The Zelda movie has its cast
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Casting young actors is a good idea. I can't say either scream Link or Zelda to me, but no race swap or tranny.
The Nintendo x pics are better, the link casting is meh, but workable, the Zelda casting with blonde hair is far closer looking than this pic.
Just dye his hair blonde like Link, put him in a costume, and it's decent.
All of the early Links were brown haired, it was only after OoT became so massive that blonde became the default.
The Legend of Zelda Famicon NES box art
Zelda A Link to the Past box art
Both debatable / not consistent across official art. First brown-ish, SNES dark blond.
[Zelda A Link to the Past box art for the GBA version blond] (https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda_gamepedia_en/images/a/aa/ALttPFS_JP_Box.jpg)
The GBA version came after Ocarina of time, so I would agree they lightened Link's hair.
Edit : There is official The Legend of Zelda art where Link has solid brown hair, or blond hair.
Brown :https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda_gamepedia_en/images/f/fa/TLoZ_Link_Carrying_Treasures_Artwork.png
Blond : https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda_gamepedia_en/images/8/86/TLoZ_Link_Kneeling_Artwork.png
So not ''all'' but certainly ''many'' depictions of early Link with brown hair.
In Zelda II, Link's hair is more consistently brown or light brown. In the 1980's Zelda cartoon, Link has dark brown hair... but on the DVD release cover ( published in 2005 ) they put Link with dark blond hair : https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zelda_gamepedia_en/images/2/28/LoZ_DVD_cover.jpg
And let's ignore the pink hair in the actual SNES game, which I always assumed was part of his hat when I was a kid...
I think Link looks innocent but ready for n adventure. That's really all we need for Link. He'll wear a wig and have prosthetic ears.
The person they were all recommending looks more like a zora.