"Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" Main Character Movie Castings
Keke Palmer will be playing the roll of Cassie Logan. The main character and narator. She is an african american girl who is 11 yrs old and trying to figure out where she stands in the world during the fall of October 1933.
denzel Washington will be playing the part of Mr. Logan. He is the father who works on the railroad in order to keep thier land. He is trying to teach his kids how to survive and what's right and wrong and at the same time trying not to lose the land.
Whoopi Goldberg will be playing the part of Mrs. Logan. She is a school teacher. She is very caring towards other people. She tries to keep the evil part of the world from her children. She loses her job and it's harder to pay the bills with little money so they might have to sell it.
John Travolta plays the part of Mr. Wallace who is a racist white man who is making the life of the Logans as bad as possible. He also is trying to steal their land.
Chris Brown plays the part of Stacey who is T.J.'s best friend. He is bery loyal and is there for T.J. even when they have fights he is there for him and backing him up.
Bow Wow plays the part of Stacey's best friend. T.J. isn't always the most loyal or trustful friend but you grow to love him throughout the movie. But T.J. doesn't really see what a great friend Staey is and betray the Logan family. And when T.J. gets into trouble he starts wondering if Stacey will be there for him or will he just walk away when he'll need him the most.
Amanda Bynes plays the part of Ms. Jean-Louise Wallace who is a stuck up 12 year old. She later causes a big fight/argument between Cassie Logan.
Maya Angelou plays the part of the grandmother who is just like her daughter Mrs. Logan. She encounters a tough decision when Cassie and Ms. Jean-Louise get into a dispute.
Tyrese plays the part of Mr.Mitchell who is hired by Mr. Logan to look after his family while he is away on the railroads. He saves the kids from getting into trouble a couple of times and helps keep a look out for the watch-men.
T.I.plays the part of Uncle Hammer who is Mr. Logan's brother. He is very short tempered when he hears what the white men do the black folks in the community. When he hears what happened to Cassie he goes out and looks for Mr. Wallace.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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