The perfect Trelawney Casting

[Ali]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Marcus " <prefectmarcus at y...> wrote:
> Let me suggest a dark horse candidate.  Lucy Lawless!  Yep, Xena 
> herself.  I think she could pull it off better than about anybody.  
> Of course, she is not British, she's a New Zealander, but the 
accent is close enough for most of the world.

Ali replies

I personally do not mind where an actor comes from, what matters to 
me is their portrayal of my beloved characters. "Close enough" is not 
good enough for my liking. If Lucy Lawless could do an authentic 
British accent, then what would put her in the running but not 
otherwise. As a Brit, I and one or two others might notice her accent 
not sounding particularly British - to my ears at least, the Kiwi 
accent is *noticeably* different. IMO if she failed to sound British, 
it would be contrary to the whole flavour of the films to date.

In general I prefer the idea of British actors playing British parts 
simply because there are far less accent problems, and if there are 
great British actors to play British characters, then it doesn't seem 
unreasonable that they should be choosen.


Ali