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Tony Jaa should Play Hanuman! He did well to show Thai culture here.

posted 10 years ago by anumahn
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Firstly I am not of Thai descent so this is my perspective as an Indian.
I have always been interested in learning about and understanding different cultures. I have seen a lot of Chinese films and I have really wanted to know about Thailand as there are many similarities. Like the worship of Ganesh and Hanuman as forms of God.

I enjoyed this movie as I saw a lot of Thai culture, villages, and ancient civilisations. I felt it was truly beautiful. The elephant scenes were also spectacular. Ong Bak 1 was good but for me it just seemed western, maybe that is how Thailand is today but Ong Bak 2 and 3 has shown me a lot.

I think Tony Jaa should take on real Thai fairytales and folk stories like Ramayan. I can see him play Hanuman really really well. Especially if he goes to Hollywood, he should keep it like The forbidden Kingdom. Show Thai and Indian civilisation like that.

I can see Tony Jaa play a funny, warm, bubbly and fast Hanuman in an English Ramayan. I think he should join the new movie Rama: Rise of Dharma which is being made in Britain.

[–] DBLurker 8 years ago

I think Tony Jaa should take on real Thai fairytales and folk stories like Ramayan. I can see him play Hanuman really really well. Especially if he goes to Hollywood, he should keep it like The forbidden Kingdom. Show Thai and Indian civilisation like that.

No just no.

Might actually wanna learn more about Hanuman before giving posting such ridiculous crap online.

Hanuman is the force of nature. He is strong, big and he isn't some martial arts pansy. Tony Jaa is good for playing martial art type, nothing else.