Claps Of Thunder

Paramount Pictures has released some spiffy new banner artwork and a new one sheet poster for Kenneth Branagh's comic book flick"Thor"

Featuring Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin Natalie Portman as Jane Foster and Idris Elba as Heimdall

One Sheet

Meanwhile-While visiting Rutgers Elba responded to critics of his Thor casting,, in which he’ll be portraying what had been written as a white character. “We have a man [Thor] who has a flying hammer and wears horns on his head. And yet me being an actor of African descent playing a Norse god is unbelievable?,”

Elba aded “I mean, Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor, and Gandhi was played by Ben Kingsley.”

Bravo Mr Elba! Give ya another example along the same path--Actors play folks with disabilty all over the place and are more often than not--without one themselves.

I can't believe some are moaning about casting like this in 2011

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