Thoughts on casting Wormtail?

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "aaoconnor2002" <aaoconnor2002 at y...> wrote:
> I have enjoyed reading all the posts regarding possible actors for 
> the parts of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black.  Does anyone have any 
> thoughts on who should play Wormtail?  For some reason I can't get 
> Rowan Atkinson out of my mind.  I know he doesn't fit the physical 
> description of the character at all but I can picture him groveling 
> on the ground and saying, "Wasn't I a good rat?". 8-)
> 
> Audrey

Hmmm...has Atkinson done drama?  He tends to get cast in comic roles, 
from what I've seen...

I've considered a couple actors for the part.  One of them--although 
he might be a bit long in the tooth for the part--is Bob Hoskins.  
He's an excellent character actor, and extremely versitle.  The other 
one is David Bamber--he plays Mr. Collins in the most recent version 
of "Pride and Prejudice" and is a perfect subservient, self-serving 
rat.
I'd like to hear some other ideas, though...

~Christi