HP article in my local paper

Athene athene at hang-ten.com
Sat Nov 3 21:19:13 UTC 2001


Hi everyone,

There was an article in my local paper today about the HP movie - 
apparently the relatives of Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) live in my 
city! :) My friend's mom knows his mom... anyway, long unrelated 
story. Alan Rickman recommended him for the part, after directing him 
in 'The Winter Guest'.

I can't provide a link to the article because this newspaper doesn't 
have its full contents online. It's too bad, since we could all use a 
laugh and the article was a bit of a disgrace. I'm fairly sure the 
author usually writes the senior column - I think it's on senior 
health issues - so I'm not sure why he was writing about the HP movie.

Here's a quote, which just about made me fall out of my chair 
laughing:

"...In 'Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone' (which will have a 
slightly different title in the U.S., industry sources say) 
Biggerstaff will play Gryffindor Captain Oliver Wood, the literary 
significance of which required a call to [the local library] 
children's department: at the Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and 
Wizardry attended by orphan Potter, Gryffindor is one of the houses 
or sub-units..."

*snerk*  "sub-units" 

"I'm in sub-unit Gryffindor" sounds more appropriate for the 
Borg, doesn't it? :) 

- Athene





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