Ewan as Lupin

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Wanda Sherratt" <sherratt at m...> wrote:

> I know JKR wanted Alan Rickman for the part of Snape, but I can't 
> believe she would have gone along with that degree of rewriting 
just 
> to get him.  This whole story is built on people's connections with 
> each other - Snape, James, Lupin, Black, Pettigrew - you can't take 
> Snape out of the equation without really messing up the plot.  I 
think 
> a better way of doing it would be to be rather vague about the age 
of 
> Harry's parents.  In the book they're very young when they die, but 
is 
> that strictly necessary?  Why not make them 28 or so when Harry is 
> born; that would make Snape about 40 when Harry gets to Hogwarts, 
and 
> older actors could be cast for the other characters who are his 
> contemporaries.  So Voldemort had a few more years to tyrannize 
over 
> the wizard world, Snape was a Deatheater for a bit longer - I don't 
> see that that matters all that much.  
Great idea Wonda. That explains why in the movie James looks so old, 
but if this is what they are doing, casting Ewan as Lupin is even 
more impossible. maybe the rumor is false after all.