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My friends saw the twist coming because of the casting choice.


I showed the movie to a couple of friends, and they both saw the twist coming and they said it was because the actor who played Dil looks like a man in the wig, and they could tell.

I already knew of the twist, because it's been given away so many times.

So my friends said they saw the twist coming cause they could tell the actor was a man. That got thinking. What if instead of getting a male to play the role, they got a woman, and put fake male genitalia on her, or used a male body double just for the below the waist shot?

It seems to me that that would have done a better job at hiding the twist, and others may not have seen it coming then, cause the character would actually be played by a woman which would hide it better?

What do you think?

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That got thinking. What if instead of getting a male to play the role, they got a woman, and put fake male genitalia on her, or used a male body double just for the below the waist shot?


I have this movie on DVD and the director, Neil Jordan, does say they originally thought of casting Cathy Tyson in the role of Dil. She was in Jordan's other movie 'Mona Lisa.' He eventually found Jaye, though, and decided to cast him instead. I agree, it would've been better if Dil had been a genetic woman. A bit like Raquel Welch playing transsexual, Myra Breckinridge.

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the actor looked convincing as a woman.
if i saw the movie 1st time i didn't pay too much attention and I was surprised...

But I saw the german version and Dil was dubbed by a woman. Then it is harder

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I saw it in the original release probably the opening weekend. I would not have thrown up like Rea did.

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