Future Actors in the movies????

[Peregrinning Took]

I heard that they asked Ewan MacGregor (sp???) to play Lupin in movie 3....Now, I can imagine him doing that!!! :)

Also, kind of off-topic but still *kind* of related, I heard that Elijah Wood would be playing the young Han Solo in Episode 3....I don't believe it, but that'd be cool!!!

Anywho, does anyone else know any rumours about who will be playing who?

[Katia Elanor]

Ewan would be a *great* Lupin! I hope he does! :D

Elijah Wood as Han Solo...hmmm...unlikely (since, I believe, the odds of Han appearing in Episode 3 to be about a million to one) but, hey, it might not be so bad. I mean, I sure as heck wouldn't mind seeing a movie that had both Ewan and Elijah. :D:D

[Monkfish]

Martin Kemp would be absolutely BRILLIANT as Sirius!:cool:

[Fleurdelacour]

Martin Kemp as Sirius would be brilliant. I've been saying him for years. With Eastenders behind him...

Or what about Alex Ferns as Lupin?

I was watching Johnny Vanughn Tonight on Monday, and Mark Williams from the Fast Show (veeerrry funny man!) was on it, and he said he's playing Mr Weasley...

Mark Williams as Mr Weasley... He's not the skinnest man in the world and he has hair...

[Colli]

Hayden Christensen is still playing Anakin. I seriously doubt Hans is 20 at that point. :( EW would make a really good Hans. And Ewan is still playing Obi Wan. :swoon:

And speaking of Ewan ;), yes, he'd make a fantastic Lupin.

[ElfTBD]

Now that would be cool for Ewan to play Lupin...although, honestly, since the prequels, it's hard for me to see him as anything other than obi-wan...*sigh at my brain*...I mean, I was watching Moulin rouge and all I could do was laugh when Ewan was on screen....

anyway...who do you think will play Peter?

[Peregrinning Took]

Since I'm not British, I'm not really familiar with the British actors, but one person I think would do a really good job at playing WormtTAIL (Major duh...I typed "Wormtongue" *_* I think I've been reading LotR too much :o) would be John Hannah. Well, if he gained a little weight :D

http://home.wanadoo.nl/wamr.salet/favs/hannah.jpg

[Colli]

I was watching my 2002 Oscar Preshow tapes last night.. I think we've found a Narcissa Malfoy! :p Never did like Renee Zellweger too much. Age her up a bit... she's got the perfect horrible expression on her face. :D

[Persephine]

Ohh...Ewan very cool...would so love him to be Lupin !!!

And I happen to like Renee Zelweger !!!

[Seriphus]

I'd like Jude Law to play Lupin, but Ewan would be just as good. I think Joseph Fiennes would make a good Sirius and Robert Carlyle a good Pettigrew.

Serphy

[swiftsnowmane]

I've heard many different opinions on who should play Sirius Black. Some of the suggestions are better than others, though I have yet to hear anything perfect (to me at least;) ) It be very important for Sirius to be good-looking, methinks (at least when he cleans up), as he along with Lupin are my fav. "adult" characters. (aka, the Ones I Swoon For:D )

Here are some of the suggestions I have heard around:

For Sirius Black:

Colin Firth (as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice) :swoon:

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/firth2.jpg


Jason Carter ( I have no clue who he is or what he has been in)

http://www.jasoncarterfanclub.com/images/cons/futuresvoice/futuresvoice5.jpg

Hugh Jackman *drool*

http://www.allabouthugh.com/photos/hugh_sf_golf.jpg

(Though I must say he doesn't really have the emaciated look...hehe;) )

[swiftsnowmane]

Michael Praed (gotta love the mullet ;))

http://www.chaoticworks.com/praed/robin99b.jpg

http://www.chaoticworks.com/praed/praed18.jpg


Jeff Hordley.....(erm.....I dunno about him, yet I read somewhere that he had actually been considered for the part:eek: )

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2001/06/jeffhordley.jpg

That's all for now. (Please note that these are not necessarily my picks, just suggestions I have read online.:) )

So....who do you REALLY think should play Sirius?:D

[Persephine]

Oh dear...Colin Firth...:swoon:

[swiftsnowmane]

Tell me about it.:D I've been on a Jane Austen movie kick all weekend. I just watched Pride and Prejudice a few nights ago, and.......mmmmmmm! I love this guy! (Though I don't know if he would make a good Sirius or not, but he is a great Darcy nonetheless!;) )

Here's more pics from the BBC's P&P:

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/firth.jpg

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/darc-c.jpg

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/darc-a.jpg

http://prideandprejudice.8m.com/images/darcy01.jpg

http://prideandprejudice.8m.com/images/darcy13.jpg

:swoon::swoon:

[Gimlikins]

Colin Firth would make for an interesting Sirius Black
Although I think Daniel Day-Lewis also looks good for the part---so long as he sticks to a haunted, emaciated look :)

As for Lupin, I'd go for any unknown actor who seems capable and wolfish.

and since we're in the subject, how about Ian McKellen for Mad Eye Moody eh? been watching my FOTR DVD and the Bag End scenes where he tells Frodo to get down reminds me of Moody's obsession with constant vigilance. :)

anyhow, just some thoughts

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2001/06/jeffhordley.jpg



CAIN DINGLE!! NOOOO!!! HE'S A YORKSHIRE VILLAGE EVIL MAN!!

and in a soap! A crap soap! EMMERDALE!! He's a Dingle! ;) Let it be a rumour!

GRAHAM NORTON FOR LUPIN!!

:D

I had a dream about Graham Norton and Will Young... In my school, which was by a huge lake like the one in Hogwarts...

[Peregrinning Took]

Ian McKellen for...MOODY??? I hadn't thought of that before...Interesting idea...Isn't he a bit old for that, though?

John Hannah??? Pettigrew??? HELLO????

[Fimbrethil]

How could Ian McKellen be Moody?? He's supposed to be short n one legged.....hmmm......:confused:

Colin Firth looks darn good though......anyone saw him in 'The Importance of Being Earnest'??? He was great!

Peregrinning Took¬ R u sure about the Elijah Wood n Han Solo thingy?? That'll be waaaaay cool!! :D :rolleyes: Though the only role I'll forever remember him as is Frodo!! Imagine Frodo with a light saber.......:cool:

[Moxie]

Originally posted by Fimbrethil
How could Ian McKellen be Moody?? He's supposed to be short n one legged.....hmmm......:confused:

I don't recall Rowling specfically writing that Moody was short, and I expect the leg could be done with CGI. I was thinking of Tom Baker for Moody - but I wouldn't mind seeing him as the new Dumbledore, either (and spouse agrees on the latter) :)

[Kristin]

I found this at IMDb:

Veteran British filmmaker and actor Richard Attenborough will never act again - unless he lands a role in the next Harry Potter film. The Oscar winning director of Gandhi is desperate to take on the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore, following Richard Harris' death in October, and is even prepared to break his vow of never appearing in front of camera again. However, the British Lord has not yet been approached for the part. He says, "Of course I'd love to play Dumbledore. But, I haven't been offered it." And asked if he is retiring from acting Attenborough says, "Yes. Unless you get me Dumbledore."

Hmmm.... This possibility had actually crossed my mind before.

[Colli]

:o Since I don't know any British actors (besides the obvious ones), I looked him up. :D

And I couldn't find a good picture...

I guess by the time whoever's chosen is in the getup, looks don't really matter.

It's the ability to appear like an uberwise, kindly old man with an extreme youthful side.. combined with the ability to show the anger of PoA against the dementors.

[Seriphus]

Someone said Anthony Hopkins would make a good Moody, which I'm inclined to agree with.

[Elfëa]

Anthony Hopkins would make good anything - that man is a GREAT actor :D

And he certainly would fit in Moody's part... :)

Colli - I'm as ignorant as you when it comes to British actors :o Okay, I'm ignorant when it comes to actors in general :eek:

[Fleurdelacour]

GRAHAM NORTON FOR LUPIN! :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1715000/images/_1719067_graham_norton150.jpg

http://www.cowestv.com/graham%20norton.jpg

http://www.pixunlimited.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2001/03/21/GrahamNorton.jpg

Yes, he is the worlds campest Irish man, but he's the best!

Half an hour till he's on!



Other people who think Anthony Hopkins would be great! yay, I thought I was the only one!

[Elfëa]

:jawdrop: Add gray hair and he looks just like I'd imagine Lupin - (but who is that guy :confused: )

[Kristin]

How old does everyone think Lupin should be?

I was re-reading PoA and it says Lupin is "quite young."

Of course, he's also supposed to be the same age as Snape. And as much as I love Alan Rickman, he is not what I'd call "quite young." (For that matter, neither is the James Potter in the mirror - who looks totally wrong.)

[Elfëa]

But for wizards quite young may be more than to us, as they live longer :)

[swiftsnowmane]

Yes, unfortunately that is one of the (many) problems I have with the movies. As much as I love Alan Rickman, he looks older than mid/late thirties (which is how old I imagine Harry's parents, etc would be). No offense to Graham Norton (I don't even know who he is)....but he does NOT look like my version of Lupin at all. Then again, I probably just imagine the characters to be much hotter than they are supposed to be.:D

This is kind of how I imagine Lupin:o :

http://www.vaughnetc.com/img/misc/michaellg.jpg

:swoon:

I don't actually think Michael Vartan should play Lupin :p, but at least someone who looks like him!:D

[Elfëa]

He looks like Lupin as well... :o







but too hot :p :swoon:

[Colli]

:swoon:

Swifty, don't DO that to me!

I agree, though, Lupin (to me) has similar facial structure to Michael Vartan. Throw some grey flecks in his hair and robe him, and he'd look perfect.

Unfortunately Vartan's half American ;) and booked for a few years (hopefully).

[Seriphus]

How old does everyone think Lupin should be?
JKR has said that Snape is early-mid thirties so therefore so are Sirius, James, Lily, Pettigrew etc. I imagine whoever's cast will be older than that.

LOL Fleur. I don't even want to imagine Graham Norton as Lupin. :D He's a great presenter, but so unlike cool, laid-back Remus. Michael Vartan's a much better match.

Serphy

[Peregrinning Took]

Elfëa -- Saw your sig, what "Draco" series are you talking about??? I loved C.C.'s LotR secret diaries series, and I didn't know she made Harry Potter ones, too.

No, I'm not sure about Elijah Wood playing a person in Star Wars....Just a rumour I'd heard...

[Elfëa]

Peregrin - she writes Harry Potter fanfiction (top class) - if interested, can find it at schnoogle :)

Not like Secret Diaries- she has really created a world of her own (and no need to tell I'm totally obsessed... :o) Her last story is unfinished and I'm dreading for it's end... :( :D

I :swoon: only for her Draco Malfoy ;)

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Elfëa
:jawdrop: Add gray hair and he looks just like I'd imagine Lupin - (but who is that guy :confused: )

He has patches of grey hair...

GRAHAM NORTON! :D

Do you have Channel 4? If you do, watch his show at 10pm, but be warned, late night chat show ;)

[Lembas]

Peregrinning Took, John Hannah would make a great Wormtail-he's so good at playing cowardly types. If they can't get him, Hugh Laurie or Richard E. Grant would be good. I always think of those three actors as being alike, if not in acting style, then looks.

swiftsnowmane, I was the one who suggested Colin Firth before the latest sever crash. I don't know why, but his name just seemed to come up when I thought of Sirius Black. Maybe because the wife and I had just watched Bridget Jones Diary and I thought he was properly intense enough to do the role justice.

The person I keep seeing as Mad-Eye Moody is a character actor named Jim Carter. I can't find a picture of him to save my life, but he's played these roles in these movies, if it helps:

102 Dalmatians- Detective Armstrong
The Little Vampire- Rookery
Shakespeare In Love- Ralph Bashford
Brassed Off-Harry
Richard III- Lord William Hastings
The Madness of King George- Fox
Black Beauty- John Manly
The Witches- Head Chef
Haunted Honeymoon- Montego
Rustler's Rhapsody- Blackie
Top Secret- Deja Vu

With the proper eye prosthetic, he'd be perfect! Look him up and see what you think.

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
He has patches of grey hair...

GRAHAM NORTON! :D

Do you have Channel 4? If you do, watch his show at 10pm, but be warned, late night chat show ;)

:( Haven't got telly :(

[ElfTBD]

I only really like the idea of Ian McKellan playing dumbledore, but I'm a little biased...I think he's a great actor...:)

I can't see Grahm Norton playing lupin...he's too, well, happy *shrug*

[Sirius Black]

John Hannah - yeah, great suggestion, didn't think about him... trouble is, I like him too much to believe him a baddie like Peter... But then, that would make him the perfect traitor?

Puleeze... Graham Norton, I absolutely adore his show (especially the tune), but he could just about pull off Lockhardt - and that's too late now. By the way, it's a pigment failure, not grey. If you want Lupin to be camp, try Stephen Fry :D

That first guy, snowmane, looks like some fanart painting of Sirius, not bad (if a bit too smooth), who is he?
Acting-wise I would suggest Jonathan Rhys-Myers, if he wasn't far too young. Robert Carlyle would be good for the non-reading movie folk, everyone would believe him the baddie!

SB

[Sirius Black]

I also want Judi Dench as aunt Marge!!!

[Colli]

:o Judi Dench? :D

Reminds me of Sir Ian McKellen as Maggie Smith on SNL...

:LOL:

[swiftsnowmane]

LOL! I just watched The Importance of Being Ernest (with Colin Firth again, hehe:swoon: ), and Judi Dench was great in that! I love almost anything that woman does. Though, I must say, I do not really imagine Aunt Marge like her at all....:eek:

[Sirius Black]

McKellen as Smith? How does THAT work out? :confused: :D

Judi Dench can do annoying, believe me. Remember her in 'Shakespeare in love'?
SB

[swiftsnowmane]

Yes, lol! She was actually quite annoying in the Importance of Being Ernest as well.:p I guess I just meant that I had never even CONSIDERED her for Aunt Marge. Aunt Marge just looks and sounds completely different, IMO. Not that I think JD couldn't do it, I just wouldn't have thought of her for the role. :)

Oh, by the 'first guy', did you mean

Colin Firth

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/firth2.jpg

or


Michael Praed?

http://www.chaoticworks.com/praed/praed18.jpg


:confused:

[A.H.black]

I also enjoyed Judi Dench in The Importance of Being Ernest. I haven't seen her in anything I didn't like. Loved her as "M". Loved her in As Time Goes By. Loved her in Kenneth Brannagh's Henry V.

I know many people have suggested Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen for Dumbledore. I would like to suggest Derek Jacobi. I think he has the ablility to become Dumbledore.

[Sirius Black]

Who's Derek Jacobi?
I've been pondering about Dumbledore... I find Michael Palin would make a fine wise wizard, if only he was 50 years older... :D

Yeah, I meant the latter ;) snowmane - Michael Pread. What has he been in?
SB

[swiftsnowmane]

He was in a Robin Hood TV series a long time ago, and he's also been in numerous theater productions, but other than that I have no idea. :o

(Btw, I have seen that fan art pic I think, and you're right, he looks just like it! If someone knows what one i'm talking about, could they post it? Thanks! :p )

[Remus]

I really want to see Ewan McGregor as Lupin, but I'm still not sure about who I'd like to see play Sirius. Michael Pread just isn't how I imagine Sirius to look like, but I guess he might look the part once you have all the make-up (and he looks more gaunt).

I hadn't really thought of Judi Dench as Aunt Marge, I guess she could be pretty good as her, but I'm not entirely convinced still.

[Elfëa]

Hugh Jackman for Sirius?

I'd :swoon:

[Amberion]

Amberion points politely to Hugh's Aussie passport, reminding Elfea that the actors have to be British by Rowling decree

[Colli]

:D Yes, Amb, but they slipped in a few Americans while no one was looking. ;)

The Sorcerer's Stone
Author J.K. Rowling insisted that the principal cast be British and she got her wish, with two exceptions - Richard Harris was, of course, Irish, and Zoe Wanamaker [I believe she plays Madame Hooch], though she has made her name as a "British" actress, is actually a US citizen. Other non-Brits in the cast include Verne Troyer, born in Michigan, USA, who plays Griphook (the second Goblin in Gringots' Bank) and Christopher Columbus' daughter, Eleanor, who played Susan Bones.

SB, there was an SNL skit where Sir Ian dressed up like Maggie Smith... and "she" went on a little tirade about Judy Dench. :D

I personally would hate to see her as Aunt Marge, I imagine Marge fatter.... because it shows she's "healthy". ;)

[Rivenlas]

You know, since we're all pretty committed to this movie, I think we should all get parts. I nominate myself for the part of...of...uh...well, what can an eighteen-year old play? An extra? Heck, I'd take it. Teach me to say one sentence with a British accent and I'd be happy for life. Well, maybe I'd want more...see? This thread is making me greedy!!!! :rolleyes:

[Colli]

LOL Rivenlas that's an awesome idea. I'm horrible at any accent outside of Appalachia :D, but I can say "You're late" with a pretty un-American accent. ;)

I wouldn't mind playing Hermione, I abhor studying and my hair's straight, but other than that I fit the description. ;)

[swiftsnowmane]

What, Colli, you're secretly in love with Ron??:eek:

;)

[Colli]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
What, Colli, you're secretly in love with Ron??:eek:

;)

:p Oh yes, that must be it. :p :trout:

:D

[Rivenlas]

I could totally play Hermione if I wanted to, if she was eighteen. The only problem: is my hair TOO big? Wanna know how big I can make it? Picture Christina A. in the Moulin Rouge video...
Someone also told me I'd make a good Patil twin (when my hair's straight, of course!) but then again, the age problem...
Maybe in the fourth book I could play Narcissa Malfoy. Then I could hang around Lucius and feel cool. But then, there is that omnipresent age problem...too young...maybe they could age me, though. Too bad they can't DE-AGE me. I'd love to be young again and go about loving HP shame-free. :D

[Peregrinning Took]

I want to be an extra in the 3rd or 4th movie. I'm 14 right now, but people always think I'm 12 (-_-), so by the time they start filming the 4th one I'll *HOPEFULLY* look old enough...

I know, this is totally irrelevant to the point of this thread, but where else am I supposed to put this??? O_o

[A.H.black]

I first saw Derek Jacobi in The Pallisers in the '70's . He was the lead in I Claudius and did my favorite Hamlet. He was a fellow classmate of Ian McKellen at Cambridge. He was a mentor to Kenneth Brannagh and appeared in HenryV and Dead Again. Recently he was in Gladiator. Other roles are too numerous to mention. He has also been knighted.

Since very few know about him, it highlights the fact that he is able to disapear into a character, thus my feeling that he would make a wonderful Dumbledore.

[Seriphus]

I'd like Derek Jacobi as Dumbledore, I hadn't considered him before.

Acting-wise I would suggest Jonathan Rhys-Myers, if he wasn't far too young.
I wanted JRM to play Tom Riddle. Great actor.
I find Michael Palin would make a fine wise wizard, if only he was 50 years older...
LOL, then I'd have to swoon for Dumbledore. Yes I do fancy a 59 year old :o

Serphy

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by Amberion
Amberion points politely to Hugh's Aussie passport, reminding Elfea that the actors have to be British by Rowling decree

Elfea :trout: :trout: herself

I totally forgot. :o


Mm... I could play like... hmm... anyone who's supposed to be around 20 :eek: (I'mnotthatold!I'mnotthatold... am I? :()

[Fleurdelacour]

I cpuld play Fleur Delacour! By the time the part would come up, I'd be old enough lol! I've been tp france twice, I can do a French accent! lol!

Or

Audrey Tautou! Well, she's got dark hair, and dark eyes, so I thought I'd change it a bit...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid42/p2bec1e58363a7b547856851c04d4b884/fcf26960.jpg

[Colli]

FleurD, WHAT is that!??!?!?

Hmm... the accent. Such a problem... I can't pick up on accents unless I'm around them for like a month.

Maybe they should give me a non-speaking part. ;)

I'll play the Hungarian Horntail!

[Fleurdelacour]

It's Audrey Tautou, that french actress, gone all weird, and surrounded by stars, clouds and lighting things on Paint Shop Pro!

She's blonde, and wrong! lol

[Colli]

LOL!

Frightened me at first. :D You photoshopped her hair, right?

[Sirius Black]

Originally posted by Colli
I'm horrible at any accent outside of Appalachia :D, but I can say "You're late" with a pretty un-American accent. ;)

What, in a Elijah-Wood-type-of-accent?? *gg*
McKellen as Maggie Smith, slagging off Judi Dench? Lol, why didn't I see that? :D

Serphy, I can SO understand you. :p

Jakobi sounds really good, A.H.black! Has he recently done any plays?
SB

[Colli]

Once again, I don't KNOW any of these people you guys are talking about. :D I want the actor to look the part, of course, but I'm much more concerned with whether or not he (or she) can pull off the character.

[Sirius Black]

Oh, here's Michael:

http://palinstravels.co.uk/graphics/photos/series_homepages/ptp/intro/ptp_1.jpg
He was in stuff like A fish called Wanda and Life of Brian (with the Monty Python's)
(And if he ever reads this... I DO apologize for suggesting to play a 150 year-old... :D)

[A.H.black]

I forgot that Derek Jacobi was in Gosford Park last year. He also got an emmy nomination for his appearance in Frasier last year?

I don't know about very recent theater. He was in Uncle Vanya in 2000-01

Here's a link to one of the pages about him
http://www.linsdomain.com/jacobi.htm

[Sirius Black]

Ahh, Gosford Park! I wanted to see that, but missed it in the cinema. :(
He looks very much like Julius Caesar!

[Fleurdelacour]

Michael Palin, could look old, just shove him back in the Sarahra for a few more months ;)

I thought of the perfect actor for Sirius... Then forgot!! :mad:

[amrael]

Michael Palin....

amrael thinks deeply about this...

I think he would be great. Making him look older wouldn't be so hard, and he can do whimsical alright.

I wouldn't mind Derek Jacobi. He's a darn good actor too.

amrael casts a Memoria spell on Fleurdelacour

Did it work?

[Lembas]

Oh man, Michael Palin and John Cleese together on the Harry Potter movie set. I'd love to be a fly on the wall if that ever happened. :) But I think the casting people will go for someone a little older and less jovial-relax, I'm not saying Dumbledore can't be jovial or have a twinkle in his eye-it's just that as I've said before, the tone of the books gets more serious as they go on and I think they need someone who won't make you want to crack up by just looking at him. Michael Palin does that for me-he's probably my favorite Python and can crack me up even when he's not trying to be funny!

[Fleurdelacour]

It did actually! lol!

You know... Ooh, I've forgotten his name, but that bloke in Red Dragon, not Hannibal ;) The other one... He had the tatoo and everything. You're all staring at me now aren't you?

[Sirius Black]

Originally posted by Lembas
Oh man, Michael Palin and John Cleese together on the Harry Potter movie set. I'd love to be a fly on the wall if that ever happened. :)

Oh dear - same here... didn't even think of that! :jawdrop:
Maybe... we could talk them into producing a spoof?


I didn't see Red Dragon - anyone know his name?
SB

[amrael]

Haven't seen it, but a quick Google search turns out that you seem to be talking about Ralph Fiennes?

[Seriphus]

Oh man, Michael Palin and John Cleese together on the Harry Potter movie set.
I always forget John Cleese is in the movies until I see him floating past in a scene.
I want to know what on earth happened with Rik Mayall. Peeves was supposed to be in the movie this time round.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall if that ever happened. But I think the casting people will go for someone a little older and less jovial.
I think the problem with Richard Harris was (no disrespect intended) that he wasn't quite jovial enough. He didn't really portray Dumbledore's apparent absent-mindedness and subtle humour. I just don't think his heart was in the project.
Haven't seen it, but a quick Google search turns out that you seem to be talking about Ralph Fiennes?
Ralph Fiennes was the one with the tattoo in Red Dragon. I want his brother, Joseph, to play Sirius. I think Ralph would make a good Remus.

Serphy

[Sirius Black]

Remus and Sirius played by brothers? How cool. Doesn't necessarily have to be the Fiennes-brothers, though. ;) But would be very cool for the shrieking-shack-scene.

I do agree about Harris. Might have been the script though. Subtle humor doesn't seem to feature in these productions. That's why every funny dialogue between the Weasley twins was written out for the benefit of Seamus turning fruit into Whiskey.:rolleyes:

[Fleurdelacour]

Yes! That's him Ralph Fiennes, he was in Wuthering Heights too, and was all long haired and scruffy!

Or, we could see if Viggo Mortesen could go all stubbily and scruffy again ;)

OH! OH!

Jamie Bell, for Cedric! Wouldn't that be perfect?

[swiftsnowmane]

Jamie Bell? Nah, I'd be too busy expecting him to break out ballet dancing.;) Plus, he is NOT how I imagine Cedric. Not that I don't like Jamie Bell, but he is just too cute. Cedric is not cute. Cedric is handsome. There's a difference.:D

[~Lady Evenstar~]

I heard that a possibility for Lupin was Ewan McGreggar. Hmmm...i could go with that...but i pictured Lupin older.

[amrael]

Lupin should be in the late thirties, though he looks older because of the werewolf thing. But then he is the same age as Snape and no matter how much I love Rickman's Snape he looks somewhat older. ;)

[Alcarinque]

Did anyone see that article in the Radio Times?(british TV listings).

It said that one of the runners for Cedric was Jack Ryder (Jamie from eastenders). I'm not altogether sure that that would be good casting myself but never mind.

[Fleurdelacour]

JACK RYDER! He's dying next week anything! I think Martin runs him over! :D

Nooo! noo! I hope they don't consider it! He's got greasy blonde hair! ugh, well he's shaved it off now...

Lemme find something...


Right

Darling annoying greasy haired Jamie, ahem JACK Ryder (http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/jamie_m_biog.shtml)

picture if you're a lazy eegit ;)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/images/jamiemitchell1.jpg

[Alcarinque]

Thanks for finding a picture Fleur

I agree wholeheartedly, I think they could do SO much better and he's not at all the way i pictured Cedric.

[Elfëa]

No.

Cedric is more "build" :p But not build - if you know what I mean? :o

[Sirius Black]

Nooooo... We can't have a Mitchell!! :eek:

Colli - you've got a new pic in your avatar? I'm dying!:D
SB

[Colli]

Yup. BridgetChubb made it for me. :D You like?

Elfea, I understand. He needs to be kinda thick, kinda bulky. Tall, but not skinny like Harry, Ron, and all of the other kid actors. ;)

[Elfëa]

Yeah.... I've got rather clear picture of Cedric - he kinda looks like his name... :p He probably reminds me of most Finnish guys - blond :p ;)

[swiftsnowmane]

But Cedric's not blonde:confused:

[Seriphus]

My Cedric's tall and dark-haired. More like Sean Biggerstaff than Jack Ryder.
Jamie Bell looks too young and I can't imagine Cedric with a North-east accent.

[Fleurdelacour]

Sirius, we could have Phil Mitchell as Amos :D ;) Haven't watched Eastenders in ages... That Alfie is soo bloody annoying...

Yeah, Cedric was a man! lol I see what you mean, he aint all skinny and bony, he was Hogwarts Champion!

MARTIN FOLWER! :D haha... Cant think of his real name... He's a bit more build then Jack Ryder, has dark hair, is is going to kill Jamie... I think.... The never ending happines of British soaps!

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
But Cedric's not blonde:confused:

Is he not!? :eek:

How well I always forget to read the descriptions... :o

I never pay attention to them, seriously :o I never pay attention what people look like in RL either... :p






dark haired? :jawdrop:

[Sirius Black]

Yeah, that's right... Phil would brag about a family member, just like Amos *ponders*. Not that I think, East Enders cast members would be particularly grand on the big screen.

Anyway - are you kidding me?? Jamie gets run over? :eek: No way! Poor Sonia...

[Sheild Maiden]

I know this has nothing to do with Sirius and Lupin , but I heard somewhere that Ian McKellen was being considered for the part of Dumbledore! I'm not sure how I feel about that, I think he would do a wonderful job, but Gandalf and Dumbledore?

I think that most of the guys mentioned to play the parts of Sirius and Lupin look too young. All of the other people we have seen from James and Lily's year look a bit older than they are in the the book. Whoever they pick has to be hot though, because I could not stand it if I was in love with Snape and Malfoy (Lucius, of course, not Draco), and Tom Riddle and there was not at least one good guy to crush on. I was so proud of myself, becuse in the books I did not like Lucius at all (I usually like bad guys, it's my bane) But after I saw that first picture of Jason Issacs w/ that long blonde hair...:swoon:... I went head over heels

[Sirius Black]

NOOOOO! Jamieeeeeee!
(is THAT what road casualties look like? sprawled on the floor like crucified?)
:D

[Sirius Black]

Sorry bout that little East Enders drift...:o

But here's a new actor for PoA - what about Joanna Lumley for Sybil?? Wouldn't she be PERFECT?
:jawdrop:
SB

[Fleurdelacour]

Did you see Sonia's so called crying Sirius?1 lol!! What was she doing.

Jamie's gonna die! His liver is all smashed up! haha! Did you know he's 20 years old, but has had that hairvuit since he was 12! Disgusting isn't it? But he shaved it off, and looks like a David Beckham lookielike...

Yes! Joanna Lumley for sybil! lol that's be amazing!

Does anyone think Viggo Mortesen would do Sirius. Yes, I know he's half american and half danish, but he's RUGGED in lotr...

[Colli]

I don't think he'd do it, but Viggo would be AWESOME. :swoon:

[Sirius Black]

I don't think he should do it*, but I do agree he'd be awesome. :swoon:
:D
*waste his talent on a stoopid production like this...:p

[Fleurdelacour]

Viggoo...... :swoon: :notworthy

[Peregrinning Took]

Oh, yes, yes, yes, I forgot about this! You *HAVE* to see this, but I'll warn you: Prepare to be slightly freaked out (atleast I was O_o)

Click here (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2002600303,00.html)

[Fleurdelacour]

Never trust anything written in Dominic Mohan's Bizarre collumn. I never knew it came from the Sun, or Dominic Mohan in particular... :rolleyes:

[qleap]

Originally posted by Seriphus
I think Ralph would make a good Remus

I've been saying that since July 2000!!!!! :eek: :o :o

Anyone who's seen him as Lenny Nero in Strange Days would agree ;)

[feanari]

Yeah, I heard that Ewan (:notworthy ) was going to play Remus! Yay! That would make Remus my doubly favourite character!

[~Lady Evenstar~]

No! Viggo isn't right as Sirius! Sorry, but i've never imagined Sirius as rugged. Pictured him more as Jeremy Irons.

Peregrinning Took, is this really true???? :eek:

[Colli]

The Sun.. :barf:

Aren't they the paper that kept on fixing those polls last winter?

[Fleurdelacour]

The Sun fix polls all the time - They're just money making eegits. I have worse words for them :mad: I HATE DOMINIC MOHAN!!! With passion!

lol.

Sirius is rugged though! He was in Azkaban! Rugged men.... :swoon:

[Peregrinning Took]

Hmmm....The plot thickens....

OK, so maybe it's NOT going to be McKellen... (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11044,00.html)

I guess we'll all find out tomorrow when they make the "official statement."

[Colli]

More peace of mind. :D

Regarding last Friday's report in the London Sun that Ian McKellen has agreed to play Dumbledore in the next Harry Potter film, a message posted Monday on McKellen's website says: "Ian McKellen has NOT agreed to succeed the late Richard Harris in the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies. He has expressed interest in perhaps playing a different role some time in the future of the series."

So who do you think he wants to play? Or maybe someone from the later books...

[Elfëa]

Maybe he'll play Dumbledore's ghost when Dumbledore dies... ;)

Nah, just kidding... :p

He'd be marvolous Mad-Eye :D but then again, he's a talented actor, he could probably play any part given :)

[Pilgrim Grey]

IMO Ian McKellan wouldn't make a good Mad-Eye Moody. I've always pictured him - this is going to sound weird, but bear with me - as looking like I. Cheese from the computer game Escape From Monkey Island... here's a pic...

http://www.lucasarts.com/register/images/member_ignatius_cheese.jpg

Now, doesn't that look like a Mad-Eye Moody to you? He even has the peg leg, and he's missing an eye!

EDIT: changed to a better picture...

[Elfëa]

I can't picture Mad-Eye being that fat... :p My mental image of him is much much much older, perhaps even older than Dumbledore - after all Moody has retired! And he's thin, rather Gollumish perhaps or Bilbo? ;)

Dunno...
I never pay too much attention how characters look like, but what they feel like - and that's same with RL people as well... :o

[Sirius Black]

Hey, can't the Sun go and print a release date for book 5 as well to provoke a reaction? That's what I call good journalism in these Times... :D

[Peregrinning Took]

Actually, that's more how I imagined Moody to be, too....Tall and fat, with dark, longish hair. But that's just me! :D

Maybe McKellen wants to play...Gah, it's been a while since I've read the 3rd book, but you know that Ministry official that comes when Buckbeak is going to be executed? That...Uh...Guy??? Does anyone know who I'm talking about?

[Colli]

A fat Moody? No.. I don't think so.

Sir Ian would make a good Moody, I think. Or even Crouch!, given that his hair is darkened up a bit. ;)

PGTook, you're thinking of Macnair, who I imagined as being somewhat muscular and gruff looking.

[Peregrinning Took]

No, hold on, let me get my book...

Before Fudge could answer, two wizards came through the castle doors behind him. One was so ancient that he appeared to be withering before their very eyes....Harry gathered that they were representatives of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures...

Not to say, of course, that Ian McKellen is old and withering, but...:D

[Colli]

For real? :eek:

:D Elfea, looks like you're not the only one who needs to read the character descriptions more closely. ;)

Maybe they could get Alan Rickman to play someone... :swoon:

oh.

wait. :p

[Sirius Black]

What a great idea, Colli! Wait - wouldn't he make a good Sirius?? :nose:

[amrael]

Gret idea!!! We could have The Shrieking Shack scene done à la Gollum/Sméagol!! ;) :D

[~Lady Evenstar~]

Originally posted by Colli
For real? :eek:

:D Elfea, looks like you're not the only one who needs to read the character descriptions more closely. ;)

Maybe they could get Alan Rickman to play someone... :swoon:

oh.

wait. :p

:rotfl:

Hmmm...I pictured Moody to look more like Filch.

[nevdurwen]

awww orlando bloom should be in one of the harry potter movies.
i think he would be a good cedric diggory if only he were much younger... :(

[Sirius Black]

No, no - he would play Fleurdelacour in the Goblet of Fire! I always wondered if that wig could be re-used. :LOL:

Hmm.. but who would be who, amrael?

[Colli]

Meaning absolutely NO offense to Mr Bloom, I hope he comes nowhere near the Potter movies.

The last things I need are cheesy close-ups of Cedric saying some cute line.

Well, unless he plays Fleur. ;)

:clap: Alan Rickman for Sirius Black!!!!!!!!!!!! I never did think they showed enough of him in the first two movies. :swoon:

[Fleurdelacour]

:D :D :D Orlando as Fleur Delacour! lol!! Oh my god, that's genius! :D

Did anyone see Goodbye Mr Chips last week on Boxing Day? Well there was this boy in it, about 13 or 14 years old, he was the one Mr Chips found bullies trying to hang him for he was crying about his mothers death? Well him, he'd made a grat Cedric, got the posh English accent, and hair up to scratch already!

[Sirius Black]

Originally posted by Colli
The last things I need are cheesy close-ups of Cedric saying some cute line.


What, like 'You look terrible' to Cho after a Quidditch Match? :p

[Elfëa]

Well, I think Mr. Bloom would make a lovely Fleur! :D

He blooms so fleurish ;) :p

[Fleurdelacour]

I made darling Orlando Fleur! :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid45/pfbb65ff7aba1b2c600302dc64c13f607/fcd3515f.jpg.orig.jpg

lol, my friend said he looked like a drag queen! :D

[Elfëa]

:jawdrop:


:rotfl: :LOL: :rotfl: :LOL:


Hilarious!

[Sirius Black]

Oh no! I can't access the picture! :(
Could you mail it to me, Fleur? snuffles@thedoghousemail.com
That would be most welcome. ;)
SB

[Seriphus]

LOL, Fleur. That's brilliant!

:LOL:

[Colli]

:D My best friend thinks Orli would make a nice Fleur, too.

Sirius, just right click on the image and scroll down to properties... highlight the entire URL and copy/paste it. :)

I've now heard a rumor that "Ian Brown (http://www.ianbrown-online.co.uk/) (of the Stone Roses) has signed on for a small part in the film [PoA]". He seems like a musician or something, but I'm American and I don't know these people. ;)

http://www.ianbrown-online.co.uk/gifs/ian.jpg

Any ideas? For a small role in PoA? Just how small?

[Sirius Black]

Hmm, ONE Scene with Snape and a couple of newspaper stills? :p
Or - hang on - he could be Lupin's wer-double for the 5-second-canter into the forest!
SB

[Mellon]

Ian Brown is indeed a musician, and I didn't know he acted - odd. Maybe it's a first role?

[Colli]

Mellon, I don't think Ian Brown has a listing on IMDb. There are a few Ian Browns on there, but they don't look like the same person.

Gary Oldman news! (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1789640)
Jan. 08, 2003

Gary Oldman is in negotiations to join the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" for director Alfonso Cuaron. The third installment of the studio's franchise based on author J.K. Rowling's book series will begin production Feb. 17. Oldman would play wizard Sirius Black, the escaped prisoner of Azkaban who is later revealed to be Harry Potter's godfather. Adapted by Steven Kloves, "Azkaban" is being produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman and Mark Radcliffe. Michael Barnathan and Callum McDougall are executive producing. Oldman, repped by CAA, ICM London and manager Douglas Urbanski, will next star in a trio of indie features: "Sin," opposite Ving Rhames, "Tiptoes" with Kate Beckinsale and "Interstate 60." (Zorianna Kit)

[Fleurdelacour]

Damn, Colli got there before me ;)

Don't like Gary Oldman, good actor et al, but as Sirius... No, bad... Nooo... Too old..

Oh, our dreams of Ralph Fiennes playing Sirius have gone away... Ralph Fiennes is going to be in a play on the West End until the summer I think, so he'll be busy with plays...

Ho hum

[Colli]

;) Might I remind you that our dear Alan Rickman is playing a man of the same age? :D

[Sirius Black]

Oh.. but surely he can't be much over 35, Colli? :D

Well, to me - I'll have a good actor in a West End Play instead of in the HP movie any day! (no, that didn't come out right... I mean... anyway - which play?) :p
SB

[Peregrinning Took]

Here's an idea--Pierce Brosnan (sp?) for Sirius!!! :D

[ElfTBD]

Hmmm...maybe they could dyke Orlando's hair red and make him Bill Weasley (if they do GOF)...:)

[lithorose]

Perhaps you mean dye?:)

[Kristin]

I like Gary Oldman as an actor.... but not as my Sirius! :( Nooo!


Orlando would make a great Bill! Nice idea! :)

[Colli]

Orlando Bloom as Bill? Please no... Bill's supposed to be thick (in a muscular sort of way), not scrawny. :p :LOL:

[swiftsnowmane]

Yeah, Bill's supposed to be HOT, not PRETTY.:D ;)

[ElfTBD]

Originally posted by lithorose
Perhaps you mean dye?:)

:o err...yeah....that's what I meant...I think I was still thinking of his hair in LOTR...*ahem* :D ;)

:rotfl: yeah, I suppose bill's not supposed to be pretty, eh? LOL

[Colli]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
Yeah, Bill's supposed to be HOT, not PRETTY.:D ;)

Amen, sista! :D

And besides, all the dramatic close-ups would take away from the point of the movie. ;)

"Harry, look at what has happened to you. I was wrong to despair." Bill looks down sadly. :rolleyes: ;)


:) I still like the idea of McKellen for Mad-Eye, but what do you all think about Richard E Grant?

http://www.richard-e-grant.com/Pictures/TheScarletPimpernel13.jpg

Ooh! And look what I found in Dec 2001 interview:
6. Given that you have read Harry Potter. Which role (apart from Lucius Malfoy) would you select for yourself?

REG - I think they have all been taken, so would prefer not to dwell on this in case I burst into tears and flood your laptop.


:D He's read them! And he's worked with Kenneth Branagh before.. surely the connection would help. ;)

[Seriphus]

Ahh no! I can't watch Richard E Grant. He makes me cringe, don't know why. I always imagine Moody as being a lot older as well.

[Monkfish]

Dumbledore = Peter O`Toole
Sirius = Martin Kemp
Lupin = Robson Greene



NUFF SAID!:)

[Fleurdelacour]

MARTIN KEMP! :eek: I dont think he could do rugged! No... He's a suave East End guy! I miss him on Eastenders...

Robsom Green? no, no my mum fancies him... :eek: No, he's ginger... Not Lupinish... ;)

Who will they pick for Lupin and Sirius?

[Colli]

There don't seem to be any rumors whatsoever for Lupin... and my curiosity is BURNING.

[Fleurdelacour]

Lets start our own! :D

Muggle Informer 14th January 2003 -

Insiders say Irish comic Graham Norton is signing up to play werewolf Remus Lupin in the third film of the Harry Potter series. Norton's past acting experience has included Irish comedy Father Ted.

Other insiders, say Viggo Mortesensen, Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy is set to play the rugged Sirius Black, however, rumour also has it Ralph Fiennes is set to play Black.

Watch this space. Filming begins next month

ahhh... we can only dream...

[Peregrinning Took]

I still think that Pierce Brosnan--Well, however you spell his name--The guy that plays James Bond, I should say--should be Sirius Black. And Ewan MacGregor is *SO* Lupin.

[Colli]

I really need to get a life.

According to AICN, a "very reliable source" told one of the people that Timothy Spall has been cast as Peter Pettigrew.

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/38/16/12m.jpg

[Seriphus]

That's not a bad bit of casting. I hope it's true.

Ages ago at HP Galleries Christian Bale was rumoured to be playing Remus. Recently I heard from somewhere that he was a possibility to play Sirius. Don't know if there's any truth in that, but HP Galleries were quite reliable and if he's rumoured for both parts it sounds like he might have some involvement with WB.

[Fleurdelacour]

Ooh he's good :) He'd be good...

Say they get rid of Radcliffe, and I'm preying they do! HOW ON EARTH IS HE GONNA REACT TO THE DEMENTORS!??

Actaully, how are they gonna do the Dementors without them looking like those Black Rider things? :confused: :rolleyes:

I say they replace Radcliffe with this lucky young man:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid47/p95af625feda1cb2b2be6a2fac2509328/fcc7367c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid47/p8610c1ed608f360d7f9be219c9cca1f9/fcc6349d.jpg.orig.jpg

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
Ooh he's good :) He'd be good...

Say they get rid of Radcliffe, and I'm preying they do! HOW ON EARTH IS HE GONNA REACT TO THE DEMENTORS!??

Actaully, how are they gonna do the Dementors without them looking like those Black Rider things? :confused: :rolleyes:


Oh my...

I just cries for FrodoHarry action... doesn't it? :(

[Colli]

IMDb finally took Ian McKellen off the list for Dumbledore, and they've added Gary Oldman as Sirius and Pam Ferris as Aunt Marge.

Again, this is IMDb and they've been known to be wrong before ;), but there you have it.

And The Leaky Cauldron (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/) has posted that there's a rumor that David Thewlis has been offered the role of Lupin.

http://www.ecrannoir.fr/dossiers/monde/gb/images/thewlis.gif

:D He looks kinda like Anderson Cooper..

Anyway, I like the looks of him. Very.. wolfish.

[Elfëa]

Just right kind of facial expression and clothing and he'll be just like Lupin :)

[Colli]

Yes, I'm not sure of his acting skills (yet another Brit actor I've never heard of) but he looks just right. :D

Somehow, I just realized that Anderson Cooper is EXACTLY how I pictured Lupin. :rolleyes: Go figure. :D

Here's a pic of Pam Ferris, from Matilda:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/matilda/assets/bushes2.gif

[Elfëa]

Eww...

she really looks like Aunt Marge...

[Fleurdelacour]

She was scary, but had nice chocolates... ;)

She's how I imagined Aunt Marge...

[Colli]

:D Here's the Anderson Cooper I was talking about earlier.. notice the resemblance?

http://www.photorazzi.com/mas_assets/full/6013001.jpg

[Elfëa]

The first one looks more Lupin to me tho...

[Colli]

Same here. It's David's eyes, I think. I'm not too fond of his mouth... yet.

[Elfëa]

Yes, it's the eyes... they're too.. innocent? :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Colli


http://www.ecrannoir.fr/dossiers/monde/gb/images/thewlis.gif



He looks like Chris Martin, Coldplay's leadsinger and Gweneth Paltrow's boyfriend... :eek: I thought it was him for a sec...

Who is this Anderson bloke... He looks like him too. Creepy... He has very bright eyes...

[Elfëa]

I don't like the looks of the Anderson bloke, his face is too skinny.. and his chin is just like one guy I know... and that's just too gross... (he's my friends "au-pair" employer)

[qleap]

*starts sobbing and crying WHY OHHH WHY RALPH *

Whoever they cast they better get a move on now, it's getting LATE.

[Colli]

:D Filming starts mid-February.

The Anderson Cooper "bloke" ;) was the host of the first two seasons of The Mole, and he used to be a news correspondent for ABC.

But he's American, he's safe. :p

[swiftsnowmane]

Ewwy. Sorry, Colli, but I just don't see the appeal of the Anderson "bloke.":p He's not MY Lupin.:D But nevermind....most of the cast of the movies is not how I imagined them anyways....:(

[Seriphus]

Same here, hardly any of the cast look like how I imagine the characters. But David Thewlis will do as Lupin.
And Pam Ferris will do well as Aunt Marge.

[Colli]

*mutters*that's what they get when they limit themselves to British cast*mutters*

swifty, no offense taken. I was just really surprised when I saw the picture of Thewlis because he reminded me of Anderson Cooper.. and then it struck me that that's hwo I had imagined Lupin all along... except maybe a little more wizard-ish. :D

In the first season of the mole, Anderson had this.. eccentric, almost evil quality to him. Nevermind. :D

I nearly choked when I saw Alan Rickman as Snape. That was NOT my Snape! Not at all! Of course, my opinion has changed since then.. ;)

About the Ian Brown rumor, he's supposed to be going for a VERY small role. Perhaps Stan, from the Knight Bus?

[Elfëa]

So who's left uncast?
I'm really confused with all these rumours and people going around...

who are cast offically? :confused:

[Colli]

Harry Potter ....... Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley ........ Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger ....... Emma Watson
Rubeus Hagrid ....... Robbie Coltrane
Oliver Wood ....... Sean Biggerstaff
Severus Snape ....... Alan Rickman
Draco Malfoy ....... Tom Felton

Those are OFFICIAL. The next few are very SOLID rumors, like, confirmed by those actors' agents. I think technically they're still in negotiations, but the parts have been offered.

Sirius Black ....... Gary Oldman
Albus Dumbledore ....... Michael Gambon
Remus Lupin ....... David Thewlis
Peter Pettigrew ....... Timothy Spall

The rest are mere rumor:

Aunt Marge ....... Pam Ferris
*someone* ....... Ian Brown

And I think it's safe to say that the general cast from movies one and two will be returning... i.e. the kids, the professors, the Dursleys.

(edit) *snickers* What about Stephen Tyler for Mad-Eye Moody? :p :D

[Fleurdelacour]

Isn't he Liv Tyler's dad? :D Oh I just reilised something, trout me, but Areosmith did the song for Armageddon, and Liv Tyler is in Armageddon... Right I'll :trout: meself now...

lol, he'd be good! creepy man....

Gary Oldman cant be Sirius... :( Stupid Warner Bros...

[Elfëa]

Tyler for Moody? :rolleyes:

And next time we'll be seing Liz Tyler as Fleur....

[Kristin]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
Gary Oldman cant be Sirius... :( Stupid Warner Bros...

I agree. He is just NOT Sirius. *sigh*

[Elfëa]

Any pics?

wonders who's Gary Oldman...

[swiftsnowmane]

Why do they keep picking all these really old actors?:confused: Not that I don't like Alan Rickman, but if Sirius and Lupin are also the same age I think I will scream.:D

[glaelia]

ok... nooooooo to thewliss as lupin!! god no... too old!

timothy spall as pettigrew on the other hand is perfect... though i always imagined pettigrew having less hair....

i'm still not sure bout gary oldman... can't make up my mind bout him as sirius. i don't like him much but he's a good actor but again, too old for the role i think....

though i did find this pic...

http://www.garyoldman.com.ar/pictures/68.jpg

with long hair maaaaaybe.... though still think he's too old.... i want to swoon over sirius!!!


however... this is who i think should play cedric....


CEDRIC = JOSEPH MCFADDEN

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Close_Up/Players/1999/04/28/joseph_

well god... he's beautiful enough... and fresh-faced enough to look 17.... though he might be a little slight to play cedric...

AND ... he already had a part as a 'voice' in the video game version of COS.....

[sirius2004]

Gary Oldman as Sirius??? umm....no? he'd be a better snape than sirius and if u ask me...he looks a little too much like a mouse to be a dog...eh..just a thought....Christian bale on the other hand...he can play whoever he wants lol...:swoon: (you know...i never thought i'd actually use that...the world is coming to an end!) anyway. i can't see mr oldman playing anyone in the HP movies...MAYBE pettigrew if he gained....a LOT...of weight, he's a skinny boy from what i've seen.
gtg
*~sirius~* (the star, not the character...just occured to me that people might think that...duh lar!!!!)

[Monkfish]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
Why do they keep picking all these really old actors?:confused: Not that I don't like Alan Rickman, but if Sirius and Lupin are also the same age I think I will scream.:D

erm.........the characters are supposed to be the same age though.............and Harrys fathers classmates are not exactly going to be in their early twenties are they?..........

(ps. WHAT`S WRONG WITH BEING OLD?);)

[Elfëa]

I think I've asked this before but I ask it again... how old are Snape and fellows supposed to be??? :confused:

[swiftsnowmane]

I'm pretty sure that Rowling wrote that the Marauders and Snape are supposed to be in their mid (to late?) thirties. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione see Lupin on the Hogwarts Express for the first time, I think they even describe him as looking fairly young, depite his gray speckled hair.:)

Edit: Nothing's wrong with being old, Monkfish. I swoon for older people sometimes! I'm just afraid that they will cast someone ugly as Sirius and Lupin, and in that case being old will not help.;) I just want to swoon for them all, dang it!:D

[Elfëa]

Okay.

So Alan Rickman is little too old looking, but then again I know people in their mid-thirties who have had gray hair for 10 years! :eek: And that's true! Some people get older faster than others... and Snape sure has got his share of danger in his life...

[glaelia]

agreed elfea. snape fits. but i'd rather sirius and lupin looked a little younger!



;)

[Elfëa]

Hmm... Sirius has been in Azkaban, he surely doesn't look young, and Lupin's been under the toll of being a werewolf...
I'd quite say they all are allowed to look older than their age... :p

[swiftsnowmane]

Well.....I guess. But even with all that I still didn't imagine either of them looking like 50 year olds. All well. :( *whimpers* I really really want to be able to swoon for the movie characters. But, if they don't tickle my fancy there will always be the books. I certainly swoon for MY images of those characters!:D

[amrael]

And besides, once you've got Rickman who looks 50 (a very delectable 50, though ;) ) you must have somebody who looks like being his contemporary. You can't have a 50 year old man arguing with two guys in their thirties about their time at school. It would look quite weird. Better make all of them be older.

[glaelia]

me too swifty!

they need to have young eyes. to be young. but to look worn. not to actually be old.... that's what i think anyway....

[Elfëa]

I actually think that it's the eyes that have to be old - because all the tornament they've been through. It's not only printed on their flesh, but on their souls as well :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Gary Oldman cant be Sirius! His big sister is A SLATER!!! :eek: :eek: In Eastenders, only brits will understand me ;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/images/moslater2.jpg

Laila’s brother is British film actor and director Gary Oldman.

THE OLD WOMAN!! :eek: :jawdrop:

Gary Oldman was the drunk actor man in Friends when Monica and Chandler were getting married wasn't he and oey was acting with him... To old, to old...

[Elfëa]

Okay... I haven't got slightest idea...

Too old? You mean older than Snape/Rickman? ;)

[amrael]

Actually Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (:eek: ) happens to be 12 years older than Gary Oldman. 12 years and 1 month to be precise.

So you could say not old enough... ;)

[Elfëa]

Lets be thankful that movie make up can work miracles on that department.. ;)

[glaelia]

nooooooooooooooooooooo .... must.... have .... swoonworthy..... sirius!!!

[sirius2004]

i know WB isn't talking about this but still...could a possible Lupin (not sirius...unless he died his hair black which would look REALLY funny...but hey, then again i did it...) be...Tim Roth?? I think he'd be about the right age if u ask me...just a thought

[Sirius Black]

What ARE you people talking about? Alan is the most swoonworthy man that walks this earth!
(Sidney Patrick????) :D
SB

[Colli]

:D SB, you KNOW we love Alan Rickman (well, most of us :p ;)), but you have to admit he doesn't exactly look 33 years old...

[Amberion]

Actually Gary Oldman played Dracula in the version with Winona Ryder in it

[Seriphus]

Another problem is that they made James Potter look pretty old. So casting Sirius and Remus will have to fit in with the casting for James.

[Pilgrim Grey]

from Dark Horizons (a movie news site) (www.darkhorizons.com):
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew, and now the final of the three most important new characters in the third "Harry Potter" movie appears to have been chosen. The Mirror reports that actor David Thewlis, best known for pashing Leo DiCapro in "Total Eclipse" or fighting off the two nutbags that are Val Kilmer & Marlon Brando in "The Island of Dr. Moreau" has landed the role of Remis Lupin, the new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher with his own dark secret. "David is thrilled. He and Anna [Friel, his wife] are massive Harry Potter fans" says one source. Thanks to 'Lady Anakin'
Not sure how old this is or whther it's totally legit, but Dark Horizons are a pretty good site as far as movie news is concerned :)

EDIT: I've never heard of this guy before, so this might not be him, but I've found a pic:
http://www.cinemovies.fr/image/Pfilm4721859385062.jpg

[glaelia]

now THIS is who i'd like to see play lupin...


SEAN PERTWEE!! why has noone suggested him?? he's gorgeous... he's the right age.. 38... though it could be argued he looks older... quite a lined face... blue eyes... blondey brown hair... SEXY voice... and most importantly of course.... COMPLETELY :swoon: worthy....

http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/pert/blue3.jpg

http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/pert/blue15.jpg

http://vweb.ar.com.au/~jriddler/b02-2.jpg


Now... THAT would be my perfect remus lupin...... :swoon: :swoon: :swoon:


ps... there were some more pics i wanted to post... but i was worried about the pg rating.... ;)

[Fleurdelacour]

Wow! Swoonable!

He can be Lupin! :D:swoon:

[glaelia]

oh yes........ ;) :D :swoon: :swoon: see what i mean!!?? we need sirius and lupin to swoon over!!!!!!!!!



i just found this on imbd.... *sob*

Steven Kloves (screenplay) (as Steve Kloves)


Cast (in credits order)
Daniel Radcliffe .... Harry Potter
Rupert Grint .... Ronald 'Ron' Weasley
Emma Watson (II) .... Hermione Granger
Robbie Coltrane .... Gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Pam Ferris .... Aunt Marge
Gary Oldman .... Sirius Black

[Colli]

Yeah, PG, I read that a few days ago and posted a pic of Thewlis. :D Check the previous page... there's a pretty Lupinish picture there. :)

[glaelia]

no no nooooooooooooooooooooooo thewlis CANNOT be lupin!!! i refuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse!

[Elfëa]

I'm actually okay with Thewlis as Lupin... :p

[glaelia]

no No NOOOOO!! don't you agree pertwee is better though... ??? hmm?!? hmm!?? .....

[Elfëa]

He looks too much like Lockhart did :p

Sorry :o

[glaelia]

i'm not offended... cos i think kenneth branaghs' gorgeous too... but not with that hair!!! he's far better looking in hamlet! goooorgeous eyes! but how can you say pertwee looks like him!!! they're nothing alike!




;)

:D :D

[Elfëa]

looks at the first pic again

Definately same looks :p ;)

[glaelia]

*glaelia trouts elfea for being such a fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!....


:trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout:

[Elfëa]

pipes: It's the hair...


:trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout: :trout:

[glaelia]

egads woman!! shush! or i'll trout you proper on saturday!




okay... withOUT the hair...


http://vweb.ar.com.au/~jriddler/seanp-tele.jpg

[Elfëa]

Okay...

but now he looks too much like James Bond :p


and NO more :trout:ing! :trout: :p

I :trout:

hates :trout:

fishes... :trout:

[Seriphus]

Sean Pertwee would be OK as Lupin, but you've also posted a picture of my first choice, glaelia - Jude Law.
I can cope with Thewlis, though.

[Colli]

:D You all have posted pics of very nice looking men (Jude...) but Thewlis is really the only one who actually LOOKS like Lupin. :D

:trout:

[glaelia]

like i said... sean looks like my lupin.... ;)

[Colli]

From the Leaky Cauldron (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org):


Reader LD pointed out that according to an interview he just did on "Today With Des & Mel" on ITV1 and his Web site, UK comedian and double bass player Jim Tavaré will be playing the role of Tom, bartender of The Leaky Cauldron:
For fans of Harry Potter I have landed a small role in the third movie The Prisoner Of Azkaban. I play Tom who works at The Leaky Cauldron. I didn't know much about Harry Potter until I researched the character on the various HP websites. Apparently he resembles a wizened toothless walnut.

http://freespace.virgin.net/j.tavare/photo1.jpeg

Well.. they say make up does wonders. :confused:

[Elfëa]

He looks like RL bartender to me... :p

But I thougth Tom is older??? :confused:

Cute... I actually like him :swoon:

[Colli]

Yeah.. he's just too young for Tom. :)

And I just read that Chris Rankin (Percy) is signed on for PoA and GoF at least. :D

[Elfëa]

Wohoo!

Love Percy...

how old is he (the actor) by the way? :swoon:

[Fleurdelacour]

I read on ceefax this morning that Ewan McGregor is playing Remus.

Might have been a rumour, its not there anymore.

[Elfëa]

ArGh!

Can't we just have the actors names...

:swoon:s at the idea of having Ewan in PoA... (not that I think he'd be nice Lupin... :p)

[Fleurdelacour]

Problem with Ewan in HP:


It's bad enough me quoting bit of the book when I watch the films, but I'll start to quote Moulin Rouge!

I did the same when I watched the others, again last Saturday. All I did was quote from Moulin Rouge... I'll so do the same thing again! :D

Yes, swooning... :swoon: :swoon:

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
It's bad enough me quoting bit of the book when I watch the films,

On third viewing my friends said they won't ever again sit next to me in the cinema. :rolleyes:

I can't help that I comment :o or remember the lines :o And I did that on first viewing already :eek:!

I haven't seen Moulin Rouge :p

[Fleurdelacour]

lol! GO SEE MOULIN ROUGE! :D

I found this! :D

From This Website (http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/ewanmcgregor.html)


Being considered by Chris Columbus to play Remus Lupin in the third HARRY POTTER sequel, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004).



Could it be!

BUT, Chis, aint directing PoA... They could be wrong alltogether!

[ElfTBD]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
Problem with Ewan in HP:

It's bad enough me quoting bit of the book when I watch the films, but I'll start to quote Moulin Rouge!

I did the same when I watched the others, again last Saturday. All I did was quote from Moulin Rouge... I'll so do the same thing again! :D


Or Star Wars for that matter...that was my problem with Moulin Rouge...All I could see was Obi-Wan and it made me laugh...

Although, I personally think he'd be too young for Lupin...

[StarGazr]

I just spent the better part of the last hour going through this thread and reading everyone suggestions for who should play the remaining three Mauraders. And I must say... :swoon: :swoon: :swoon: there are some veeeeery good choices. Then, before I could get to the last page, I scooted over to the IMDB and checked it out to see if there was a cast list. Oh my god! What are they thinking casting Gary Oldman as Sirius Black?! And whoever they guy is playing Lupin?! I always pictured Black as being seriously :swoon:worthy.. ya know once he got out of his prison-days look... hmph... well you know that when I write fan-fiction Black is always :swoon:worthy hehe

[lithorose]

You don't think Gary Oldman is :swoon: ? I'm coming round to the idea, even though he is different from what I imagined Sirius to look like. I'm pretty sure he can play the part, my only concern is in not seeing his other roles in his portrayal of Black. Same thing with Thewlis, except the only things I've seen him in I forget (was he in Braveheart?), sorta like how David Wenham was in Moulin Rouge:eek:

One thing that I'm glad for is that Ewan McGregor is not playing Lupin. Personally, I think he's wrong for the part, though :o in other roles. I don't think of Lupin or Sirius as seriously hot guys, as in face-on-GQ/one-look-and-your-done-for, but as people whose personality would make them swoon-worthy. Make sense?

[Seriphus]

I read on ceefax this morning that Ewan McGregor is playing Remus. Where did you read that? Was it the message on Backchat from someone who thought Ewan was in the movie, because that's probably because there's been loads of rumours going round about it. It's pretty definite that David Thewlis is cast isn't it?
I'd love to have Ewan playing Lupin, he's like my 2nd or 3rd choice.

[Fleurdelacour]

That's exactly where I read it! There was a similar message a few days ago, but didn't think much of it, and other messages started to appear...


Imagine Ewan with flecks of grey in his hair... :swoon: :notworthy.

Filming starts tomorrow Along with bloody congestion charging... they HAVE to tell us!

Right, going snooping WB sites...We must have missed something, somewhere...

[Fleurdelacour]

Things I found out:

Gary Oldman and I have things in common!

Gary Oldman, the son of a welder and a homemaker me too!, well, daughter... and he was born in New Cross, I live near there!

FOUND IT! PROOF! HERE IT IT FOLKS!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Professor Lupin


Thats for David Thewlis... He's Lupin definatly..

And for Peter Pettigrew:

Its that Timothy Spall bloke...

Dumbledore:

Michael Gambon

He was King Edward VII in The Lost Prince, which was on a few weeks ago! He'll be perfect!

Who else... Imbd is my new god!

Pam Ferris is Aunt Marge definatly...

Where's our favourite fortune telling diva ;) Prof Trewlawney?... Right...


Nope, nothing... Something tells me she's not in the film!
:eek: :mad:

[Seriphus]

Glad I'm not the only one who reads backchat.

Filming starts tomorrow! (edit:Whoops, that'll be today.) The casting has to be definite then. Thanks for finding all the cast info. Trelawney HAS to be in it though. :(

[Bleu Unicorn]

Oh that'd be horrible if Trelawny isn't in it! Maybe they just haven't cast her yet - sometimes that happens. [crosses fingers] But thanks anyhoo, for all the casting info, I'm really psyched...and shooting started today? Cool! :D

[ChianaWeasley]

I must agree, making the next two films without professor Trelawny would be a travesty. Hopefully by some chance they dont have information on the actress who will portray her. Yet there will be a Trelawny ::let us cross our fingers::

If they cut her character, almost 45% of the comical dialogue would have been cut.

I hope they dont leave anyone out this time around.

[Elfëa]

We need Trelawney... perhaps she was already in the other films and sat on the staff table? (even though I think it was proff. Sinistra :p)

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Seriphus
Glad I'm not the only one who reads backchat.


I was reading it this morning, (or last night, can't remember ;) ) and someone had practilly quoted my entire post on the cast, it was weird! :rolleyes:

-

Yup, we need Trewlany...That'd be like cutting Sirius or Lupin out! :jawdrop:

There must be something, somewhere...

[ChianaWeasley]

I want them to keep all the characters they have now, even with the whole age controversy! Different kids in the fifth movie would just be dreadful. And I hate it when they leave charaters out! :eek:

I want nothing to change! Dont disillusion me!!!!!
:wave:

[stridersghirl]

They cant not cast Trelawny :( Especially when she is so important in the the lord voldemort and his servant reunitung prediction :confused:

[Fleurdelacour]

PAUL WHITEHOUSE!!!!

PAUL WHITEHOUSE!!!!

IS IN THE FILM!!! :jawdrop:

as Sir Cadogan!!

Yes, to all you non-Brits, he is a v funny comedian... "SUITS YOU!" :jawdrop:

CBBC Newsround can confirm the final members of the cast for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
On Friday, Warner Brothers said that Michael Gambon will take over the role of Professor Dumbledore, after Richard Harris sadly died following a battle with cancer.

Gary Oldman will be Sirius Black
As widely rumoured, the key role of Sirius Black will be played by Gary Oldman.

And Timothy Spall will bringing Peter Pettigrew to life.

All three are well-known British actors who've starred in many films and TV shows.

They join David Thewlis - confirmed as Remus Lupin in January - and Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson from the first two films.

What about Cho Chang?

Fast Show fave Paul Whitehouse has scooped a minor role too. He plays a knight from one of the paintings Sir Cadogan.

At the moment there is no news on Cho Chang, but some other Hogwarts students have been cast and will be revealed soon.

Pre-production filming has already started
And all these new cast members will be on the set soon, with filming starting for real on Monday 24 February.

As we've already reported, the film crew have been working on pre-production filming, getting special bits and pieces underway.

But on Monday what's called 'principal photography' starts, involving the major members of the cast.

And we'll keep you updated on filming with news and exclusives, so don't forget to keep coming back here to check it out!



Paul Whitehouse....

[glaelia]

wow! the first bit of casting i've been genuinely pleased about!


oooh suits you fleur, suits you! doesn't it? doesn't it suit her sir?

oooh... suits you!!!


perfect.... mr weasley is the other suits you guy!!! i can just imagine them prancing round harry in madam malkins.... oooh suits you sir....


;)


*thought* if there's a sir cadogen... that confirms one or both of the two scenes... sirius black slashing the fat lady AND eventually getting into the tower. AND/OR trying to find the divination room... ie prof trelawny! all may not be lost!!!

[Zippy]

Who's Paul Whitehouse?

[Elfëa]

Can I just repeat that question???

Any pics?

And if they have Cadogan, they MUST have Trelawney... :D

[glaelia]

good god... you're soooooooooooooo lazy! i mean, how hard would it be to go and find a pic!! ah well, i enjoyed looking... and look what i found!!


http://www.kpnservices.demon.co.uk/thumbs/suitsyou.jpg



ooooh.... ooooh, suits you sir!!


paul whitehouse, left, and mark williams (ie Arthur Weasley!)


i love them both... in fact, i think arthur is my fav character from the films....

'really? how did it go? i mean, that was wrong boys! very wrong indeed!!' love it :D :D

http://www.kpnservices.demon.co.uk/thumbs/alf.jpg


also paul whitehouse... in character as alf....

the two of them are part of a group of british comedy actors who make 'the fast show', it's a show compiled of very funny sketches, basicall whitehous gets to fulfill his every fantasy of dressing and behaving like a prat....

;)

perfect for sir cadogan!!

another character... rowling birkin.... basically pissed old man... sits in front of the fire telling stories... but all yo ucan understand is the occassionall word... ie "so there i was fdgkus oug sodfh osuh suh ass... aodughdof sort usodghohguodhg ohwomen... ofuhgdofghdoufhg ojhdplayboy bunnies....." you get the picture... well, maybe....
;)

http://www.kpnservices.demon.co.uk/rowley.jpg

love it love it.... FINALLY a character i'm going to loooooooove!!!





:notworthy <----- to cast people....


i found this link... don't know how good the stuff is... i'm at work and have no sound :(

the fast show (http://freespace.virgin.net/mike.spezzano/)

scroll down to 'other characters' and click on '"Suit you sir!" "Hello sir!" "Puppy - suit u sir!" "Oooh!" .... ie, paul whitehouse and mark williams in their most famous characters


EDIT --- AGAIN....

The Suit You Tailors

Two of The Fast Show's most enduring characters, the Suit You tailors, Ken and Kenneth, spawned a generation of people who can't pass a certain high street menswear retailer without a smirk.
The sex-obsessed pair sidle up to customers and then unleash a torrent of filthy suggestions about their client's personal life.

'Were you with a lady last night sir? Did she want it sir? Ooh, suit you!'

The Fast Show's most famous fan, Johnny Depp, appeared with the Kenneths in The Last Fast Show Ever. He played a bewildered American who is thoroughly quizzed about his sexual antics since arriving in the country. Surrounded on both sides by excited tailors, Johnny 'ooh'-ed along like a trouper.


paul whitehouse --------> http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/characters/images/suitsyou2.jpg

[Zippy]

Originally posted by glaelia
good god... you're soooooooooooooo lazy! i mean, how hard would it be to go and find a pic!! ah well, i enjoyed looking... and look what i found!!


a) You knew I was lazy when you married me. (Didn't you?)
b) I am a very busy pony mod and don't have time for hunting pics.
c) Well, I just don't have anything more to say.:trout: glaelia

[glaelia]

a) yes... yes i did, and i love you anyway :kiss: ;)

b) that's no excuse!!! :o you shouldn't bring your work home with you!!

c) well i :hug: you, cos in my experience i've found being ultra nice to people who are in a mood with you only infuriates them further.... ;)


ps... you didn't say how good all my research was!!! :o

[Zippy]

Oh thanks for doing all the great research. It was fab. I never could have doen a job that good. That's why I left it for you.;) Honey.

[glaelia]

:p




*and this is so you can't trout me for a one word post....*

[Zippy]

It's OK Dear. (I'm not the mod here.)

[glaelia]

:p

*i'm not going to be goaded into getting into trouble!*


;)

[sirius2004]

OOO!!!! :( ok so this is a little off topic for FUTURE actors...but its more "once possible" actors....anyway...i just found out that Tim Roth Was considered for the role of Severus Snape in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone', but dropped out to star in the re-make of Planet of the Apes (2001). The role was then given to Alan Rickman. ARG!!!!!!!!! That just makes me mad :( why would he turn something like that down?Tim Roth is AWESOME (for those of you who don't know him...his filmography is here http://us.imdb.com/Name?Roth,%20Tim pick a movie...any movie...go rent it and watch it.....NOW GO GO GO...you're not GOING fast enough!!) anyway. (if ur still reading this and still don't know who he is...:trout: :-p
ok i think my rant is over.. :( i just wish he was in it :'(

[Elfëa]

glae - it was me who asked for piccies :p


Hmm... I'm perfectly happy with Rickman as Snape... :swoon:

One who I'm not happy with is Daniel as Harry... cause his face is too round... :rolleyes:

[sirius2004]

and his eyes rn't green :(

[Elfëa]

yeah, and he can't wear contact lensses... :(

But Dan still has polaroids of Tom... ;) (And that bit of interview I've seen myself :p)

[sirius2004]

why can't he wear contacts? (and what's w/ u and the polaroids?)

[Elfëa]

polaroids just make me think bad things :p

cause they irritated his eyes too much or something like that...

[sirius2004]

sissy.....:-p digital enhancement? they should've....i'm sure there's got to be SOMETING they could have done...
i'm afraid to ask more about the polaroids....

[Elfëa]

I know nothing more about the polaroids.

I just know he has them. Cause he said so. :p

yeah, they should have done something to his eyes. Totally wrong color.

I write them green everytime. :p As most ff writers do. :)

[Zippy]

I love Tim Roth but Rickman is the only possible Snape in my mind.:o

[sirius2004]

:( eh (i know i'll be trouted for this) alan rickman's ok...he just doesn't seem mean enough! Tim Roth is so good at playing the bad guy...i think a little hairdye (or a wig) some makeup and a wardrobe filled w/ black and he'd be perfect. but NOOO :(
;)

[Fleurdelacour]

Alan Rickman is exactly how I imagine Snape, but I do not swoon for him ;)

My dad is obsessed with the Fast Show... And goes "SUITS YOU!" to me all the time.... lol...

Daniel Radcliffe is about a good actor as I am mathmatician :p I cannot stand him, he doesn't pit in with my signature banners I've been making today, he looks soo, eugh!

[sirius2004]

HEY we could have Tim Roth play harry potter!!! lol
we'll vote daniel off the island!!! YAY!!!

Edit: after all....Tim Roth's eyes are greener than Daniel's...all he needs (again.....) is some black hair dye or a wig and he's good to go....lol

[ChianaWeasley]

I think after some ...revisions Dan could pull it off. After all from reading the books I never had a clear picture of Harry, I sadly could only imagine the book cover type of fellow. But if your going to send him off the island, please,please,please leave Rupert Grint as Ron. :D

[Elfëa]

Hmm... well, cause I can't really care about Ron, you can have Grint as him :p

Hmm... Scytale (poster here) looks like older Harry Potter - even more than Dan :p Those who have seen his pic, know :D (I've met him couple times ;))

two Harrys ;) (http://www.angelfire.com/or/bsbstories/9.jpg)

[ChianaWeasley]

I actually go to school with a guy who could be Harry Potter, except he has brown eyes. And he hates it when we call him Harry, he's more of a LOTR fan.

And then theres Johannes, :LOL: the german Harry Potter. whos made a couple of girls :swoon:

I guess it's just that harry potter look that gets a girl :angel:

[Elfëa]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
I guess it's just that harry potter look that gets a girl :angel:

Nah, it's the Malfoy look that gets a girl :swoon:

[swiftsnowmane]

I'm with you Chiana, I've always swooned for the Harry look. :swoon:

[Colli]

Alan Rickman is exactly how I imagine Snape, but I do not swoon for him

Good. He's too old for you anyway! Leave him to your momma.. ;) :swoon:

I guess it's just that harry potter look that gets a girl
...
Nah, it's the Malfoy look that gets a girl
...
I'm with you Chiana, I've always swooned for the Harry look.
Shoot, who needs a particular look? :D :devil: I'll take any of 'em... all sizes, nationalities, hair colors, and *cough* ages. ;)

[swiftsnowmane]

LOL, Colli! Very true. :D

Now if I could just be content with the villians....but alas! I still pine for my Sirius and Lupin.:o :p

[ChianaWeasley]

Hmm...well the Harry Potter look is what captures a girls heart. Then the whole villian thing is also hard to resist too...Malfoy may be a horrible person, but he has the whole evil thing going for him. ;)

[Elfëa]

Not to mention fandom making him a ice-prince... :swoon:

Hmm... I planning on Evil!Harry ;)

[ChianaWeasley]

It's almost like when someone asks you if you had a choice would you be a super hero:angel: or a arch villian:devil:? Your choice differs by who is on what side. Malfoy-evil. Harry-good. Tough decision.
:confused:

[Elfëa]

Oh - but there is no such thing as hero!Harry and evil!Malfoy in the books - not when I'm interpreting it anyway.

They are both kids, with possibilities for both good and evil - as most people have, for all their lives.
They have not yet made all their choices, and hopefully, as it is in real life, our choices don't always affect the outcome, there is no separation to good and evil.

There might be a moral in life, but whose moral is it? ;)

And I just realised this isn't the lit forum :(

[ChianaWeasley]

I guess your right in that sense.

This is running into another topic, but do you think Malfoy may become good by the end of the seven books? Just wondering i'd like to hear peoples ideas on who will be "good" and "evil" at the end.

And for Elfea I use those terms in "" but it's just a question that ive been thinking about. Will Malfoy see the darkness of his ways and change?

[Elfëa]

Hmm... and I bet there's a old thread lurking for this somewhere... But I'm too tired to look for it... :o

[stridersghirl]

Has anyone been cast as Cedric yet or has this happened ages ago and i've just been sleeping and missed it :confused:

[Elfëa]

I think they have someone, but they're not telling yet, after all, he's got really small part in PoA... he could be cut out of PoA!! :eek:

[ChianaWeasley]

I thought they'd just leave him out till the fourth book, even though he plays Harry in Quidditch. and they seem to cut out Quidditch matches...

[Mellon]

Elfëa, Draco lit thread here. (http://www.council-of-elrond.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=897) :)

[stridersghirl]

I was hoping we'd maybe get a glimpse of him in Azkaban, just so his face is familier going into the 4th one ;) which is going to be so sad cause of poor Cedric :(

[ChianaWeasley]

Moment of silence for Cedric Diggory :(

He was soo good at Quidditch.
Sorry just wanted to give some...respect to the first of Voldemort's new victums. ::sniffles::

sorry to downcast the mood

[RosieLass]

I'm still hoping that the Gary Oldman thing is just a bad rumor.

Because I've found the PERFECT Sirius: :swoon:

http://www.odedfehr.de/tm/tm228big.jpg

Except that he's cut off all of his beautiful hair now. *grmbl*

(Hey...I'm going through a serious Oded Fehr obsession at the moment! :swoon: Indulge me! :D )

[swiftsnowmane]

ACK NOOOO! Not him!:eek: That is the guy who looks exactly like this 23 year old med student who was in love with me and wanted to marry me when I was 16.:eek: Um....yeah......well...hehe.:o He even drove from L.A. to OHIO in his incredibly fast, snazzy sports car to some visit me. I was 16!!!:trout:

Uh, sorry, that story really had no point, except that whenever I see that guy I think of my med student stalker.:p

[Colli]

hey swifty, just think of how far Sirius travelled to see Harry.. ;)

I dunno, I like the idea of Gary Oldman. I'd just REALLY like to see a pic of him how they're going to portray him. :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Gary Oldman is confirmed...

I WANT RALPH FIENNES!!! *stamps feet*

[ChianaWeasley]

Gary Oldman woohoo! ::does jig in her chair::

I would also like to see Mad Martigen somewhere throughout PoA
;) :swoon: :D :rolleyes:
Im impossible.

[Colli]

Ok, so I rented Dragonheart tonight...

I don't want Thewlis to play Lupin anymore!!!!! :(

[ChianaWeasley]

Is Thewlis the evil king? So thats his name, feels stupid as she erases her last post in villians thread. If thats who they chose for Lupin...thats a differant casting. Im so confused is that the man with half of a heart?! Gah i need to dust off that movie and rewatch it.
:confused:

[Colli]

Yup, yousa right, Chiana. Annoying evil king with half a heart.. who snarls through the entire movie.

[stridersghirl]

RosieLass i remember watching the mummy and thinking that guy would make an amazing sirius as well :swoon: Although i was hoping for Viggo (stupid all British casting rule !)

I dont know much about Gary Oldman at all, but he seems to have a lot of experience so will probably do a great job, but i was sort of hoping for someone a wee bit more attractive :o

[ChianaWeasley]

Oldman is a great actor, its not exactly how i pictured Sirius Black. But i think he'll do a really great job. :)

[Colli]

*whew*

Dark Horizons (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm) Despite her not being cast as yet, the character of Prof. Trelawney is indeed in the film and should be filled soon.

And the guy playing Ernie Prang is Jimmy Gardner.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/03/StanShunpike.jpg

And Stan! Can't really see his face, but looks exactly right from what I can tell. :D :clap: Good casting.

[ChianaWeasley]

Have any more shots of them? Im so excited I cant wait for the film! Did you see anyone else while you were there?

[Colli]

Are you talking about me? Because I just linked the pics from another website. :)

[Fleurdelacour]

There's a picture of David Thewiss in heat this week, drunk! :p With his girlfriend Anna Friel!

[sirius2004]

where is the pic??

[Terry]

Rosie, casting Oded would have been a crime in itself, cause makeup would have to take a backseat to CGI.....they'd need computers just to make him look haggard and gaunt! Oded could never look anything other than gorgeous.

And I just found out why Zoe Wannamaker wasn't in CoS! They cut her? Will she be in PoA? I hope so. She's a wonderful actress. And they had better leave in Quidditach. Both matches were integral to the story!

[Colli]

Um... about the Quidditch...

Sean Biggerstaff posted on his website (www.seanbiggerstaff.com) that Oliver Wood wouldn't be in PoA because of cuts due to time...

:(

[Elfëa]

:(:(:(:(:(:( :(

We need a babbling like a baby smiley :(

[Terry]

Nooooo, no Sean, no Quidditch, nooooo!!! What is the director thinking!!! Sean Biggerstaff (love the name!) is an absolute must be! And no Quidditch? How can we have HP fall off his broomstick? How can we have him win the last match? Oh , this is so bad. We might need a babbling smiley....but we definitely need an angry "raging" one!! Well, I just gotta go somewhere and have a drink! This is so depressing. I'll be in the Bar 1001!

[Colli]

Sad Smilies (http://www.mysmilies.com/?cat=sad)

http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/contrib/edoom/sad2.gif http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/cwm/cwm/cwm14.gif http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/otn/other/jpshakehead.gif

That will do.. for now.

[Terry]

Well, I guess I have to do with that, Colli. Sad smilies they are. Sigh. No Sean. Siggghhhhh!

At least I still have your icon pixs of Jason and Alan!!!

[Elfëa]

http://216.40.249.192/s/contrib/ed/cry.gifhttp://216.40.249.192/s/ups/archinto/smile2.gifhttp://216.40.249.192/s/otn/sad/bncry.gifhttp://216.40.249.192/s/otn/sad/sulkoff.gif

Does that mean we won't get Malfoy dressed as Dementor?

[glaelia]

bwahahahaha.... what a shame ;)

[Elfëa]

:trout: glae!


All missing of Malfoys in a shame! :p

And Zoe Wannamaker (I think Cho Chang) wasn't in CoS cause she was cut out... :rolleyes:

[Terry]

OK. No Quidditach. No Sean. No Zoe. No psuedo-dementors. No Trawlaney, yet..... Just what WILL be in PoA? Jeez.... It's 18 months away and I'm getting a liitle nervous! I guess there'll be a whole lot of Lupin! And hopefully Sirius. And maybe they will put in Hogsmeade. That would be good. And if they're leaving all that out of PoA, how are they ever going to make GoF into one movie?!!

[sirius2004]

They're not...at least...that's what i heard. I heard (forget where...) that they're going to break GoF into at least 2 movies. that'd be AWESOME!!! I think it would also be a good idea if maybe they did the first 1/2 of the movie as one movie...then the second half as another (Duh? isn't that what i JUST said...srry...welcome to the department of reduncdancy department...srry about that) but they released them at the same time....but as two seperate movies. That way....u could go see the first 1/2 one day...then maybe the next weekend (next day...next hour...pick one) you could see the second 1/2. that would also give time for bathroom breaks, more popcorn/soda/candy/whatever it is u eat/drink in movies etc. anyways...just my two cents!!
*~*sirius*~*

[lithorose]

I think it's unlikely they'll split GoF in two. Where would they split it? They may however cut the tournament down a lot; maybe have only one big contest instead of three.

[Fleurdelacour]

Dont say that lithrose! :eek: lol! We want dragons and mermaids! :D

No Sean... :( He was the best bit of the films!


Well, at least we know we have a Knightbus... :rolleyes:

[Elfëa]

Harry might encounter Dragons in the maze.... :eek:

[Colli]

... and then fall down a hole into the lake. ;)

[Elfëa]

But where'd he get the Gillyweed then? :confused: ;)

[Colli]

Um... Dobby found out and snuck into the lake via Myrtle's toilet?

~~~

There's a petition here (http://www.petitiononline.com/wood1212/petition.html) to keep OliverSean in PoA. I doubt it'll do any good, but it's nice to support him anyway. :)

[Elfëa]

And Harry has to leave Ron on the shore? Or shall he perhaps share the Cup with Ron? :devil:

[Fleurdelacour]

rotfl! :D

Signed it! lol, bloody better work!

As he's unemployed now.. Do you think we could give him a job? ;)

[glaelia]

as what fleur? your personal love-slave??? ;)

[Fleurdelacour]

Mmm, maybe, or as a personal escort, for when I go insearch of a certain JKR in Edinburgh this summer.... :)

Graham Norton should get him on his show... I mean, his surname... To suggestive :p ;)

[glaelia]

bwahahaha, yes, i love it too :D :D

can you imagine the fun graham would have?? did you see when he had orlando on ??


he was going

'so you play this elf? whatisname? leggi... leggilooloo??'

Orlando: 'yeah, that'll do...' waving his hand


bwahahahaha! loved it... always called him leggilooloo since....

[Elfëa]

Gah.

Orlando - Graham Norton?? :jawdrop:

I want telly! Now! :mad:

[Fleurdelacour]

Yes, I saw that show! :D With Cybil Sheperd and her Elvis sandwich! :rotfl:

Get telly Elfea! You're missing out on the wonderful world of British telly! :eek: ;)

[Elfëa]

I'll have one next year :p

[Terry]

Whoo, that would be extremely odd. Filming and releasing two parts of a movie at the same time. I just don't know. It's never been done. I mean you've either got to cut massive parts out or release a whole film to make any money. I'm sorry to say it, but I'm leaning toward massive cuts. Yup, can just see HP running from task to task to task. Blah. I sooo wanted to see dragons, merpeople and the maze. And who will they ever get to play Moody? That will be interesting.

[lithorose]

Yeah. Moody's cool. They could keep all the tournament, and turn it into a tri-athelon (sp?). They could even keep the egg scenes (cuz they're good:D) that way. Hm. I'm forgetting some of the other things in book 4. I should know this, I'm currently reading it. Oh, well, brain's on the fritz right now.


No! You don't want television! Television is E-V-I-L!!!! (says the girl who spent much of her childhood glued to it. That's how I know it's evil;) Sucks up all your free time. Kinda like the internet!:D)

[Colli]

Ian McKellen for Moody! :D

[stridersghirl]

I cant believe they are getting rid of Oliver, i thought they would cut out some quidditch but not it all :( :mad:

[Amberion]

On the Oliver not being there

Isn't he leaving Hogwarts anyway.
He was Captain of Quidditch in Harry's first year, so would surely be in his last 2 years at least when Harry arrives.

Not having him in PofA makes sense from this point of view

Amb runs away quickly before the trouts are thrown his way

[Colli]

:trout: Easy for you to say, you're a bloke!

(Did I just say "bloke"?)

:D I only even half-understand what you're saying. :p :D

Sean B said "Don't worry.. I'll be back" or something to that effect, but in HP? I don't really think so. In GoF they'll be making cuts right and left and Oliver really only has a few lines in it anyway.. and unless Rowling has some crazy plan to bring him back in OotP....

OH! What if she does? :swoon:

(edit)
or as a personal escort, for when I go insearch of a certain JKR in Edinburgh this summer....
You could just stake out the local hospitals.. when is she due? This month? I can't remember, I need to check that old thread. :D

[Terry]

So they really HAVE cut out Sean Biggerstaff in PoA? Well, he can't be in the next movie, he was in his last year in PoA! Unless.... could he come back as a Quidditch teacher in OoTP? After all, I think Zoe Wannamaker is gone (sorry about that!). Ooo, nice thought. Sean Biggerstaff a couple of years older..... Well, let's hope they make movie V!

[Seriphus]

Whoo, that would be extremely odd. Filming and releasing two parts of a movie at the same time. I just don't know. I don't know if it's still the plan, but at the time the first movie was released WB were thinking about releasing GoF in two parts; one at Thanksgiving and one at Christmas. I've no idea how they were planning on cutting it in half, though.

[Fleurdelacour]

I told my friend Maria about no Sean, and she took it as a personal insult! :eek: lol, everyone else just thought we were mad... With our Scottish obesession...

I think she's due next month! Ooh I wonder what she'll call the baby! :D

[sirius2004]

she could name him (if it is a him) Sean...in dedication to their cutting of sean in the movies...

[ChianaWeasley]

Goodness I've been away from these boards too long. No Sean? My sister is going to break down and create another niagra falls when she hears this! And no quidditch, damn! It's like the fourth book all over again. "Guess what no quidditch this year" NOOOOO!!!!:o

[Molk Fx]

Does anyone know anything about the auditions for the future movies? I read somewhere that they aren't having anymore open auditions but there might be others way young British wanna-be actors could apply. Right?

[Terry]

Hmmmm, cute icon, Molk.

I have heard that they've cast Trelawney. I don't think they've released who yet, but I can't see anyone other than Shelley Duvall. Well, that's just my personal preference.

[ChianaWeasley]

Thats great news Terry! There have beeen rumors going around that there would be no casting for Trewlawny.That she wouldn't be in the films. :D Yay!

[Mellon]

Nice seeing you around here, Molk. :)

You see yourself as a future Harry, then? ;)

[Terry]

:rotfl:

[Molk Fx]

:wave: Hey Mellon

Originally posted by Mellon
You see yourself as a future Harry, then?

I have to glasses at home, but no :p

I was thinking Cedric, but he's blonde and hot ( I heard Jack Ryder was being considered? :eek: ) so hopefully there will be someone in OotP perfect for me. I'm seriously considering sending the casting director for PoA, Jina Jay, a show reel though. I have nothing to lose... apart from my pride but as lot as I don't tell anyone about it I'm fine... wait... d'oh

[glaelia]

CEDRIC IS NOT BLONDE!!!!!


*glae :trout: s molky-moo

[ChianaWeasley]

Well Molk...lets just say I've seen pictures of you before. And...you'd best fit in the backround as an anonymous hogwarts student. You dont seem the Cedric material ,if you ask me. ;)

[Terry]

Hey Chiana. That Trelawny info may have been premature. The name Emma Chambers is being tossed around, but no confirmation yet. Jeez, if they leave out quidditch, Wood, the Slytherin team AND Divination....what the heck is going to be in the movie? Next thing you know, the director will be taking out the cat, the dog, the dementors, and even Black himself!

BTW, that Ryder guy is a little cutie!! ;) Is he really in the running for Cedric..... d'oh! I forgot! NO QUIDDITCH!!! I guess we won't have any Cedric until the 4th movie, huh?

[ChianaWeasley]

In replying to that question, I'll use my sarcastic tone.

The way their going they'll cut out all the school champions and just imply that they are really there. Ok :o maybe thats a BIT drastic. But I cant stand that they've cut out quidditch. ::steam blows out ears::

[Molk Fx]

Originally posted by glaelia
CEDRIC IS NOT BLONDE!!!!!

But... Yammy said... :p

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
Well Molk...lets just say I've seen pictures of you before. And...you'd best fit in the backround as an anonymous hogwarts student. You dont seem the Cedric material ,if you ask me.

Good job I didn't ask you then, eh? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Terry
BTW, that Ryder guy is a little cutie!! Is he really in the running for Cedric.....

I did read it on a HP site, though it could have just been a rumour.

[ChianaWeasley]

Ouch!
Molk:1
Chiana:0
;)

I didn't mean to offend anyone

[qleap]

No matter what, I'll keep picturing Lupin as Fiennes and they just try and stop me! :D
I know it'll never happen but I can't help thiking about Christopher Lloyd as Moody. Cool, my Moody has a DeLorean too ;)

[Colli]

Richard E Grant for Moody! :p :D

[Terry]

Ah, Colli, I know that guy! But he'll have to be disfigured to play Moody. That would be a shame. Half a nose, one eye, scars everywhere... But, you're right....he's a great actor.

[Colli]

Terry, ever see him as the Scarlet Pimpernel?

http://www.richard-e-grant.com/Pictures/TheScarletPimpernel13.jpg

[Seriphus]

Anthony Hopkins for Moody! :D

Sorry but I can't bear Richard E Grant.

[glaelia]

oh come on!! Richard E Grant??!! I LOVE HIM! seen jack and sarah?? gorgeous and with a baby.... and ian mckellan is his lovely camp self in that film too!!

[Seriphus]

:D I've seen a bit of that film, but probably had to turn it off after a while because of R.E.G. :rolleyes: Don't know why I've taken such a dislike to him, he's probably a great actor and a nice guy, but he just makes me cringe.

'To each his own' I guess.

[Colli]

To each his own, and to all of us Alan Rickman. ;)

[Terry]

Hear, hear, Colli... sorry, just had to add that......Watching Alan on Diehard last week.....

[ChianaWeasley]

I dont like Richard that much either, I mean...not that anyone else who likes him is batty or anything. He just kind of gets under my skin after awhile. I can take him in moderation :)

[Peregrinning Took]

Resurrecting this thread after more than a year....

We need to start thinking about casting for the 4th one! I'm just gonna make a list off the top of my head of new characters, so post your favs for them:

Moody
Crouch Jr.
Crouch Sr.
Karkaroff
Madame Maxine
Ludo Bagman
Archie :D (wizard at the water spout wearing women's pjs)
Cedric Diggory
Fleur Delacour
Viktor Krum
Rita Skeeter
Narcissa Malfoy
Bill Weasley
Charlie Weasley (scary to think we've only known those two for two books...)



I know I'm forgetting (quite) a few, but oh well.

I'll have to do my list later, don't have time to go searching through my memory.

[Tiger Louie]

You do know Moody's already been cast, don't you? It's Brendan Gleason. Those of you who have seen Troy will have seen him as Menelaus, husband of Helen of Troy.

So's Madam Maxime - Frances de la Tour. She's not really my idea of MM physically, but I'm always prepared to be won over by the performances. Personally, I think she'd have been a brilliant Rita Skeeter

Kate Winslet in an interview said she'd like to play Fleur Delacour - but I'm afraid she's definitely too old for that.

I haven't read all the thread, but if I could jump forward to HP5 - I'd like to put in a bid for Prunella Scales as Professor Umbridge! Hem hem!

[LuthienElentari]

Fleur has been cast by a french actress named Clemence Poesy according to Newsround. I didn't picture her like Fleur but then again I pictured Fleur after a girl that went to my art classes on Thursday!

[Fleurdelacour]

They've cast Cedric, a mighty looking lad if I do say so myself ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40258000/jpg/_40258301_cedric150.jpg

His name is Robert Pattinson, and is rather sporty in real life too.

Prunella Scales... Tesco ad mother, and Sybil Fawlty! And get John Cleese back into Nearly Headless Nick! :D Yes, I suppose she woud be good, she does have that annoying voice :p

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/58281.jpg

I want Patrica Routledge to play umbridge though, she too has that annoying voice, and is all floral (well she was in Keeping Up Apperances anyway)

http://www.stuart.cann.freeuk.com/patricia.htm

I suppose that Clemence Poesy girl looks a bit Fleur-like... Makes me wish I actually watched Gunpowder, Treason and Plot...

[ChianaWeasley]

That looks as if he'll do well as Cedric
I'm not so sure about Routledge as Umbridge....she's not quite large enough, and she looks as if she could have a kind side. Umbridge, definatley, has no connection to a kind side.

I am glad Kate winslet isn't playing Fluer, that really would be pushing the age barrier. Even though the actress who played Moaning Myrtle is easily in her mid-twenties...

I always pictured Madame Maxine to be portrayed by the actress who is infamous for the "Trudgeble" in Matilda

[Peregrinning Took]

Ah, yes, I didn't know they've already casted a bunch. :o



Moody - Brendan Gleeson
Madame Maxine - Frances de la Tour
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson
Fleur Delacour - Clemence Poesy
Crouch Jr.
Crouch Sr.
Karkaroff
Ludo Bagman
Archie
Viktor Krum
Rita Skeeter
Narcissa Malfoy
Bill Weasley
Charlie Weasley

Any word on Krum? He's the only one of the Champions not cast....That announcement on the front page about the Bulgarian casting has been up for ages, you'd think we'd've heard something by now.

And I've decided that Johnny Depp should play Archie, just because I want to hear him say "I'm not putting them on....I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks."

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
I always pictured Madame Maxine to be portrayed by the actress who is infamous for the "Trudgeble" in Matilda

She plays Aunt Marge!

Ah Johnny Depp *goes into a trance* I have to agree with ya there PT! :D Then I'd just strive to be an extra during the Quidditch World Cup scenes! Ooh I could play "Genuine Irish Quidditch Fan #24" :p

I think they got a British boy to play Krum... I'm not sure...

[MarySueMalfoy]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour

I think they got a British boy to play Krum... I'm not sure...

Well, sort of. Stanislav Yanevski is Bulgarian-born, but presently lives in London.

:swoon: :swoon: for Robert Pattinson (Cedric). I was worried that the way Dan Radcliffe has been shaping up, they'd be hard pressed to find someone who could dwarf him in looks while still being young enough to carry off a student's part.

And it seems that Katie Leung, poor lass, will be playing Cho Chang, thus earning her the rather undeserved enmity of about half the population of the planet.

[Lembas]

This is what cinescape.com said yesterday about the casting of the Quidditch players in GOF:

BBC Newsround is reporting that they know the name of the actress playing the female Tri-Wizard superstar we'll get to see in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.

According to the site, the part of Beauxbatons student Fleur Delacour will be played by Clemency Poesy, a 21-year-old French actress and relative newcomer to the world of English cinema.


Rounding out the remaining international group of Quidditch players are Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory and Stanislav Yanevski as Viktor Krum. None of these names have been officially confirmed by Warner Bros. yet but Newsround is pretty certain that these young actors have gotten the parts.


HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE is due out in November 2005.

So Fleurdelacour and PT, you appear to be spot-on about the first two. The guy playing Krum has a Russian-sounding name, so who knows. Sounds like things are proceeding quite quickly with GOF. And that's a good thing!

EDIT: Ah, MarySue, you must have posted right before me! Good catch there! :)

[Peregrinning Took]

Moody - Brendan Gleeson
Madame Maxine - Frances de la Tour
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson
Fleur Delacour - Clemence Poesy
Viktor Krum - Stanislav Yanevski
Cho Chang - Katie Leung
Crouch Sr.
Crouch Jr.
Karkaroff
Ludo Bagman
Archie
Rita Skeeter
Narcissa Malfoy
Bill Weasley
Charlie Weasley

(I forgot about Cho, because I was under the delusion that she was in the third one. :o Whoops.)

I think that the guy who played Priam in Troy should play Karkaroff.

And although Leonardo Dicaprio is American, I think he should play Crouch Jr.

[ChianaWeasley]

DiCaprio would be excellent as Crouch Jr. mainly because noone over here is really a fan of his anymore, and I never really liked him that much. Besides, he's better at being evil (The Man In the Iron Mask), but I'm sure it will never come to be. It will be someone british, they'll find the perfect person. :)

It would be dreadful if the girl who was cast as Cho, was cast before the fifth book was released. Just imagine, being all excited that you're playing Harry's love interest, and then you read OoTP. I would just cry. LOL. Poor girl...

[Peregrinning Took]

Hmm....What about Paul Bettany for Crouch Jr.? He may be a bit too old, but if he grew out his hair...

And Sean Bean for Crouch Sr. :cool: Well....Sean Bean for someone. We need a good LOTR/HP bridger.

Chiana: :LOL: Yes, that's true.

[MarySueMalfoy]

Originally posted by Peregrinning Took
And Sean Bean for Crouch Sr. :cool: Well....Sean Bean for someone. We need a good LOTR/HP bridger.

Speaking of which.

The FX team has admitted that they'd like to redo Firenze. The SS movie version just didn't match the books at all, and as of HP5 that's going to matter.

They'll need to find someone who, with appropriate costume, makeup and effects, could portray Firenze as described:

- British
- gorgeous
- long blond hair
- astonishing blue eyes
- prone to making poetic sexy-sounding statements that provide little useful information
- seeing as he's a centaur, it will probably be revealed in HP6 or HP7 that he's dead good with a bow and arrow.

Palamino horse body + naked top half of Orlando Bloom = more :swoon: -age than is probably legal.

[Tiger Louie]

They need to be looking for red-haired actors to play Bill and Charlie.

They have a penchant for casting british comics... so how about Avid Merrion? He'd have to be Charlie as I don't think he could do 'cool' the way Bill is described in the book somehow.

[lithorose]

I hope they never cast Bill or Charlie. The reason is that I don't want the ones in my head to disappear. I couldn't take it.:p Well, I could almost handle Bill, but not Charlie. Because he's one of the few characters I think is really cool that I don't have a good mental picture of.

You know who I always picture Umbridge as? A sort of cross between Moaning Myrtle and the grandmother off the television series Dinosaurs.:barf:

Who knows but what the actress who plays Cho will redeem her in the eyes of many! But then, the hatred of Cho seems to be an irrational, fiercely held pastime in Fandom.:rolleyes:

I don't remember Firenze described in that way... will definitely have to reread.;)

Rita Skeeter could probably be played by half the aging actresses in Hollywood. Just give them some bright, garish clothing that went out of fashion in the early nineties, and long acrylic nails.

[Little Miss]

Originally posted by Peregrinning Took
And Sean Bean for Crouch Sr. :cool: Well....Sean Bean for someone. We need a good LOTR/HP bridger.


sean bean... god yes. :swoon:

[Lembas]

PT, I could see Paul Bettany as one of the older Weasley brothers. I never imagined Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody; it was always some actor who already looked halfway gnarly in the first place, and the addition of makeup would just enhance the look. But the movies and the actors have a way of making you think, "oh, yeah. Good choice after all!" And I'm a fan of Brendan's from way back, so I'm giving a big benefit of the doubt here. I never imagined Emma Thompson as Trelawney, yet she nailed it for me. But Rita Skeeter, I have no idea right now who would be perfect for that role. I'm going to scour my movie guides and the IMDB for actors that might fill that bill.
Part of me wants to jump ahead to book 5's filming and cast Bellatrix Lestrange, but I...mussst...ressssisssttt!!! Arrrgh!

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Tiger Louie
They have a penchant for casting british comics... so how about Avid Merrion? He'd have to be Charlie as I don't think he could do 'cool' the way Bill is described in the book somehow.

:rotfl: I LOVE Avid Merrion! Hehe! He could go on set with his neckbrace!

Ooh, he coud play Voldemort! :D Stick on a skeleton laytex max and a Northen accent! But a Northen accent with southern cackling... Ahh I can imagine it... :lol:

Rita Skeeter... What about that comedine? Sue Pollard (I think that's her name) she could get a perm! I always imagined Rita Skeeter with Sue Pollard's voice...

[lizz]

PT Peter O`toole as Karkaroff. I simply love Peter O´Toole :notworthy but I´ve always imagined Karkaroff being roughly the same age as Snape. Well maybe 10, 15 years older, but not that age difference. but apart from that YES!

Bean would fit as Crouch SR., another part where he dies :D ;)


Lembas I´d prefer Bettany as Crouch Jr. :)

Lithorose , yes poor Cho :) she doesnt deserve that bashing. its not her fault harry had a crush without having the slightest idea what kind of person she was.

[Tiger Louie]

Casting suggestion for Bill Weasley now: Damien Lewis. Red hair - great looking (IMO), I'd go for him :D

Still racking my brains about the Crouches - not sure about Bettany... still letting that one sink in! Sue Pollard could have done Trelawney - huge glasses and mad hair :LOL:

I've got someone in mind for Ludo Bagman, but I can't remember his name - he's a Scottish comic, first name is Gordon but I can't think of his surname grrr!

[ChianaWeasley]

I have an idea for the remake of Firenze's character...what about Colin Firth? I mean, the long blonde hair would be a bit odd, but colin firth would portray firenze's odd personality very well. What do you think?
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/yve/pics/darcysmirk.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/pandorasshadowyglen/images/proud.jpg
well?

:o

[Peregrinning Took]

Oooh, he's cute :swoon: He looks like I imagined Sirius Black, actually.

And, just confirming MarySue's description of Firenze:

A centaur was standing over him, not Ronan or Bane; this one looked younger; he had white-blonde hair and a palomino body....He had astonishingly blue eyes, like pale sapphires.

How old are Bill and Charlie supposed to be, anyway?

[lizz]

Bill and Charly should be early twenties, not a lot older than Percy although opinions on that matter differ :D

Colin is a fine actor, I have trouble seeing him blonde, bzt londe wigs can be quite intriguing ;)

I´d like Ewan McGregor as Bagman :)

[Fleurdelacour]

:swoon: Colin Firth... Ewan McGregor....

But yes... Like lizz, I think he'd have trouble being a blonde bombshell...

Although... That wasn't really a problem for Petunia and Dudley Dursley... He was meant to be a blonde pig!

[Tiger Louie]

After much racking of brains - the person I thought of for Ludo Bagman is called Gordon Kennedy - I'm not sure if you'd describe him as a comic actor or a comedian. I think he'd be great. EDIT: there are 2 on IMDB. I'm thinking of the one they've put a (I) after his name.

Firenze - Jude Law would be pretty good - as would Paul Bettany, for that matter... EDIT: more suggestions for Firenze - again I've got a couple of Scots in mind: Douglas Henshall and Kevin McKidd.

If you wanted someone with amazing blue eyes (but would have to wear a wig) then Vincent Regan, who plays Eudoras (Achilles lieutenant) in Troy would definitely pass that test!

As regards Bill and Charlie - I've just re-read PoA - and it was 7 years since Gryffindor had won the Quidditch Cup since Charlie was Seeker on the team. If he left at 18 then he'd be about 26 when GoF takes place wouldn't he? Bill is a couple of years older so bobbing around late 20's. Older actors could do this, and let's face it, there aren't that many red-haired actors in total. One American actor who might be OK would be Alan Tudyk. If you've seen A Knights Tale with Heath Ledger - he's in that doing a pretty OK English accent.

[ChianaWeasley]

I could see Gerard Butler as Sirius Black, he'd do just as well as Oldman, and alittle more around the right age frame for Sirius. Or perhaps, with a bit of Make-up he could be Moody. But he isn't quite the calibur of Moody...but I want to see him in the films! :o

He was excellent as Marek in Timeline

[Peregrinning Took]

You know, I'm really starting to like my Sean Bean/Paul Bettany for Crouch Sr./Jr. They do look similar enough for it to be believed that they are father and son.

Sean Bean (like we need a picture of him):
http://static.sky.com/images/skymovies/pics/1221986.jpg

Paul Bettany:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2002/11/16/bfpaul16.jpg

I'm always wrong about these things, but oh well.

And here is Peter O'Toole, who I think should play Karkaroff.

http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/PeterOToole/necklace.gif

[ChianaWeasley]

Paul Bettany, so that's the name of the chap whose in the 'Wimbleton' film, which looks excellent. He's be good for Charlie Weasley, I can see him taming a Chinese Fireball or two. ;)

I see someone a bit younger for Karokaff...actually I picture him...
http://www.michaelwincott.net/images/roch2.jpg
Michael Wincott.
Not a very clear picture, but his voice is unforgettable.

[Tiger Louie]

I have a couple more suggestions for the cast - some may only be familiar to Brits on the board:

Malcolm MacDowell for Barty Crouch Snr.

Marc Warren for Barty Crouch Jnr.

Hermione Norris for Narcissa Malfoy

Eddie Izzard for Rita Skeeter (no, I'm not joking - Rita sounds quite mannish the way she's described :D)

How about Jeremy Irons for Karkaroff?

[ChianaWeasley]

Oh why couldn't I be British?! I'm the American left out of the loop! Curses!!!

Oh, well, on to Google!

MacDowell for Crouch...hmm...I have always seen someone well...larger for Crouch and much more uptight. I can see MacDowell playing out the 'I-have-made-sacrifices-to-be-minister' attitude, but it just doesn't quite seem to fit...

Not bad, not bad at all, exactly what I've pictured for little Crouch. I fully agree with that match. Warren would be perfect. Never seen him in a film though...

For Narcissa I see...a younger and blonde Angelica huston!
http://www.grandprospect.com/images/hollywoodimages/Angelicahouston.JPG
what do you think? She's a superb actress, she could pull off the "is there dung under my nose?" persona. :p

That's Eddie Izzard....wouldn't a cross dresser for Skeeter frighten a few young children? I know I'd make me a little nervous. NOTHING against cross dresses of course.

I think Irons would be a very good Crouch!

[Fleurdelacour]

I can so see Eddie Izzard pulling off Rita Skeeter! :D

Ah yes... Hermione Norris... She has the nose! And I loved her in Cold Feet (ah how I miss it... James Nesbitt lives down my road though :cool:)

Ooh I see what you mean Chiana about Angelica Houston...

Oh Irons! Why didn't I think of him?! :p I could swoon:swoon:

[Princess Aurora]

Well hellooooo Cedric! :D :swoon: Now that Sean Biggerstaff is gone (*cries*), it'll be nice to have another swoony character that's closer to my age. ;)

And Colin Firth TOTALLY should've been Sirius... oh what swoonage. And as a side-note, I saw a Friends rerun with Gary Oldman in it the other day... I'd forgotten it was him in that episode!

Also, I hope Paul Bettany gets cast either as one of the Weasley brothers or Crouch Jr. I think he'd be great. And actually, I thought of that actor without being able to remember his name, so I was glad to see that when someone posted the picture of him, that was who you were all talking about. :D

[Peregrinning Took]

Originally posted by Princess Aurora
And Colin Firth TOTALLY should've been Sirius... oh what swoonage. And as a side-note, I saw a Friends rerun with Gary Oldman in it the other day... I'd forgotten it was him in that episode!


:eek: What episode? What season?

And I saw a movie with David Thewlis today called Dragonheart. It was pretty silly. :p I hope they don't do the dragons in GoF like the dragon in that movie....I didn't recognize Thewlis for the longest time.

But you know, I've now seen the third movie three times, and I decided that I really like David Thewlis. At first I thought he was too old, but then I realized that being a werewolf would probably have more of a serious toll on your health (mental and physical) than JKR hints in the third book. And, after some thought, I've decided that his moustache kind of fits in with the kind of character he is, too, along with his neat sweater jacket :p

[Princess Aurora]

Originally posted by Peregrinning Took
:eek: What episode? What season?

Hehe... it's the episode(s) with Monica and Chandler's wedding. Joey has a part in a World War I film, and his co-star is Richard Crosby (played by Gary Oldman) who is supposed to be a very well-revered Shakespearean actor. In one of his scenes, Oldman shows up for work hammered, which is quite amusing to see. :D

I decided that I really like David Thewlis. At first I thought he was too old, but then I realized that being a werewolf would probably have more of a serious toll on your health (mental and physical) than JKR hints in the third book.

The ironic thing is, I believe Thewlis is the youngest of the actors playing "that generation" (Black, Snape, etc.) isn't he? :D

[lizz]

Their ages arent really mentioned in the book but the should all be in their early to midthireties. Sirirus of course much aged because of his imprisonment in Aszkaban and Lupin looking older because of him being a werewolf. Its funnybut the only one I really have an age issue about is James. he just looks too old in his fotos, like he is midthirties too.

[ChianaWeasley]

I thought Moaning Myrtle was too obvious, since the actress is about thirty or mid twenties. But I think James and Lily do look too old, but maybe they....age in the photographs???

Sorry couldn't come up with anything better ;)

[Peregrinning Took]

You know, JKR has some explaining to do with the photographs. I hope she does it in the next book.

After Percy left his family, I remember that Harry was looking at a picture of the Weasley family and noticing that Percy had appeared to walk out of it.

Then, when Moody shows Harry the picture of the original Order of the Phoenix, Harry's parents are sitting on either side of Wormtail!

Do the people in the pictures know what's going on now or what?

There's a thread around here somewhere about the photos if anyone has any more ideas.





And, back on topic, the actress who played Myrtle is 38!!! :eek:

[Tiger Louie]

Yeah, Shirley Henderson, who plays Moaning Myrtle is no child!! Thing is, she has one of those faces which looks way younger than she actually is. She's quite small, so quite child-like in stature. Hope they don't re-cast for GoF, as she was very good indeed, I thought.

I put the ages of the actors playing the Marauders and Snape further back in this thread, after it had been pointed out that I can't count and being born in 1963 didn't make David Thewlis in his early thirties, rather his early 40s.

The photos are an interesting issue. Given that people seem to be able to move from painting to painting at Hogwarts, I sort of imagined that the same might be true for photos - but it does rather seem that people stay in their photos and the time the photos were taken. I can't imagine that Percy has ever seen eye-to-eye with any of his family except his doting mother, can you? I would imagine him forever leaving photos in a huff for one reason or another :LOL:

[Princess Aurora]

I actually didn't have any idea that Moaning Myrtle wasn't a child until I saw her in Bridget Jones's Diary. And even then, it was only by her voice that I recognized her! :eek: :D

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

Originally posted by Princess Aurora
I actually didn't have any idea that Moaning Myrtle wasn't a child until I saw her in Bridget Jones's Diary. And even then, it was only by her voice that I recognized her! :eek: :D

I didn't make the connection when I first saw CoS, but BJ'sD was on cable a week ago and I suddenly realised:

"Hey! I've heard that actress wailing piteously in a lavatory before, haven't I?"

Talk about typecasting...

[ChianaWeasley]

I do feel bad for her, after all, she is going to be typecast her entire career. How is she going to follow up with 'Moaning Myrtle' other then the Bridget Jone's sequel?

[Marchwarden]

MSM - I think they might avoid using Bloom for Firenze for the same reason they reconsidered asking Sir Ian MacKellan to take over as Dumbledore; it would seem too much like a reprise role, and they'll want the viewers to look a Firenze and think "This is Firenze", not "Oh look, it's Legopony".

Although he would look the part.

I recall a brief interview with Katie Leung, although I can't seem to find it now. She expressed great excitement at the prospect of playing Harry Potter's love interest, and gave the distinct impression that she hadn't yet read OotP, nor checked out the fansites. Be a bit of a shock wen she finds out, although I agree with lith that a sensitive portrayal of Cho could ameliorate the ill will that's been rather unfairly heaped on the character.

I think Cho's only fans right now are the slash writers, who see in her a rationale for Harry being turned off girls for life.


I think lithorose is also right about Rita - she just needs to be obnoxious and garish, and plenty of actresses could do that.

I'm much more intrigued by the notion of casting Bellatrix - that's going to be tricky. It would be easy to overact the part and come across as a campy villainess. I'm struggling to think of someone who could blend the evil, the fanatacism, the madness and just a touch of sexuality to create a Bellatrix that really inspires fear and hatred.

Juliet Landau is a little too young (possbly fixable with makeup), and although she lived and worked in the UK for four years she's American. I just wonder if she could do a Bellatrix that wasn't too clearly a copy of her performance as Drusilla.

[ChianaWeasley]

Leung is going to have to put on one really good show, to redeem the love of the public for Cho. And if she pulls it off, well then, my sincerest congratualtions to her. Lol. But, if most people aren't really happy with Cho, such as me, they wont be easily swayed. I give her credit for taking a role, especially with the future her character holds.

It would be dreadful if she doesn't know. Please read the book my dear!!! :D Ouch, if she doesn't know...just ouch!

[Tiger Louie]

Angelica Houston would be a fantastic Bellatrix, I think! She won't necessarily be considered too old if she's considered 'right' - look at Alan Rickman :D

[ChianaWeasley]

Oooo....she would be good for Bellatrix!
How well she'd fit the character!
Does anyone know how to reach Warner Brothers to tell them our idea? ;)

[Tiger Louie]

Maybe they check boards out for ideas - you never know! Even if WB don't themselves, perhaps actors' agents and casting directors may do so...

[Peregrinning Took]

On J.K.'s official site, she mentioned going onto Mugglenet's chatboards and posting her theories for book 7, which no one cared about :D

So maybe one of the casting directors is here right now and getting ideas...

[ChianaWeasley]

I read that too! Found it to be a riot!
And I loved how she posted her corrections for people's theories.

The idea that she would come and check to see what we think is neat, she gives a damn about her fans, which is rare these days. And it would be great if they actually took our ideas for the films!

[Marchwarden]

WB just made some announcements via Business Wire; I've updated the list below.


Moody - Brendan Gleeson
Madame Maxine - Frances de la Tour
Amos Diggory - Jeff Rawle
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson
Fleur Delacour - Clemence Poesy
Viktor Krum - Stanislav Yanevski
Cho Chang - Katie Leung
Crouch Sr. - Roger Lloyd-Pack
Crouch Jr. - David Tennant
Karkaroff - Pedrag Bjelic
Ludo Bagman
Archie
Rita Skeeter
Narcissa Malfoy
Bill Weasley
Charlie Weasley

[lizz]

I´ve never even heard of them. Am I very ignorant there? Are they well known in Britain? Until now they always picked fine actor and so I imagine they will do well. And they wont have too much screentime of course :D but nevertheless some very important scenes :)

[Peregrinning Took]

Wow, that's a lot of new faces for one day. :eek: Thanks Marchwarden.

Don't worry, lizz, I haven't heard of any of those people either. :o

Does anyone have pictures?

Updated with links:

Moody - Brendan Gleeson (http://imdb.com/name/nm0322407/)
Madame Maxine - Frances de la Tour (http://imdb.com/name/nm0209428/)
Amos Diggory - Jeff Rawle (http://imdb.com/name/nm0712575/)
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson (http://imdb.com/name/nm1500155/)
Fleur Delacour - Clémence Poésy (http://imdb.com/name/nm0993242/)
Viktor Krum -
Crouch Sr. - [URL=http://imdb.com/name/nm0516181/]Roger Lloyd-Pack (]Stanislav Yanevski[/URL)
Crouch Jr. - David Tennant (http://imdb.com/name/nm0855039/)
Karkaroff - Pedrag Bjelic (http://imdb.com/name/nm0084759/)
Cho Chang - Katie Leung (I couldn't find her page on IMDb)
Ludo Bagman
Archie
Rita Skeeter
Narcissa Malfoy
Bill Weasley
Charlie Weasley

[ChianaWeasley]

Pictures? Why, just type the names into Google m'dear! ;) :p

Actually, I just tried that...no luck finding any pictures, who are they?!?! :o My curiosity is going to swallow me whole! ;)

[Peregrinning Took]

We have Brendan Gleeson: http://www.cinemaclock.com/images/people-431-brendangleeson.jpg

And here's Robert Pattinson: http://images.mugglenet.com:8001/gof/cedricl.jpg

Those are all that I could find :o

[Irys]

Katie Leunghttp://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Rhiirys/pic1.gif

Clémence Poésy http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Rhiirys/_40271613_fleur300.jpg

[lizz]

they pics are looking good :clap:

I tried to lok some of them up, and it seems they are acclaimed theatre actors, that sounds good :)

[Tiger Louie]

Roger Lloyd-Pack is well known and loved here in Britain as the very dim Trigger in the long running comedy 'Only Fools and Horses'. He has done some film work but most of us know him from tv.

David Tennant has just appeared in a fantastic adaptation of Anthony Trollope's 'He Knew He Was Right' as a vacillating Vicar being fought over by two sisters. Very funny, and quite nice looking too.

Jeff Rawle is another actor best known for comedy performances - often playing put-upon characters.

None are how I imagined the characters physically, but I'm sure they'll be good.

[ChianaWeasley]

Poesy looks like she'll fit the part, and if they've been in theatre you know they'll do well.

Pattinson looks the part for Krum, but can he pull off the infamous "Herm-i-own-iny"???? ;) :p He's got the nose, so I'm pleased. Oddly enough, I wanna see him walk! Can he pull off the Victor Krum hobble?

No, I'm not picky....:p

[Athelas]

(Pattison is Cedric)

I agree with Angelica Huston for either Narcissa (she really hasthe look ) or even better (more screen time) Bellatrix! She does evil quite well.

I'd love to see Damien Lewis :swoon: as a Weasley, but I think he may be too old.

Jeremy Irons would be very good as Crouch Sr. or Karkaroff, I think.

And if Book 6 is not out before Movie 5 (although it better be!), I think we might get a clue to Firenze's future importance by who they cast.

[ChianaWeasley]

Of course Pattison is Cedric!

I knew that the entire time.....:o

I was just testing you :p

[Fleurdelacour]

Trigger is Crouch! :rotfl:

Ah, I love him though :) It's a good choice!

I'm starting to regret not watching 'He Knew He Was Right' now...

[Telchar II]

Tiger Louie, you are so right about Angelica Huston. She would be amazing.

Although she might be a little too tall to be Movie Sirius's cousin.

[lizz]

they could ask PJ for help with the foreced perspective :D

I agree she would be great, but as an american she is out anyway.

[ChianaWeasley]

She may be american, but she has this dignified aire about her...she could pull it off. She has inner poise!

[Tiger Louie]

Originally posted by lizz
they could ask PJ for help with the foreced perspective :D

I agree she would be great, but as an american she is out anyway.

Yep - PJ is a past master at the old forced perspective, isn't he? :LOL:

I wouldn't rule out the great Anjelica Houston on nationality grounds - she can definitely 'do accents', and there's already been one american in the films to my certain knowledge - even though she's far, far better known over here in the UK than anywhere else: Zoe Wanamaker, who plays Madame Hooch in HP1.

Anyway, I hope they would consider her - if she was interested. I think anyone would fall over themselves to play Bellatrix. So far, she has absolutely no redeeming features, which should be gravy to an actor!

[Princess Aurora]

Originally posted by Tiger Louie
I think anyone would fall over themselves to play Bellatrix. So far, she has absolutely no redeeming features, which should be gravy to an actor!

Hehe... yes, that would be immensely fun as an actor, to just be able to sneer and laugh evilly throughout all your scenes. :D

*practices evil laugh*

[Colli]

oooh PA that was a good one!

[ChianaWeasley]

You know who would have been good for Bellatrix?

The woman who was the 'Wicked Witch' in Wizard of Oz...oh I, forget her name...Margaret Hamilton!!!...even though she's past away. But wouldn't she have been perfect for it?

http://www.autographsmovieposters.com/Hamilton_margaret_SP.jpg

[Xyla]

Too ugly though, wasn't Bella supposed to be beautiful in an evil way?
Afterall, she's related to Sirius who is teh hottness.

[Tiger Louie]

Just a thought - they're going to need someone to play YKW in HP4, aren't they...? Do you think they'll get someone to play him - or will he look so vile, before and after the graveyard that he has to be CGI?

Even if it's all done with computers, they will need a voice, and I can't remember who did the voice in HP1.

[lizz]

Bella doesnt look that good anymore after Aszkaban just like sirius.

I hope they get a real god voice for YKW but the most practical woulb be the actor who plays him. Is he cast already. I remember the old Mr.Bean rumours :devil:

[Peregrinning Took]

D'oh! We already have people "playing" Bill and Charlie in Prisoner of Azkaban, in the Weasleys in Egypt photo!

TLC has an interview (http://www.silentbard.net/burrow/other/bill_qa.shtml) with Bill, aka Richard Fish, which includes a picture.

[ChianaWeasley]

gives skeptical look over to picture

Doesn't look very Weasley-ish to me....
:p

[Fleurdelacour]

He looks.... ginger... :p A good Weasley trait!

[Princess Aurora]

I think he looks great to be a Weasley! And also, I think he looks just a bit like Mik. :D

[Colli]

he looks like this really greatlooking guy i go to school with.

definitely Bill!

[Peregrinning Took]

TLC is reporting that Rita Skeeter has been cast, being played by Miranda Richardson!

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2004/07/mirandarichardson5.jpg

I've never heard of her, maybe some of the British people here have though?

[Princess Aurora]

I've heard of her, but I don't think I've seen anything she's been in. She looks great for the part though!

[Fleurdelacour]

Oh I love her! :D She'll be perfect... I can really imagine her as Rita!

[Marchwarden]

I remember her from Sleepy Hollow , and she'll be seen in Phantom of the Opera later this year.

[Peregrinning Took]

I just saw Sleepy Hollow! Was she the stepmother of the woman that Johnny Depp was in love with? (can't remember names :p) If so she'll be good as Rita.

Michael Gambon and Richard Griffiths are in that movie, too. O_o

Ralph Fiennes has been cast as the man himself, Lord Voldything. Here's a pic:
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ralphfiennessmalljpg.jpg

Looks OK to me, but I hope they make him look snake-like with prosthetics or CGI or something.

[Colli]

:jawdrop:

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

I had to go to Mugglenet myself just to make sure you weren't joking.

That'll be hard for some people (*cough*FleurD*cough*) to adjust to...


... i think i can see it (Ralph as Voldie)

[Princess Aurora]

Ooh, I just read about Mr. Fiennes playing Voldemort! This should be interesting, considering many people (aka Glaelia and Xyla ;)) were rooting for Fiennes to play Sirius. But I think he'll do a good job.


Whoever thought that the Dark Lord would be so swoonworthy? :D Although I guess I should've known, after seeing Tom Riddle...

[Peregrinning Took]

AHHH!!! This guy is only 42!!! He was born in 1962!

In comparison, David Thewlis was born in '63! Alan Rickman in '46(!!!).

Age doesn't matter, age doesn't matter, age doesn't matter....

*starts worrying*

[Princess Aurora]

Well, if Alan Rickman can play someone who's supposed to be 20-something years younger, I think Ralph Fiennes should be able to play someone who's supposed to be 20-something years older.

In fact, I would think it's easier to play older, especially since Voldemort will have so much makeup and such.

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Colli
That'll be hard for some people (*cough*FleurD*cough*) to adjust to...


Lol - I heard it on the evening news, first I was shocked 'HE WAS MEANT TO PLAY REMUS!' But... I'm getting over the inital shock... I think, he'll be able to do it... I mean all he really has to do is be the baddie, look gormless and go 'Avada Kedavra' and 'Get him!' 'Ah my true family' a few times in true eloquent baddie style, shouldn't be too hard ;)

I wonder if he'll go on the Aitkin's diet to achieve that skeletal chic... :p

[Peregrinning Took]

The Leaky Cauldron has some of the script pages for Goblet of Fire. (I was getting excited while reading them, so I have a lot more hope for this movie now!)

But Bagman seemed to be missing! Was he even cast?

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

A question...

They've been quite strict about using only British cast, apart from foreign-born characters like Fleur and Viktor. Do you think they'd allow actors from elsewhere in the Commonwealth as well? There are some actors from Australia and New Zealand who I think would be very effective in certain roles, but I don't know if they'd be considered eligible.