Newbie musings : Casting, Brit restrictions and GoF cuts.

[irene_mikhlin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "marcuswh2001" <marcuswh at h...> wrote:
> For the last month or so I have been a full time lurker but now its 
> time to put some ideas forward. 

Great ideas.

> Peter Pettigrew - I found it surprising that people considered Alan 
> Cumming for the part of Lockhart, Pettigrew is the role he could do 
> in his sleep. 

Yes, that was my original casting. But isn't Pettigrew described as 
being somewhat fat?

> 
> Professor Trelawney - I've had great fun with this one. First 
> consideration to played younger or older? Both can be argued. 
Younger 
> how about Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) or from The Royal 
> Family Harriet Walter(She was the bitchy sister-in-law in Sense and 
> Sensibility)?

How about Emma Thompson? She could have lots of fun with Trelawney. 
And if they leave her scenes with McGonagall in the script, that 
would be such a delight.

 > 
> Mad eye Moody - Some of these are going to seem way out of left 
> field. When I first read the book I kept picturing Michael Caine, 
> yeah I know its daft but with make up. Anyway not practical as M.C. 
> and Richard Harris absolutely LOATHE one another.

Easy practical solution then - Harris out, Caine in. ;-) Works 
wonders for me.
I so much want Michael Caine to be in that movie. He could be Moody, 
or Fudge, or even Crouch Senior.
Any chance to get Sean Connory for Moody? Probably not.

> But to my mind he looks, 
> age wise, that he could have been at school with A.R.

Did you notice all the references about James Potter and Snape being 
in school together were carefully removed from the movie? Could be 
time limitations, could be more than that.

Irene