[HPFGU-Movie] Our influence in replacing Richard Harris (with Ian McKellen?)??

[Katze]

Barry Hill wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> All this talk about Harris not playing his role as authentically as he
> could makes me wonder what influence the "general public" has on
> the choice of actors in sequels.
> 
> Usually, it's not an issue for movies, because they are frequently
> one-offs, but AFAIK in this case Dumbledore plays a larger role in
> future books (see PS: below), so a correct portrayal is more important!

Over all I think that Harris did ok. I think there were some parts that
didn't seem like D at all, but the Mirror scene and the Hospital scene
were right on. The thing that worries me about Harris is that he has
come out and said that he didn't want to sign a 7 movie deal (commitment
problems), and that worries me. While he did sign, I wouldn't be
surprised if he drops at some point.

After seeing LotR, I'm not sure McKellen is right for big D (I used to
think otherwise). I was trying to come up with some other possibilities,
but nothing came to mind. The only ones that came to me were Sean
Connery, and Patrick Stewart...could you imagine...

Albus Dumbledore, played by James Bond

or

Albus Dumbledore, played by Jean-Luc Picard
imagine D swishing and flicking while muttering, "Engage!"

Haha...

To be honest...being in the States, I'm not familiar with the great
wealth of British actors who could be a good match for big D. I can only
take from my personal experience, and unfortunately, I'm not sure James
Bond or Jean-Luc Picard are a good fit ;-)


> 
> Assuming we were talking about a politician, it would in theory at
> least be possible to get him to step down and be replaced.
> 
> Would a petition be enough to do the trick? We'd probably need 50-100k
> signatures to even get anyone to take it seriously though ... Assuming
> each of the 3k subscribers on this list knew 20 people who would sign, and
> popular HP homepages and other mailing lists participated, we'd be
> going in the right direction.
>
> Of course, there are many other issues to be considered: settlement
> payouts; Harris sueing for breach of contract; Alternative actors
> (e.g. McKellen)'s availability, etc.
> 
> What do you others think about the feasability of the idea?
> 
> Does anyone know of instances where a petition has worked in the past?
> 
> How about starting a poll to gauge the general feeling towards Harris:
> - Happy
> - Satisfied
> - Unsatisfied
> - Unsatisfied (would sign petition)
> 

I think Harris will do fine...if Harris is willing to stick it out. I
wouldn't sign a petition trying to get Harris off the set. He didn't
detract from the movie and he did have some good moments. He'll also
have a bigger part on CoS, and he might come into form.

-Katze