British actors for HP? was: Casting Sirius and Lupin

[alhewison]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Mina-Clare Moseley <clare at d...> wrote:

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> Both actors are Brits too, which I think is neccessary for HP.

Actually, I don't care what nationality the actors are, as long as 
they are good and faithful to their characters which means having 
good British accents. Logically, it is easier for Brits to have the 
correct accents, and if there are suitable actors (which like you I 
think there are) then British actors would obviously then be the 
first choice.

I think when we think, say of Americans playing Brits, the spector of 
Dick Van Dyke and his appalling Cockney accent in Mary Poppins 
springs to mind. BUT, there are obviously many excellent non-British 
actors who could do good British accents - think of the American who 
played Bridget Jones, whose accent was very good.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that JKR stipulated that the 
actors must be British - I don't know whether that's actually true 
though.

Ali