Kristin Kreuk in Partition

Just face it, the only reason Kristin got this role is because she’s a (marginally) recognizable face. I’m sure there were better actresses who could pull of the accent far better and matched the role’s ethnicity better (I’m not saying they’d have to be pakistani necessarily, but this chick isn’t even close…) but of course none of them are going to get the part because they are nobodys… I don’t really have a problem with a person of ambiguous ethnicity being able to play various roles… The thing I have a problem with is that the girl is ridiculous in the role. And to reiterate, I’m sorry but even this short trailer can’t hide the fact that her accent is more phony than Apu’s (from the Simpsons..)

Erica, the only people I’ve continue to see bash Kristin’s acting in that trailer are those who dislike the girl because of her role as Lana Lang on Smallville.I remember in the Partition forum on IMDB some girl was trashing Kristin’s acting and swearing how she would be the down fall of the movie… come later, she admits she doesn’t like Lana and starts swearing up and down that Kristin’s role is being cut short because the actress who plays Lois Lane is a better actress.That’s as bias as it comes!Do you by any chance watch Smallville? Because I swear I’m finding a trend in all these "this girl is ridiculous in the role" comments.It’s funny how this blog started off with everyone praising Kristin’s casting, now by the end of this comment box from the wood works people are coming out with nothing but not so very nice things to say about Kristin as an actress.

Yes, Kristin is an actress. The character she’s been playing for the last five years is poorly written. People can’t just judge her based on the character of Lana Lang. Whenever she’s allowed to break character like when she becomes Isobel (possessed witch) or a junkie…I think she excels.

just like America, Pakistan is an ethnically diverse country. In the northern tribal areas, you have people with caucasian features, even colored hair and colored eyes. In Balochistan and the Areas near China, you have people with Asian features.. Sindhis and Punjabis look more North Indian/"Middle Eastern"… no big deal that Kristin is playing a Pakistani girl. maybe its cuz she lived in Vancit

i wonder if she’ll have an accent in this movie (and if she can pull it off?)

WELL it`z really nice to heared abt Kristin Kreuk that`z she`z PAKISTANI …. she can do alot for pakistan .. n she should do …. !!!

Who cares if a non Pakistani is playing the role? And a lot of Pakistanis have diverse looks depending on what area they come from. Kristen’s look is common in some areas of Gilgit and Kashmir and amongst the Pathans. And with the northern areas of Kashmir and other Northern Pakistanis they look completely Caucasian some of them. Pakistanis and Indians are not all just brown skinned black haired dark eyed people. There’s a lot of diversity there.for example the Kalash people in Pakistan http://static.flickr.com/56/140438305_c6731e3bd9_o.jpg

What are you guys on about?There are many pakistani girls who look like that,Pakistan has girls from dark as night to white as snow complexion.

FOR all out there upset that role should of gone to a person of South Asian origin should rethink this. Just because a person is not of a certain origin it does not mean they should not be considered. As long as they can look the part and play it, its cool. "belonging" and "not belonging" are bigoted concepts. People of South asian origin play other people, no complaints but this for some reason just pushes it. Those people who feel like this need to address this with them selves. Because as long as characters in media and entertainment arent made out to be caricutures(good example the Blackface entertainers, and angry black man of the 60’s) then its perfectly fine. The history of the entertainment industry has shown that the worst caricutures have been played by the very people they are supposed to represent. Movie looks Ace!

Oh my god i cant believe people hold such baseless views. Please those people look up whiteness studies, big thing in colleges in th US now. the actual belief that racial classification is a given is the bases of racism. Like Noel Ignatiev said if you believe you are white then there is no hope for you. Concept of white race was introduced in the 17th century along with classification later ie. cacausian etc. Its all bogus pseudo-science. Apparently reading the comments of some people here tells me that the legacy lives on. Goto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_raceAnyways for all you believers in race according to racial classifications Indians are caucasian anyway.Also Pakistan was created out of the partionin of punjab region on the west and Bengal region on east. So the cultures were punjabi and bengali, both in india and pakistan. not pakistani if you think about. Also in 1971 the bengal part of pakitan (known then as East Pakistan) seperated and formed the country Bangladesh.