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Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and Tom Taylor in The Dark Tower (2017)

Idris Elba: Roland

The Dark Tower

Idris Elba credited as playing...

Roland

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  • 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 the animals here still speak?
  • 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.
  • Jake Chambers: It's a hotdog.
  • Roland Deschain: Savages. What breed?
  • [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.
  • [from trailer]
  • Man in Black: Everyone who walks with you dies.
  • Roland Deschain: No more.
  • Jake Chambers: He's like the Devil, isn't he?
  • Roland Deschain: No. He's worse.
  • Roland Deschain: I'm sworn to defend the Tower. I'll stop at nothing to defend it.
  • 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.
  • Roland Deschain: Darkness is your weapon, guns are mine.

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