Casting, the Crouches

[Anne]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "a_rude_mechanical" 
<a_rude_mechanical at y...> wrote:
> As far as I know, Warner is British!  I think he's slightly on the 
> older side for Crouch Sr, but he has the severity that Crouch needs!
> 
> Elisabeth

I don't think David Warner is necessarily "too old" to play Barty Sr. 
(after all, in Real Life, Alan Rickman is ~20 years older than Snape, 
and we've accepted his characterization completely:-)  IIRC Barty Jr. 
was only a year or two out of Hogwarts at the time of his post-
VoldieWar trial (shown in the pensieve), which means he is at most 
only a few years younger than the Marauders, who are in their mid-30s 
at the end of GoF. So Barty Sr. is probably at least 55. I suspect 
David Warner is in his mid-60s but if he has aged reasonably well the 
makeup folks ought to have no problem making him "look" 10 years 
younger.

Anne U
(who routintely passes for 10 years younger than her actual age, and 
who wonders why we're worried about GoF casting already... or did I 
forget that Barty Sr. is in POA too?)