MovieChat Forums > The Jungle Book (2016) Discussion > Totally racist.

Totally racist.

posted 8 years ago by userrrrr
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Idris Elba should've been Bagheera not this Ben Kingsley character.

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[–] sinaasiri-38996 8 years ago

Dude shut up

[–] tinydancerca 8 years ago

You are an idiot, it has nothing to do with race, it has to do with who's voice firs the character better and if you remember the cartoon, the panther had the same accent, they want to keep it as close to the cartoon as possible

[–] BobCH88 8 years ago

OP is a troll. Ignore them. They just want attention.

[–] scootergirl9988 8 years ago

Ben Kingsley has a voice that is both soothing and reassuring. Idris Elba has a deeper, darker voice in terms of timbre, not to be confused in any way with skin color. As a result Kingsley makes the better Bagheera and Elba the better Kahn. What's next? Whining that the casting of Darth Vader's voice was racist?

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[–] BobCH88 8 years ago

I think OP is trying to say that since Idris Elba is black and bagheera is a panther, he should have done the voice for that character.

He's being an ass on purpose to get a rise out of people.

[–] kimhardman-68140 8 years ago

Dude, maybe, you should check out The Dark Tower. Idris Elba plays a blonde, blue eyed gunslinger in that one.

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