[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting: Heath Ledger-Krum!

[Margaret Dean]

ftah3 wrote:
> 
> You know, all the talk of Heath Ledger not being pretty-boy enough
> for Diggory ~ let's cast him as Krum!
> 
> He does stong-and-silent very well; and if Heath played him it would
> make a whole lotta sense for girls to be following him around mooning
> about him, *plus* it would make sense for the boys to be impressed by
> his sportsman abilities (because HL is terribly
> manly/outdoorsy/sporty <g>).  Presuming his rugged good looks
> continue to retain a bit of prettiness through the time when GoF is
> filmed, perfecto!

But Krum is not supposed to be good-looking.  (Besides the fact
that he's described as dark.)  He has a big nose and beetling
brows and a brooding expression.  This is not to say that he
couldn't be attractive anyway (some people find brooding terribly
sexy), but movie-actor handsome -- no.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>