Make A Live Action Zelda Movie With Hunter Schafer

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Despite liking both video games and movies, I'm not always a fan of video game movies. I suppose you can think of them as sweet and savoury - great on their own, but often a nightmare when combined. Sure, every once in a while you get the bacon and syrup of Detective Pikachu, the chicken and waffles of Uncharted, but a lot of the time you're dealing with the whipped cream and lamb steak of Tomb Raider, the chocolate and salmon of Prince of Persia. However, we seem to be on an upward trend, as studios finally figure out the magic formula. That's why my first thought upon seeing the Vanity Fair Oscars Party last week was that they should make a Zelda movie, and that Hunter Schafer should play Zelda.

There are a few layers to this, and the first is that Hunter Schafer just looks a helluva lot like Zelda. I'm always wary of casting based on appearance alone, but the similarities are undeniable. Schafer at the Vanity Fair do, with a long, slim dress, slicked down hair either side of her ears (giving them a pointed, elvish look), and simple make-up with light smoky eyeshadow, could have been in Zelda cosplay if the dress was pink.

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It's because of this startlingly Zelda-esque look that the idea of Schafer as Zelda originally came to me, but I dismissed it because, well, there's a lot more to making a movie than having elvish ears at a party. My main concern with the casting-for-appearances trend of fandoms is that it tends to completely ignore talent, but Schafer need not worry in that department. Though we haven't seen her much away from Euphoria (and saw her badly misused in the latter half of season two), it's clear Schafer is a very talented performer,