[quote=OutlawTorn]I know Wolverine. I know his past and history as well as it's been made available by said creators. I've read countless comic books, watched the animated series. I know Wolverine as well as one can know Wolverine. I know his personality traits, his habits, his moral stances. The amount of source material for Wolverine is overwhelming! How then could I not understand him well enough to accurate portrait him?I mean, if you can't play a character, the creator hasn't done their job very well, because if they had, you'd be a little more equipped to play the character, because you'd understand that character enough to take a shot at it.So either you just aren't that good at understanding characters, or the creators of your favourite stories/characters are doing a piss poor job of it.
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I accept your opinion, and I'm now speaking in terms of factual substance.

Just think about it. I'm confident you'll agree with the fact that [u]some[/u] people possess the tools to study a character and everything that makes them [u]them[/u], and then apply that knowledge to their own portrayal of that character.

It's not rocket science, but more like studying for a test.