[HPFGU-Movie] C. Firth not original (was Viggo gets the nod)

[Adana Robinson]

>From: "virtualworldofhp" <virtualworldofhp at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Viggo gets the nod (WAS Viggo! and, why is 
>Sirius so darn hot?)
>Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 21:41:12 -0000
>
>--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Adana Robinson" <adanaleigh at h...> wrote:
>I had thought Colin Firth for Sirius at first.  But now I
> > could see him as Lupin.  He got extremely thin for "Bridget Jones's
>Diary";
> > he could play starving and poor, I think.  He also does "vaguely
>worried"
> > very well, and "having a secret and needing to keep quiet about it".
>  Then
> > he would have the capacity to get sexy if he ever needed to.  I can
>also see
> > him confronting Sirius at first, ready to protect Harry & Co if
>necessary;
> > but then accepting the truth very quickly and ready to kill Peter.
>
>Ack, ack, I thought of him a week ago (even posted somewhere in
>OT-Chatter--to which no one responded, DARN!) when someone said
>something about Lupin's character that reminded me of Mr. Darcy.
>Colin Firth has a very pensive look about him (*The Look* via Pride
>and Prejudice), but somehow I see him as his best in roles with
>romantic implications (which seems to be well-exhausted in
>fanfic)--it'd be interesting to see him in angsty role for a child
>(more father-figure esque) rather than "I'm so utterly in love with
>you" roles.
>
>*rubs hands together with glee*
>
>-Megan
>

I saw the post you refer to, so my idea really wasn't original.  At the time 
I wasn't converted to the "Colin Firth as Lupin" camp, so I ignored it, 
thinking it impolite to flame. :)  However, I have now seen the light and 
stand solidly behind you!

Wasn't "The Look" in Pride & Prejudice enough to melt you?  I'm thinking 
specifically about the scene where his sister is playing the piano and 
Elizabeth is turning the pages of the music for her; he's sitting on the 
couch watching her.

As good an actor as he is, I would still be looking out for a love interest 
somewhere.

And on that topic, does it seem like there's a shortage of available women 
in the wizarding world?  The women teachers are older ladies (McGonagall, 
Madame Hooch in the movie--don't remember how she was described in the 
books) or complete twits (Trelawney).  The only women I can remember who 
aren't teachers are Mrs. Weasley (married, obviously) and Rita Skeeter 
(unsuitable for a variety of reasons).

Those of you who want Snape to have a love interest (which IMO would totally 
ruin his character, but to each his own ship...), do you have any 
candidates?  Let alone Sirius, who totally deserves a good relationship, or 
Lupin, who probably will never trust himself far enough to get close to a 
woman, but that's another topic.

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