CASTING - Lupin

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

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<tinkerbell634 at y...> wrote:
> I hate to be the odd man out here, but i'd be dissappointed to see 
> anyone but Dominic Keating as Lupin... anyone?
> 
> ~Tinkerbell

bboy_mn:

Generally, I like the idea. He has a gaunt, hollow cheeked appearance
that could be maded-up to appear as a man under stress. While he is
close to the exact age of the character, he's going to look a little
young along side Snape. I can't recall any of his appearance is movies
or (most likely where I would have seen him) in 'The Enterprise', but
just from his basic appearance, I think he could play someone with a
warm gentleness that I picture in Lupin, and at the sametime project
someone with inner strength.

At the end there is my general assesment of Lupin. He is a man of
contrast. On one hand he is a beast, a deadly monster, but at the
sametime, he is a gentle, intelligent, unassuming person. Good
looking, but not pretty boy or bad boy handsome. I also don't picture
him as a large man with an overly athletic build. Basically, average
height and perhaps slightly underweight.

They are going to have to do things to both make Snape look younger
and Lupin look older. To some extent, the apparent age difference
could simply be that some people do not age well. In highschool, they
look like they are 30, when they are 30, they look closer to 50.

So pending the viewing of one of his performances, I'd say you might
be on to something here.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn