Black/Lupin Casting

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Beth Larsen" <ealarsen at u...> wrote:
> First time poster, long-time lurker
> 
> A ways back there'd been some talk in the group about Anthony 
Stewart Head
> (Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Lupin.  He would be perfect -
 at
> least given the age of Rickman as Snape.  I see that ASH was left 
out of
> this new poll though, because I guess no one's been throwing out 
his name
> very recently.  He was very good as a mentor figure on Buffy, and 
can be
> both funny or serious.  I can't really see him as Sirius though - 
he could
> be rumpled, shabby, even a little dangerous, etc., but not actually
> convincingly serial-killer-like to frighten muggles.  At least not 
that I
> can imagine.

I was one of the ones doing the original talking on ASH, so I'd 
better throw my vote in as well.  Probably because I tend to envision 
Lupin being a bit like Giles--studious-looking, strong mentor figure, 
seemingly quiet, but with a hidden dark side (in more ways than 
one).  

~Christi