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transemacabre) wrote2014-05-03 11:13 pm
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Carol Corps/Kamala Korps, plus Iron Fist thoughts
I had muchly fun at the NYC Carol Corps/Kamala Korps meetup last night! We visited Midtown Comics and now I have a tiny bobbleheaded Galactus. I regret nothing.
During a discussion about Marvel's future properties with my fellow CC/KK members, I brought up my casting hopes for Iron Fist/Danny Rand. Like so many, I'm hoping for an Asian or Asian-American actor to play Danny Rand.
As his comics fans know, Danny Rand's origin is closely tied to the mystical realm of K'un L'un, accessible only through a portal in the Himalayas, but Danny himself has always been portrayed as a blond white man. His father was a white guy adventurer named Wendell Rand-K'ai, who was adopted by K'un L'un's ruler, Lord Tuan, but who eventually returned to the outside world, met Danny's mother, and produced Danny himself.
I don't see any need to jettison all of Danny's origin. It could be tweaked slightly so that Wendell Rand-K'ai is a native of K'un L'un. Perhaps he's Lord Tuan's biological son or a plucky orphan who Tuan adopted. Rand-K'ai could still journey to the outside world on a quest or to find himself or what-have-you, meet the beautiful American heiress Heather Duncan, and have kids (to simplify things, I would make Danny's half-sister Miranda his full-sister in this version). The rest of the story could proceed as it always has: Rand-K'ai attempts to bring his family back home to K'un L'un, only to die in the mountains, while Heather and the kids are brought to safety by Lord Tuan.
Danny and Miranda are raised in the martial arts and traditions of K'un L'un by their grandfather, Lord Tuan.
George Takei is a shoe-in for Lord Tuan.
As for Danny's parents, a fellow Carol Corper (was it you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
theladyscribe?) suggested Susanna Thompson, while I came up with Ken Watanabe for Rand-K'ai. Look at these two beautiful human beings and tell me they would not produce the most beautiful children ever.
For Danny himself, I would cast Cole Horibe, who's made a name for himself playing Bruce Lee here on Broadway, so you know he's got the martial arts chops for the role. He's also gorgeous and has that good-boy persona you need for someone like Danny.
And for Danny's rebellious sister Miranda: Moon Bloodgood.
She even looks like Susanna Thompson!
Why an explicitly mixed-race Danny Rand? There's no reason Danny's mom Heather can't be a beautiful Asian-American heiress, really. I think it'd be cool to have a depiction of a mixed-race hero, someone who a lot of kids out there can watch and think "oh wow, Danny's just like me!" without the 'tragic mulatto' bullshit or the unfortunate Mighty Whitey implications of 616 Danny's origins. Danny Rand could be mixed-race. He could have a handsome Asian dad and a wonderful white mom and he could be born in NYC and raised in K'un L'un and be at home wherever he goes.
During a discussion about Marvel's future properties with my fellow CC/KK members, I brought up my casting hopes for Iron Fist/Danny Rand. Like so many, I'm hoping for an Asian or Asian-American actor to play Danny Rand.
As his comics fans know, Danny Rand's origin is closely tied to the mystical realm of K'un L'un, accessible only through a portal in the Himalayas, but Danny himself has always been portrayed as a blond white man. His father was a white guy adventurer named Wendell Rand-K'ai, who was adopted by K'un L'un's ruler, Lord Tuan, but who eventually returned to the outside world, met Danny's mother, and produced Danny himself.
I don't see any need to jettison all of Danny's origin. It could be tweaked slightly so that Wendell Rand-K'ai is a native of K'un L'un. Perhaps he's Lord Tuan's biological son or a plucky orphan who Tuan adopted. Rand-K'ai could still journey to the outside world on a quest or to find himself or what-have-you, meet the beautiful American heiress Heather Duncan, and have kids (to simplify things, I would make Danny's half-sister Miranda his full-sister in this version). The rest of the story could proceed as it always has: Rand-K'ai attempts to bring his family back home to K'un L'un, only to die in the mountains, while Heather and the kids are brought to safety by Lord Tuan.
Danny and Miranda are raised in the martial arts and traditions of K'un L'un by their grandfather, Lord Tuan.
George Takei is a shoe-in for Lord Tuan.
As for Danny's parents, a fellow Carol Corper (was it you,
theladyscribe?) suggested Susanna Thompson, while I came up with Ken Watanabe for Rand-K'ai. Look at these two beautiful human beings and tell me they would not produce the most beautiful children ever.For Danny himself, I would cast Cole Horibe, who's made a name for himself playing Bruce Lee here on Broadway, so you know he's got the martial arts chops for the role. He's also gorgeous and has that good-boy persona you need for someone like Danny.
And for Danny's rebellious sister Miranda: Moon Bloodgood.
She even looks like Susanna Thompson!
Why an explicitly mixed-race Danny Rand? There's no reason Danny's mom Heather can't be a beautiful Asian-American heiress, really. I think it'd be cool to have a depiction of a mixed-race hero, someone who a lot of kids out there can watch and think "oh wow, Danny's just like me!" without the 'tragic mulatto' bullshit or the unfortunate Mighty Whitey implications of 616 Danny's origins. Danny Rand could be mixed-race. He could have a handsome Asian dad and a wonderful white mom and he could be born in NYC and raised in K'un L'un and be at home wherever he goes.
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Iron Fist is supposed to be one of the properties Marvel is developing for a Netflix series. I feel like Russell Wong should be in it as well (15 years ago he could've made a great Danny, but at 51 he's aged out). Perhaps he could be Danny's mentor Lei Kung the Thunderer.