casting

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "c_voth312 <divaclv at a...>"
<divaclv at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, TACtalk at a... wrote:
> > 
> > Despite the negative comments from others, yes, I do. He is a
> > classically-trained actor who I believe is still a member of 
> > the Royal Shakespeare Company. Dumbledore is not a complicated 
> > part, and even playingHarris-playing-Dumbledore would be well 
> > within his abilities. 
> 
> I really think that whoever gets Dumbledore shouldn't be expected or 
> encouraged to imitate Richard Harris' performance, because it would 
> do both Harris and his successor a great disservice.  
>
> ...edited...
>
> JMHO, as always.
> 
> ~Christi

bboy_mn comments"

Well, we could all be worrying about nothing. But I think the critical
factor is not somebody taking on the role and pretending to be Harris,
it's about continuity of the character. Who even takes the role, can't
be so drastically different, that the contrast is jarring. The
character has been defined on the screen. So while whoever takes over
the role, will without a doubt be different, they can't be to
drastically different. 

It seems that after the third movie, we will need a new Draco too. Tom
Felton has his life planned out (as someone else already pointed out).
A year off, travel, fish, then school. We run into the same problem.
The character of Draco, on the screen, has already been defined.
Whoever take that roll, doesn't have to pretent to be Tom Felton, but
the do have to maintain character as we know him.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn