Fantasy Casting - Sirius and Remus

[Jim Ferer]

Carol said, "My problem with Joseph Fiennes [as Sirius] is that he's 
too young (born in 1970) and  too slight to be menacing as Sirius is 
suppoed to be in PoA."

Too slight is not a problem...Sirius is gaunt from doing twelve years 
of very hard time. I like the idea of taking a handsome man like 
Fiennes and making him look like a hard-timer; it creates a tension, 
and Sirius was a handsome man before going to Azkaban.

Carol again:"My preference is Firth as Lupin (good age...born in 1960) 
and as Penny mentioned Daniel Day Lewis as Sirius."

I hold out for Kenneth Branagh as Lupin. He has the perfect voice, 
appearance, and demeanor. He can bring the sensitivity he needs to the 
part.

I can well live with Lewis as Sirius.