If this was a new product, I wouldn't care, but at this point the fans have a certain mental image of Roland. Contradicting that seems misguided. Race aside, I don't see Elba being able to do this character.
Clint Eastwood would have been perfect if he was a bit younger. Viggo Mortensen, like someone else suggested, would probably do well. *Maybe* an artificially aged Christian Bale - that guy is capable of some scary transformations, both physically and in how he behaves on-screen.
@kljohns2: Dialogue will most likely be severely cut down and edited, anyway. Just because of the sheer volume of the books, some things will have to be let go.
@goodgamesguy: Whenever Early Access ends on PC, probably. I wouldn't hold my breath right now; the character/class roster still isn't full, and there are some serious balancing issues to be worked out. The game feels surprisingly polished, yet still fundamentally incomplete. A few months, at the least.
Unless, of course, Tripwire releases it unfinished, but nobody wants that.
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