Richard E. Grant: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black,Rita Skeeter

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "fionap19" <fionap19 at y...> wrote:

> I was one of the lucky devils who actually got seats in the 
> Grandstand right opposite the entrance to the Odeon Leicester 
Square 
> yesterday and saw Richard E Grant arrive ....... I shouted out to 
my 
> 13 year old that he would make a PERFECT Sirius Black..... he does 
> the haunted bit brilliantly but has a superb "Twinkle" too!  I 
agree 
> he's pretty good on the eye too!  Can you imagine Richard E Grant 
as 
> Sirius and Ewan McGregor as Lupin?  They get my vote anyway.  Also 
> saw Glenn Close there and thought she'd make a great Rita Skeeter 
for 
> book 4 but some other fans reckon she'd be good for Trelawny.  Any 
> votes?

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Well said (and I'm mighty jealous of your sightings!)  I'd like to 
see Richard E. Grant as Sirius.  He's a fine actor, has the qualities 
you mentioned that make him suitable to play a Sirius and importantly 
he is well into his forties, making him a believable schoolmate of 
Alan Rickman.  

Which is exactly why I don't think that the otherwise appropriate 
Ewan  McGregor is suitable to play Lupin.  He looks like he's 31 and 
not a day over. (I could buy him more as an older Weasley boy).

My dream casting is Richard E. Grant as Sirius Black and Paul McGann 
as Remus Lupin.  Not only would it be a WITHNAIL AND I reunion, but 
Paul McGann would be perfect.  He has a sort of Ralph-Fiennes-gone-
slightly-to-seed manner. I recently rewatched his Dr Who movie, which 
wasn't much to write home about but he was perfect.  Kind, clever, 
capable, tortured and slightly eccentric. And he has the perfect 
profile and to cap it off, nice pointy teeth!  (Go Paul, Go).

I'd like to see Emma Thompson as Rita Skeeter. :) 

Hal.