
The makers of Gundam say their hero won’t be a typical Hollywood muscle guy like The Rock
Fans worry that the live-action Mobile Suit Gundam film will be Americanized
It feels like Dwayne Johnson is in every film nowadays. But there’s one movie The Rock can’t star in.
Hooray!

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To dispel those raging concerns, Sunrise came out and said this Gundam movie won’t be Americanized… because that would disrespect the creator of the franchise.
“We are collaborating with Legendary in making this movie rather than simply licensing them for the production,” said Yasuo Miyagawa, president of Sunrise.
Miyagawa then promised that the lead actor for the movie wouldn’t be some clichéd Hollywood jock.
“If the main character becomes some muscle guy, even if he pilots a Gundam, the movie will no longer resemble the plot of a legitimate Gundam story,” he said. “We want to keep it as close to the original as possible.”

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