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Looking back on this now, you think this promo would've been a great way to showcase how Farah would've eventually came to help the Prince in The Two Thrones (as opposed to another Dark Prince combat/kills montage), but as luck would have it, Ubisoft never did put her character to good use in the least. She wasn't even a A.I controlled character, just a Cinematic figure piece.

She's played a Bond girl and a nymph who beguiled the gods, but someone out there thinks British actress Gemma Arterton might not be sexy enough for her role as the renamed Farah in next month's Prince of Persia movie.

Now I suppose that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as far as this beholder is concerned Gemma Arterton is perfect for the role of Princess Tamina, the character that evolved from the prince's companion Farah from the Prince of Persia video games. So the fact that anyone would take the time out of their day to write her a letter telling her otherwise boggles my mind. According to an interview in the May edition of Details magazine, someone did just that.

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