Miriam Margoyles/Sean Bean/Jeremy Irons

[Heather Moore]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "David " <davisaacs at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., lotusmoondragon at a... wrote:
> > For those of us who have no clue who most of these people are (save 
> for Sir 
> > Richard and Ms. French), could you shed some light, or point us to 
> a web site 
> > with pictures?
> 
> Yep, I'm really sorry about that, I completely forgot that you're all 
> mostly Americans:o)  Here I go, with a suitable biography of each:
> 
> Professer Sprout: Dawn French, well for those of you who don't know 
> (although I'm sure most of you do), she's short fat, and very lively 
> and loveable:o)
> 

OH!! I was indeed getting Dawn French mixed up with Emma Chambers.  And as I was earlier getting Moaning Myrtle mixed up with Professor Sprout, I will say this with confidence: Miriam Margoyles (who, contrary to popular belief in America, is British - she was in BLACKADDER II, after all) has already committed to play Professor Sprout. I know she's *in* the movie, and Sprout would be the role she'd most likely play.


> Cornelius Fudge: Richard Attenborough (on second thoughts, I don't 
> think he'd be so good)
> 

  For those who *don't* know, Richard Attenborough was John Hammond in JURASSIC PARK and I believe William Cecil in ELIZABETH.


> 
> Sirius Black: Sean Bean. Erm, how can I describe him? Well, I can't 
> really, only to say that he's going to be Boromir in The Lord of the 
> Rings. Pictures probably at the above webstie.
> 

  Sean Bean, like Alan Rickman, has a special facility for playing the "foppish ass" type (although you want to punch him instead of shag him). He was the baddie Lord Fenton in the SCARLETT miniseries (god, did that suck - but it was not the cast's fault).  He was also the baddie recently in DON'T SAY A WORD (god, did that suck - but again, is wasn't really the cast's fault).  It's too bad that Billy Connolly is now rather too old to play Black, although I could see him as Mad-Eye Moody.

Another fearless prediction: Jeremy Irons will play Voldemort. Karma owes him a favor for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, and it's essentially the same role in a much, much better production.