[HPFGU-Movie] Recasting Dumbledore; casting Black

[Amanda Levesque]

AS IF I happing to think that Richard Harris did a
excellent job as Dumbledore. As for Peter O'Toole if
he can be madeup to look like the Dumbledore we have
come to know and love why not.

Amanda
--- Amanda Geist <editor at texas.net> wrote:
> Piping up again from back here, munching my popcorn
> and waiting for the film
> to start.....
> 
> Peter O'Toole. Dumbledore should have been played by
> Peter O'Toole to begin
> with. Peter O'Toole has those brilliant blue eyes,
> does whimsy with
> naturalness and flair, and can switch to serious and
> point-focused in
> milliseconds. Richard Harris was a great actor, but
> I do not think he was a
> great Dumbledore, and I think Peter O'Toole would
> be.
> 
> ~Amanda, who will be giddy if all three of her main
> casting choices come
> through!
> 
> 
> > Since RH died, I have seen internet speculation
> replacing him with
> > Christopher Lee.  Might have worked, had RH not
> set the benchmark
> > already. Now, however I will have an extre-e-eme
> problem with Mr Lee
> > in the Headmaster's role.  It is beyond wrong for
> "Saruman" to be in
> > charge of Hogwarts.  I simply do not associate Mr
> Lee with kindly
> > benevolence (I had the same problem watching
> Aragon's actor playing a
> > lowlife scumbag.)  Please, ask Sir Ian if you want
> someone from that
> > cast.  Or better yet, depending upon how he did in
> CoS, Mr Harris's
> > double, whose name someone out there will know
> without a moment's
> > reflection.
> >                              * * *
> >
> > My suggestion to play Sirius (for whom I have a
> warm snuggly feeling)
> > is none other than the man who voiced him on the
> audiobooks, Mr Jim
> > Dale.  His photo shows the underlying warmth of
> Sirius' nature, and
> > movie make-up magic can make him look sufficiently
> harrowed and gaunt
> > after incarceration in Azkaban.
> >
> > Dittany
> >
> > Anar caluva tielyanna.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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