What do you think about RF playing Voldemort :)

[Lotus]

So they finally chosen an actor to play Voldemort :)

From Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040805/ap_on_en_mo/film_harry_potter_cast_1)

Fiennes to Play Voldemort in Next 'Potter'

Wed Aug 4, 8:05 PM ET

By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES - He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been named. Ralph Fiennes (news), who played memorable evil guys in "Red Dragon" and "Schindler's List," has signed on to portray the wicked warlock Voldemort in the next "Harry Potter (news - web sites)" movie, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday.


Voldemort is so bad that the magical characters in author J.K. Rowling (news - web sites)'s stories do their best not to speak his name aloud.


In the first three installments of the saga, a deadly magic spell meant for a baby Harry Potter backfired and deprived him of a body. So only his spirit wrought havoc in "The Sorcerer's Stone," "The Chamber of Secrets" and the recent "Prisoner of Azkaban."


But Voldemort finally returns in the flesh in part four: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."


Filming has been under way on "Goblet" since June 25, mainly with star Daniel Racliffe as the boy-wizard, and co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as his pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Fiennes has not yet filmed any scenes.


Other additions to the cast include Brendan Gleeson ("Troy," "The Village" and "Cold Mountain") as Potter's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the fearsome Mad-Eye Moody, and Miranda Richardson, ("The Crying Game," "Sleepy Hollow") as Rita Skeeter, a gossip columnist for a magical newspaper.


The cast also includes Robert Pattinson as Hogwarts student Cedric Diggory, Stanislav Ianevski as Quidditch star Viktor Krum, French actress Clemence Poesy as the heart-fluttering visiting student Fleur Delacour, and Katie Leung as Potter's love-interest and Quidditch rival Cho Chang.


"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," directed by "Four Weddings and a Funeral" filmmaker Mike Newell, is scheduled for theatrical release in November 2005.

[Elwen]

Quite a bit of this discussion is already over in the actors thread, but I guess this may well call for a separate discussion?

Anyway - I am in (a nearly Telchar style!) speculative mood and I was wondering....


We won't see all that much of Voldemort in the next two films, will we? He has a role to play in book 4 - but a lot of it is pretty simple baddie stuff. Some scenery chewing in heavy make-up will do the trick. V's role in book 5 is even shorter (seeing that Harry might see *his* POV, but not V himself, IIRC.

BUT. And here comes the speculative fun...

JKR is usually consulted on casting choices, isn't she?


Do you think they cast such an amazing (let alone good looking) actor in the role because we will see a lot kmore of Voldemort, and not just the generic baddie stuff that requires heavy makeup?


We wondersss... yess, we doess

(oops! wrong book ;) :D )


Elwen

[Colli]

Voldemort is Remus Lupin!


sorry, just kidding

[~BH]

At first I was delighted, just because it's Ralph Fiennes. Then I was mildly horrified because it's just not right that I find Voldemort attractive. There better be a lot of make-up involved.

But in terms of acting he's a perfect choice. Schindler's List shows that he can do evil perfectly. If the wrong actor was cast then Voldemort could turn out almost campy. But I don't think that will be the case here.

[LuthienElentari]

Isn't he the guy in "Maid in Manhatten"? :confused:

[Princess Aurora]

Yep, as well as Schindler's List, The English Patient, and many others. :)

[lizz]

I like it. good choice, I think he will be great as Voldemort :clap:

[SiriuslyInLove]

Ok, for one thing- RALPH FIENESS??? That's just flat our..scrwed up. They were considering him for Lupin awhile backa nd now he'll be Voldemort? I just don't get that.

But he is an awesome actor so maybe he'll be able to pull it off...

[Pilgrim Grey]

I still don't get this - for most of the film Voldy's just a freaky looking baby (which we may or may not seee), and then right at the end he's this emaciated snake-lookin guy, so where does an actual actor fit into all this? I would've assumed that Voldy would been mostly CG :confused: Although I suppose just lots of make-up and some trick photography could make him look more Voldy-like

[Princess Aurora]

Personally, the whole "grotesque baby" description of Voldemort always creeped me out (yeah, I know it's supposed to be creepy, but that was just plain weird), and I think it'd be REALLY hard to pull that off without being hokey. Same with an entirely-CGI-human-form Voldemort. I'm sure they'll do a good job with makeup and such for Ralph Fiennes, and it's important that they've got a good actor for the part.

I'm looking forward to it. :)

[Chelsea Kai]

Grotesque baby. *shudders* Ewww.

[Monkfish]

First pic of Voldemort....
http://www.euronet.nl/users//zegers/neehe6/funny%20baby.jpg

[Mormegil]

And here he is all grown up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/mormegil99/General/vold.jpg

[Athelas]

Ooooooh....
very, very good.
he looks just a bit older in my mind, but the feeling is just right.
Thanks!

[SiriuslyInLove]

intresting...

I'm guessing it will be CG but Ralph will do the voice or something like that. Still...it's creepy...