blackcauldron85 wrote:
But Captain Hook looks like her dad!?!
Lol perhaps Wendy has an Elektra complex.
But actually the whole casting Mr. Darling/Captain Hook as the same person isn't meant to be some deep thematic parallel. It was done the first time on accident because I think one actor backed out so they had to use the same one for both Mr. Darling and Captain Hook. In fact, I think something similar happened with Wendy's mother. However, people felt that J.M. Barrie did it on purpose and have thus followed this pattern in almost every Peter Pan adaptation since then.
Another thing to keep in mind is that Hook is supposed to be a beautiful and elegant man. We just don't think of him that way because of how Disney portrays him, but he should be something more equivalent to the Evil Queen or Maleficent. Frightening but physically attractive and in Maleficent's case, can be charming when he needs to ensnare someone with his guile.
Actually, the OUAT version of him is a better match physically for Hook. When people first saw him in OUAT, they thought it was such a twist on the character that he was suddenly hot and good-looking but he's always meant to be that way. But his hair would never be cropped as short. The black curls (whether they're a wig or real, I can't remember) is his signature hairstyle.
