fantasy casting

[carrie1138]

Hi there. Newbie decloaking to add my 2 knuts to the casting ideas.
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ftah3 wrote:
Until I see someone else play Pettigrew onscreen, I won't be able to 
picture anyone but David Bamber, as he played Mr. Collins in 
BBC/A&E's "Pride & Prejudice," as Peter Pettigrew. Tubby, balding, 
slimy, obnoxiously obsequious ~ egad, other than the fact that Mr. 
Collins wasn't evil, he *was* Pettigrew. 
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I can see that too, but I don't think Pettigrew should be tubby as 
such. He was described as having lost a lot of weight (from stress) 
by the time he transformed in the shreiking shack, so I think he 
should be skinny. I can't get Ewen Bremner (Spud from Trainspotting) 
out of my head, but I suppose he's too young. I'm with Marcuswh2001's 
second choice: Paul Whitehouse. 

Some others:

Madame Maxime: I didn't come up with this one, I think I read it in a 
newspaper, but I think she'd be perfect: Cher!

Rita Skeeter: Kathy Burke. Pics here if you don't know her: 
www.blue.uk.com/ kathy/gallery . Then again, maybe she'd be even 
better as Aunt Marge!

Remus Lupin: well, I've had my heart set on Ewan McGregor all along: 
he could just look so _wolfy_ with sideburns; but if I can't have him 
(I bet G Lucas won't let him do it anyway!) I'll settle for Colin 
Firth.

Sirius Black: this has been the hardest for me to visualise, as he's 
my favourite adult character, but I think Rufus Sewell looks okay. 
Viggo Mortensen just isn't Sirius for me.

Mad-Eye Moody: someone suggested him way back in the archive (no idea 
where, sorry) and that was when I realised that was who I'd been 
seeing all along: Frank Kelly, who plays Father Jack in Father Ted. 
There's a really Moody-ish picture around the middle of this page: 
http://www.father-ted.co.uk/pages/pictureg.html 

Cornelius Fudge: if you've seen the Vicar of Dibley, I think Gary 
Waldhorn, who plays David, can do the right mix of officiousness and 
bumbling for Fudge. My other choice, for a slightly more serious than 
comedic Fudge, is John Fortune. Plus, he already has experience of 
doing corrupt/misled politicians on Rory Bremner's show (though I 
can't stand Bremner!). This isn't a great picture, but it's the best 
I could find: 
http://www.davidpughltd.freeserve.co.uk/art/past_cast/mitchell_fortune
_campbell/john_fortune.htm 

And those are all I can think of for the moment.

Can I just say I'm immensely glad to have found this list (and the 
book one)! I've spent the last month  just trawling through the 
archives, feeling like Hermione must have felt when she first saw the 
Hogwarts library! :-D
Carrie