My Richard Harris rant

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
> While I'm on the subject, I'd love to know why John Cleese bothered 
> with the film.  He is a Big Star in Britain and in the U.S., and I 
> understand he only has a few lines.  That is more of a puzzle to me 
> than Harris' decision to participate.

I've read on IGN filmforce last year that it was because he is a fan 
and wants to be in the movie but I can't find the actual article as 
usual.  I however find the article about him wanting to be in the 
second as well since Nick gets more lines in CoS.

RE Harris:  I am reserving judgement until I get to see the movie 
(Nov. 29th  at Down Under) but early signs from the trailer are 
unpromising.

The thing about Harris is that while he's good, there are better 
choices out there.  The casting of this film has been inspiring e.g.  
Robbie Contrane as Hagrid and Alan Rickman as Snape.  The actors in 
this movie are the best fit for the characters for virtually every 
role, down to people who has only a few lines like John Cleese.

In my fantasy casting, Ian McKellen is Dumbledore.  The twinkling 
blue eyes, the mystery behind the smiles, the sense of humour, the 
feeling that he isn't telling you everything and one of the best 
actors ever.

He is Dumbledore if he isn't Gandalf already. :sigh:  May be we can 
have him after all LOTR movies are screened.

My casting puzzle is why Alan Rickman want to play Snape.  He doesn't 
do many big productions; he has an aversion to villain in black ever 
since Robin Hood.  He hasn't read the books prior to filming so he 
couldn't have known the complexity of the character.(Kudo to him, he 
actually read PS/SS after he landed the role.)  In fact, Columbus 
said in an interview that they actually wanted Rickman but thought he 
would say no and so the casting people went to Roth instead.