'Zelda' Movie News, Update: Series Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Discusses Potential Casting for Link's Role
Shigeru Miyamoto, the person behind the action-adventure gaming classics, "The Legend of Zelda" and "Super Mario," recently discussed who he thinks would perfectly fit the role of Link in a Zelda movie.
Citing Gamespot.com, Miyamoto and designer/director, Takashi Tezuka, recently sat down with MTV.com to reveal that their ideal actor for the purported film is someone "completely new" and added that a Japanese performer "may not be the best fit" for the role.
The reason given by Miyamoto is that Japanese TV drama and film tend to use the same actors over and over again.
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"…I actually think we should have someone completely new," he said. In fact, for him, those whom he had seen attending the Japanese Expo cosplaying "would be good" to take on the role.
Tezuka chimed in to admit that he doesn't have any person in mind, as of the moment. Although for him, it would seem "very fun and awesome" if the game's protagonist will be acted out by a female actress, more particularly, "a boyish female actress."
The issue of whether Link is a boy or a girl has been the subject of countless speculations. Even Nintendo was heard to have been exploring the character's design for years which gave off the notion that Link's sexuality is still open for various interpretations.
Miyamoto, meanwhile, addressed the possibility of creating big screen titles based on several Nintendo properties.
The 62-year-old Japanese video game designer said that being an entertainment company, it is expected for the gaming company to figure out ways of "expanding outside of video games and not being limited" to such projects.
He admitted to MTV that there's nothing "in the immediate works" as of the moment inside the firm. He, however, reiterated, "We are definitely interested and open to it."
Nintendo earlier clarified the rumors of an ongoing Zelda live-action series in Netflix as something "not based on correct information." Stay tuned for more updates.
