[HPFGU-Movie] Re: CASTING - Lupin

[kelly broughton]

Since I am American and really don't know any of these names apart from
Ewan and Jeremy, I'll throw out a name I am only a bit familiar with:
Stuart Townsend. I only saw him in one role- playing Lestat in Queen of
the Damned. He has had other movie roles, and he's Irish... hey, it was
just a thought.

Those of you who might be more knowledgable about his career...comments?

-kel

--- Moonstruck <myphilosophy2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Rrishi:
> 
> >>>>>As for Jeremy Irons, I disagree. Irons is far too
> throaty and suave for a Lupin. He has a sense of
> immense and immensely-controlled internal power, as if
> it were on the point of breaking loose and is only
> held in restraint by an iron will (ha). In any case,
> the actor's palpable intensity on-screen makes him an
> odd choice, IMO, for an apparently mild and
> unprepossessing Professor Lupin. Even if he were
> sprinkled with dust and dressed shabbily.>>>>>
> 
> 
> He's also far, far too old. Lupin is repeatedly
> refered to in PoA as appearing quite young. Plus, he's
> supposed to be PREMATURELY graying. This is important,
> because the fact that Lupin is so often ill and
> graying AT ALL for someone so young emphasizes the
> physical (if not mental) toll being a werewolf has
> taken on him. 
> 
> Casting an actor too old would eliminate that
> significance and take away an important nuance of the
> character. Irons, I'm afraid, has probably been gray
> for many years. He's certainly not believable as
> someone who is PREMATURELY graying. 
> 
> Granted, they cast older for Snape, but JKR never
> refers to as Snape as looking young in any way. He's
> believable as someone who looks older than his age.
> Lupin, however, is not --at least not to Snape's
> degree.
> 
> -Jessica 
> 
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