Trelawny casting

[GulPlum]

Felicia Rickmann wrote:
> I can't see Franch & Saunders getting anywhere without it turning 
> into
> ho-ho commedy, which this isn't.  They are well known and respected
> for what they do, but I have yet to see them do anything 
> sufficiently serious to merit inclusion.

I absolutely don't see Dawn French doing anything in the HP universe. 

As for Jennifer Saunders, I only tried to shoe-horn her in because a 
F&S suggestion had been posited. :-) I don't really see her being 
involved (nor do I think she'd be interesed), but I agree with you 
that she's not got the right bearing for Trelawney.

> I do, however, find the suggestion of Emma Thomson interesting.  She
> is versatile and with the right props i.e. venomous glasses and a
> lethal black wig  could really do the character well.

Nah... She's far too sweet. Besides, my favourite Emma Thompson role 
was in "Truly Madly Deeply" opposite You-Know-Who :-) and I wouldn't 
be able to get that character out of my mind. My imagination isn't 
all *that* limited, though, because I didn't expect Snape to pull a 
cello from somewhere. :-) 

[How's this for coincidences: I am currently listening to the cello 
suite written for TMD... - honestly!]

> My image of Professor Trelawny is of someone very much as JKR
> describes her i.e. the late Joyce Grenfell, perhaps taller as I get
> the impression Professor Trelawny is tall, perhaps someone can quote
> passages from canon, I can't sorry 'bout that.

A thought just occurred to me - if we're going to go down the Joyce 
Grenfell route, how's about the person who wrote and performed a one-
woman show all about her, Maureen Lipman?

<3 minutes after having written the above words> 

The more I think about Maureen Lipman, the more I like the idea. :-)

> BTW I am not awfully good at giving good reports of films so I hope
> GulPlum can give an experienced cinemagoer's view.  Me, I shall only
> be able to offer a highly excitable and overwrought view largely
> based on how much screen time my hero (Snape) gets.

Not much, apparently, so I suspect your review may well turn out to 
be a tirade about how *little* time he gets...

Incidentally, my own movie-reviewing talents aren't particularly 
good, so you should expect a few bullet points and little else. I am 
much, much better at using other people's reviews as a basis for 
discussion of my own views rather than writing my own. Even your 
excitable writings are likely to spark me off. :-)

Furthermore, from everything I've heard about the movie, I'm most 
likely to concentrate on Lucius and Arthur, played by two actors for 
whom I have the utmost respect. I'm already getting a shiver down my 
spine having just read an interview with Jason Isaacs.

Oh, and don't expect my review very quickly. My schedule is: 4.15: 
CoS (1) starts. 7:30 meet friend at train station. 8:15 CoS (2) 
starts. 11.00 Late dinner with bunch of friends. Back to his place 
(which has no net access at present). Saturday: work until God knows 
when; hopefully finish in time for CoS (3) at 11.10pm (if we can get 
in). If I'm lucky, I'll be able to get back home for about 3 am to 
post a review; otherwise, stay the night at his place, get up on 
Sunday am and get to cinema for CoS (4) at 1.20pm, home alone for 
late lunch and then err... CoS (5) at 8.15. Back home around midnight 
to read some online reviews and perhaps post a more complete one of 
my own.

"Sad, MOI?" :-)