Perfect Casting, part 2

[Chiana]

Like Terry Crews?

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Like Terry Crews?

Right build, wrong face.  Sanya is a person who more naturally smiles, something more Hopeful, than Crews.  Im a big fan of Crews, but his neutral face is still kind of a frown, and the smile just doesnt look like his natural state.  Actually the perfect sanya to my mind was the late Michael Clarke Duncan


And one of the few men in the world that can make The Rock look small:

[Griffyn612]

I always thought Santa had a leaner build, in muscle and weight, than either of them.

I'll have to see if I can find the book description.

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

Sanya got beeeeeeeeg, theeeeeeeeck beard.

[Quantus]

I always thought Santa had a leaner build, in muscle and weight, than either of them.

I'll have to see if I can find the book description.

In his awesome Changes entrance he was described as

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"A young black man in a dark, knee-​length coat hur­dled the hedges at the back of the yard and bound­ed on­to the lad­der. He was built like a pro­fes­sion­al line­man, moved more quick­ly than a lineback­er, and start­ed up the lad­der like it was a broad stair­case."

He later picks up a grown man ducktaped to a backboard, and believably threatens to break him in half...  Admittedly in DM they never mention much about his build either way, just calling him a young black man in a coat, which conjured a leaner image in my mind as well.  By SmF he had been upgraded to a "a large, dark-skinned man."  It wasnt until Changes that he really started sounding unusually huge.

Sanya got beeeeeeeeg, theeeeeeeeck beard.

There is no mention of a beard on him in any of the three books he appears in.  I think you might be transplanting that from the standard cultural Russian image.   

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

There is no mention of a beard on him in any of the three books he appears in.  I think you might be transplanting that from the standard cultural Russian image.   

Maybe a little, but mostly was my association of a beard with a descendant of Saala-u-Diin...

[Dina]

Yes, I had begun imagining him looking...sorta like Harry Belafonte. Then he began "widening", so I've got confused with the image in my mind. I don't have any mental image of him now,  but he has no beard.

[Reventon]

I heart the idea of Michael Clarke Duncan for Sanya. His gentleness and constant humour being at odds with his incredible mass was just a perfect fit. RIP.

[Snowleopard]

I saw him a few times on the Jay Leno show and he seemed a kind and very gentle man.
Had to laugh.
After he appeared in Armageddon in the little leopard briefs he told Leno
he got a "talking to" from his mom.  He wasn't to do that again.....or else.
Showed a picture of him with her - she barely came up over his belt buckle.
But you knew who was in charge and it wasn't him.

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

I saw him a few times on the Jay Leno show and he seemed a kind and very gentle man.
Had to laugh.
After he appeared in Armageddon in the little leopard briefs he told Leno
he got a "talking to" from his mom.  He wasn't to do that again.....or else.
Showed a picture of him with her - she barely came up over his belt buckle.
But you knew who was in charge and it wasn't him.

Like that.  A lot.

Still think Sanya has a beard, though.  While I don't recall any text in DF saying he does, don't recall any saying he doesn't, either.

Ving Rhames would maybe work for the role if his voice was deeper.  Still gotta have full beard.  Am researching this...

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

Like that.  A lot.

Still think Sanya has a beard, though.  While I don't recall any text in DF saying he does, don't recall any saying he doesn't, either.

Ving Rhames would maybe work for the role if his voice was deeper.  Still gotta have full beard.  Ivan Dixon woulda worked when he was younger, but he's gone too.  Am researching this...

[narphoenix]

Like that.  A lot.

Still think Sanya has a beard, though.  While I don't recall any text in DF saying he does, don't recall any saying he doesn't, either.

Ving Rhames would maybe work for the role if his voice was deeper.  Still gotta have full beard.  Am researching this...

I actually usually think of Sanya as being clean shaven.

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

I actually usually think of Sanya as being clean shaven.

Looks like I'm the minority opinion concerning that.  Wouldn't be the first time.

However, perhaps we can settle this:  If there are any moderators looking over our shoulders, can one of you guys ask Jim whether or not Sanya has a beard?

I'd ask myself but I don't see him coming to do book-signings in Anchorage, at least not in winter-time (unless he wants experiences to inspire future descriptions of Arctis Tor).

(({:^)>

[narphoenix]

Looks like I'm the minority opinion concerning that.  Wouldn't be the first time.

However, perhaps we can settle this:  If there are any moderators looking over our shoulders, can one of you guys ask Jim whether or not Sanya has a beard?

I'd ask myself but I don't see him coming to do book-signings in Anchorage, at least not in winter-time (unless he wants experiences to inspire future descriptions of Arctis Tor).

(({:^)>

Thinking about it, it's probably more likely that he has a beard, though. Most depictions of Russians seem to put them on.

[Al-Hajj Bilal Ammar Jihad]

Thinking about it, it's probably more likely that he has a beard, though. Most depictions of Russians seem to put them on.

Yeah...and there's the additional factor that he's descended from Muslims.  We big on da beeeerd thing, lol.