Idris Elba credited as playing...
Roland
- Roland Deschain: I do not aim with my hand. He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand. He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.
- Roland Deschain: Do they have guns in your world?
- Jake Chambers: Yeah.
- Roland Deschain: And bullets, are they as rare as they are here?
- Jake Chambers: You're gonna like Earth. A lot.
- [from trailer]
- Roland Deschain: The Tower is all that stands between light and darkness. For thousands of generations the gunslingers were knights. Sworn to protect it. Now I'm the only one left.
- Roland Deschain: For centuries, the gunslingers were knights. Sworn to protect this from the coming of the dark. Now I'm the only one left.
- Drunk Girl #1: Hey, cutie.
- Drunk Girl #2: Can we join the party?
- Roland: You have both forgotten the faces of your fathers.
- Roland Deschain: The Dark Tower is up at the centre of the Universe. The Tower protects our world from chaos and death. If it falls, Hell will be unleashed.