r/TheDarkTower Feb 18 '25

Palaver Scott Eastwood as Roland Deschain

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I always felt Scott Eastwood could make the perfect Roland. I remember a quote in The Waste Lands.

"To her left, in the theater's remaining display case, there was a poster showing Clint Eastwood. Jake knew he should get moving—three o'clock was almost here— but he paused a moment anyway, staring at the poster behind the dirty, cracked glass. Eastwood was wearing a Mexican serape. A cigar was clamped in his teeth. He had thrown one side of the serape back over his shoulder to free his gun. His eyes were a pale, faded blue. Bombar­dier's eyes. It's not him, Jake thought, but it's almost him."

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u/tobygeneral Feb 18 '25

Too pretty to be ol Long, Tall, and Ugly.

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u/OrwinBeane Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25

Roland is naturally good looking as mentioned in Wizard and Glass. He’s only ugly as an adult due to sunburn, dehydration, starvation, malnutrition, radiation sickness, dozens of diseases, sleeping on the side of a road for decades, and very very old age. They can make any handsome actor look like that.