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[doliesl]

>Doesn't JKR take any kind of active part in the movie though? 
>Wouldn't she want a say, and step in if she felt something wasn't 
> playing out right?

I guess the answer is "YES" JK Rowling does take some part in the 
movie and YES has some say, at least on the scripts. Whatever 
happened later in the hands of the director and actors are probably 
out of Rowling and Kloves's control. A quote from the DVD interview 
of Steve Klowes and JK Rowling:

"Am I on the right path?" and Jo's always been good about it. She's 
made clear she will not tell me what's going to happen but she will 
tell me if I'm going down the wrong path...

The whole Transcript of the interview in DVD
http://www.mugglenet.com/cosdvdint.shtml

Personally I like Jason Issac's personal take on Lucius, he make the 
character more interesting (delicious? ;P) and memorable. And I don't 
think JK Rowling mind much at Jason Issac's modification on Lucius, I 
remember she comment on Jason Issac's Lucius,"he really looks like 
Draco's father." It sure sound like a compliment. Why don't you watch 
the CoS film first before judging whether a re-cast is needed or not? 
For me I enjoyed Issac's Lucius a great deal and disappointed to see 
if there's a change in casting (for all we know he'll be back in GoF, 
as Issac said so himself). 

-D