Azkaban Casting Rumors

[c_voth312 <divaclv@aol.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Emily F" <potterfan23 at h...> 
wrote:
> For the love of God, why???  I don't care what Rickman fans say, he 
LOOKS 
> like he's in his fifties.  I think he's a terrific actor, and I'm 
not sure 
> they could've chosen a better Snape.  But that doesn't mean that 
they can't 
> correct the age "error" (for lack of a better term) by casting 
people who 
> are closer to the characters' canon ages.  

I doubt it.  Regardless of whether AR looks the cannon age or not, 
the filmmakers have made their bed with him and now they're going to 
have to lay down in it (minds up, out of the gutter, please).  If 
Sirius and Lupin look significantly younger than him, people in the 
audience might to a big "Huh-WHAT?" when it's revealed they were all 
classmates.

Besides, look at the case histories of these three men.  Sirius has 
endured twelve years of isolation and psychological torture.  Lupin 
undergoes a very painful and stressful transformation once a month, 
and is carrying around the emotional aftershocks of *that* for the 
other twenty-seven days.  Snape...well, we still don't know the full 
history of what's eating Snape, but I think it's safe to say he's not 
an emotionally healthy person.  If anyone in the Potterverse has the 
excuse to look a little older than they actually are, it's these 
three.

~Christi