For six years, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time reigned supreme as the highest-grossing video game movie in history after earning $336 million at the box office when it was released, even though many people have probably forgotten that it even existed. At the time, it seemed like a pretty blatant move on Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s part to transplant the formula that worked so well for Pirates of the Caribbean to another setting and hope for the same results, because that’s pretty much exactly what it was.
Unfortunately for them, accusations of whitewashing the vast majority of the Middle Eastern roles in the cast didn’t generate too much positive publicity for Prince of Persia, and reviews weren’t exactly kind, either, with the end product turning out to be so underwhelming that leading man Jake Gyllenhaal swore off starring in studio blockbusters for almost a decade.
Unfortunately for them, accusations of whitewashing the vast majority of the Middle Eastern roles in the cast didn’t generate too much positive publicity for Prince of Persia, and reviews weren’t exactly kind, either, with the end product turning out to be so underwhelming that leading man Jake Gyllenhaal swore off starring in studio blockbusters for almost a decade.
- 3/30/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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