I've yet to see the movie, but I've heard so much about what the actor contributed to the character and how much input he had. Seeing as I'm the kind of person who loves it when an actor does that* I'd already feel inclined to go with yes.


*Or does it well anyway; an example of not doing it well would be when Wesley Snipes basically played as himself (token black guy) in Blade II, so after his amazing performance in the original it contributed nothing to the character, in fact it took too much away.