Yes, he was still an assassin, but he was motivated by money, whereas the character in the book was Muslim and was motivated by years of repression and violence inflicted on his people by the Catholic church. Also, he seemed to be a more violent foreboding character, while the scrawny white guy just seemed to do what he was getting paid for.

“is there a plot point that relies on one of the reporters working for the BBC?”

Not specifically that he works for the BBC, but the reporter and his camera-woman are key elements to the story. The fact that they were removed and the BBC not even cameoed was interesting to me – as though the BBC might not want to put their name on the movie.

Thanks for asking.

was he still an assassin in the movie? and is there something that four inches of height and skin color completely changes about the character?

“Also notable was the complete redaction of the BBC journalist and his camera-person. Even with all the reporter characters shown in the film, not one of them worked for the BBC.”

is there a plot point that relies on one of the reporters working for the BBC?