
The Dagger is gone and Nizam arranged for Dastan to be killed, but failed. They finally make it back to the royal city where Dastan gets Nizam, the King's brother, alone with him to show him the Dagger and it's powers. After Dastan is caught and the Dagger is taken, she frees the Ostriches and the weapons cache, allowing Dastan to regain control of the Dagger and the both of them to escape. She then is taken and made to serve water in the ostrich racing the Sheik has set up along the roads. He denies it but she mentions how he can never take his eyes off of her. They all travel back to the city where she mentions that Dastan is always leaping to assist her. Later, she is seen trying to pour sand hidden in a jewel around her neck into the dagger but is stopped by the Sheik and Dastan who sold her into slavery. She feigns death and knocks Dastan out with a large bone.

They go through the Valley of Slaves in an attempt to get to the King's funeral. She refuses to answer him when asked if there was more sand, by saying there was no more of this sand. He reverses time once more and stops the fight prematurely, showing her how he knew it could reverse time. She once again is caught trying to steal the dagger but manages to wound Dastan with her sword. Dastan notices and they fight with one another until he accidentally presses the jewel hilt and reverses time to when she was trying to seduce him. Along the way, Dastan and Tamina make camp where she tries to seduce him into kissing her, thereby giving her a chance to steal the dagger. When Sharaman is killed by a poisoned robe given to Dastan by Tus from Nizam, Tamina helps Dastan escape after he is accused of murdering the King. She is later presented to the King of Persia. At first she refuses, but after noticing Dastan with the Dagger, she accepts. As the soldiers invade the chamber, she is captured and offered to be married to Tus. However the Dagger fell into the hands of Prince Dastan who took it thinking it is an ordinary knife. As the Persian invaded the city, she entrusted the Dagger to Asoka, one of her soldiers to make sure it would be kept safe. When the Persians attacked her holy city of Alamut, princess Tamina went to the high temple to pray and retrieve the Dagger of Time. Tamina is a Hindu, as the Gods of Alamut are Hindu deities and the mythology and idols referenced and seen throughout the film are of Indian origin. She was taught that it was her sacred calling, her destiny to protect the dagger no matter the consequences, even if it required her death. It was her duty and that of Alamut's royal family to protect this and the Sandglass of the Gods. She was trained to become a capable fighter but most of all, she was trained to protect the powerful relic, the Dagger of Time. It's time for more celebrities and production houses learn to revisit and rectify their past mistakes.As a young girl, princess Tamina was trained to become a guardian as all of her ancestors did before her. Interestingly, Marvel fans consist of a huge number of youngsters and teenagers who are keeping up with changing norms about political correctness hence somewhat explaining Gyllenhaal’s actions. The actor will be playing Quentin Beck, also known as Mysterio. Gyllenhaal made these remarks very close to the 2nd July premiere of his upcoming movie Spiderman: Far from home. However, the industry has always been characterised by incentives that motivate stakeholders to act in ways they wish to do so.

While Jake Gyllenhaal didn't outright mention the whitewashing involved in him being cast as Dastan, we appreciate him owning up to being wrong for the role.

Hollywood has recently embraced a culture of celebrities and production houses revisiting past projects, and mistakes. He added, "And you're bound to slip up and be like, 'That wasn't right for me,' or 'That didn't fit perfectly.' There have been a number of roles like that. Speaking to Yahoo Entertainment, Gyllenhaal claimed, “I think I learned a lot from that movie in that I spend a lot of time trying to be very thoughtful about the roles that I pick and why I’m picking them”. Jake Gyllenhaal finally admits to the whitewashing around his casting in 2010's Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.Įven though the original video game is set in historic Persia, an actor of Iranian-descent was not approached for the lead role by Disney.
