More on Dumbledore casting

[sophia mclaughlin]

I've kept my mouth shut on the subject, but now I have to speak...
I suppose bu now you've all heard of the dreadful rumour, and let's all hope 
it's nothing more than a rumour, that Richard Harris may be appearing as 
Dumbledore in HP3 with the aid of old footage and computer animation. Well, 
I don't need to comment on why that would be SICK AND WRONG--but why this 
OBSESSION with finding a "look-alike" to recast the part? Several posts have 
listed candidates similarities with Harris as merits..but why? Wouldn't it 
just be distracting to have to look at Dumbledore and have to worry about 
whether is succeeding in resembling Harris? Isn't it better just to make a 
clean break? Sure, we still need someone who fits the Dumbledore in the 
books, but I don't see why he'd need to be like Harris, particularly. I 
would't mind seeing a new take on the character, and my vote is for Derek 
Jacobi. He's got the wisdom, kindness and cookiness, and the bright blue 
twinkling eyes and the mellifluous voice..ahhh(though we don't know anything 
about Dumbledores voice per se, but it just works for me). To tell you the 
truth, he would have been my choice from the start.

Sophia


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