleys_Comet
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This just came through yesterday: Asa Butterfield has been offered the role of Ender in the upcoming Ender's Game (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/), an adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel from Orson Scott Card. You can read one of the news stories about this annoucement here: http://collider.com/asa-butterfield-enders-game/127162/

I personally think Asa is an intelligent, articulate and talented actor but as a fan of the book I'm conflicted. The role Asa has been offered ages from 6 to about 12 years old in the novel and was anticipated by fans to be cast by someone in the range of 10 years old. Because his age is very important, if not crucial, to the original storyline I think a lot of fans of the book are expressing anything from concern to despair.

What do you think? Should Asa take the role and play Ender? Would be nice to hear from some of his fans that are also fans of the book.

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[–] Blizzara 13 years ago

Confirmed now--He's going to play Ender. Very happy for him. You can tell by his Twitter posts that he's very excited (: That's good to know. Also, for those concerned about the age: It's much more realistic for Ender to be a year or two older. It just makes more sense.

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