Hugh Grant as Lockhart?!

[caliburncy]

Hi,

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "kathye_c" <kechelsen at a...> wrote:
> I was looking at the June 7 issue of Entertainment Weekly, which
> had some photos from the upcoming CoS film... included in the
> photos was a picture of Lockhart, Harry and Ron.  Underneath the
> photo it said that Hugh Grant had been considered for the role, but
> they went with Branagh because "Ken seems to disappear into any
> role."  

As I recall, it was rumored for a while that Hugh Grant would play 
Lockhart--there was talk of him bleaching his hair because a wig 
looked ridiculous.  However, in a later interview (below) with Chris 
Columbus, he said that these rumors were baseless and that Hugh Grant 
had never been approached about the role.

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?3455

See, the problem with a marketing juggernaut like the HP films is 
that rumors are leapt upon with great fervor not only by the Internet 
press, but by the printed press as well.  So even in supposedly 
reputable magazines, you can no longer blindly believe what you read, 
because they do a lousy job of confirming sources.  (And, 
unfortunately, they are not often held culpable for this, because the 
only way to do so is to lose faith in their journalistic reliability 
and stop rewarding them with money.)

For another example, the rumor *still* persists that the original cut 
of the PS/SS movie was four hours long, even though Columbus has said 
several times (one such instance below) that there was no such four 
hour cut.  These rumors just don't die, even when they are proved 
wrong.

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?3454

Of course, I, in my skepticism, can't recommend trusting anything I 
have said above, either.  I could always be wrong.  After all, as you 
can see from the sources I provide, it's all just something I read 
somewhere. :-)

-Luke