[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Richard Harris is NOT a great actor

[Lucy Austin]

>> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Nicky <azingam at y...> wrote:
>> > Well, he is! Okay, so Dumbeldore wasn't EXACTLY the way I pictured him
>> > in the book personality-wise (I thought he'd be much kinder) but if
>> > Harris is only going by the script, and not reading the books, then we
>> > can't expect much. 
>> 
>> But that's exactly why Harris is NOT a great actor -- if he were, he would've 
>> taken the trouble to research his character, especially with not only people 
>> practically begging him to read the books but also the character's creator > offering to talk to him and >>offer insights.  What a lazy snob he must be, to turn 
>> that down!

>Well, he seems lazy. I like R. Harris for his earlier movies, he's a very good actor technically. But I've >watched an interview with him and he told the interviewer that he enjoys doing nothing. And he dreams of >having one day when he'd be able to do absolutely nothing. Then (as he said) he could answer to such a >question: "What have you achieved today?" with: "Nothing. I have achieved nothing."

>Ev vy

I agree - even if he couldn't be bothered to read the book, he should have agreed to let JKR tell him what Dumbledore was supposed to be like - he shows no sign of the quirkiness we all love. I just hope that somehow the feelings of the fans will get back to him and make him do a bit of work before he messes up the second film as well!

Lucy


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