Why on earth do we need new actors in the future???

[therealmarajade]

> Of course 7-10 years IS quite a bit of time to devote to all this.  
> But I'm sure there will be breaks to do other stuff.  And even if 
> there isn't, they will still be quite young (early 20s) when they 
> finish.

Well, the original Star Wars trilogy was filmed and released during a 
period of more than 6 years. And the sequels are also taking that 
long (Episode 1 came out in 1999, Episode 2 is coming out in 2002, 
and Episode 3 will only be released in 2005).

I know they had 3 years in-between to do the actual filming and pre- 
and pos-production, but the actors had to commit themselves to 
something that would expand into a rather large period of time. 

And even with all the success that Harrison Ford had during the 
original trilogy and with the Indiana Jones' movies, he worked in all 
the movies. Sure, they had to pay him more to do the other 2 movies, 
but he did them. Why shouldn't Daniel, Rupert and Emma do the next HP 
movies?

> Something else I keep thinking about: with how on earth long it's 
> taking JKR to write the 5th book, how long will it be before book 6 
> and 7 come out?  All actors may have to take an extended break just 
> to wait for the BOOKS to come out... let alone the movies!

I was wondering the same thing...but if books 6 is published in 2004 
and book 7 in 2006 (therefore with intervals of 2 years between the 
books) that won't be a problem. Well, at least I hope so. =)

Debora