Ewan McGregor/ Rowan Atkinson

[davisaacs]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "guretna" <guretna at y...> wrote:
> Forgive me if I take anyone by surprise here, but I think unless you
> are a Muggle, you must have heard the rumour that Ewan McGregor is
> considered for the part of Professor Lupin in the third movie. I
> cannot say I'm very happy with this decision, not because Ewan is a
> bad actor, but because he's a young actor. I mean Lupin is supposed 
to
> be about the age of James Potter or Snape, so unless you put some
> heavy make-up on him (which I find unnatural and as such should be
> prevented), you cannot make people believe that he (born 1971) is in
> his mid-thirties or early forties. If James has a boy of thirteen 
then
> he must be at least 35 (by general standards) and so should Lupin 
(and
> Snape and Pettigrew).

I don't think Ewan would be right as Lupin either, he's a great actor 
and everything, but too...I don't know...for want of a better word: 
wet. I always thought Lupin was meant to be quite gruff, with a 
hoarse voice...

> I do, though, have a rather controversial nomination too for Lupin:
> Rowan Atkinson! Some people would perhaps find him too comical to be
> Lupin, but as I'm sure he's a great actor, he should be able to 
change
> his air according to the role. What d'ya think?

I don't think he'd be that good as Lupin, but I think her would be 
completely perfect as Peter Petigrew...I think he could nail him down 
to a T. But that's just how I imagined him of course:o)

Dave