[HPFGU-Movie] Woah! how frustrating!

[Richelle Votaw]

Nicole wrote:

> The posts about recasting came as quite a surprise to me because I'd 
> read in Newsweek that Dan, Ron and Emma had signed on for GOF.
> I hope we won't have to be tormented too long before the powers that 
> be let us know whether our favourite kids will be back on board for 
> GOF. 

Okay, everybody hold on.  First of all, the sentence with the word "recast" in it has to be looked at in context.  It's part of a phrase immediately following a sentence that says the main cast will likely return for GoF.  They haven't been signed yet, they've never signed on for the next movie to be filmed until the major filming was over for the one they were working on.  (Adults have, yes, but not kids.)  Obviously, WB can't count their chickens before they hatch.  They can't tell the world the main cast is returning if there's nothing in writing.  Suppose they bring in a contract, everyone's ready to sign, and something happens to change one of the kids (or parents) mind about continuing.  WB wouldn't want to look stupid, so they'll always leave that "possibly" in there.  Obviously they would recast rather than quit making movies.  But trust me, they are no where near recasting, because you can't recast without audtioning actors, and we'd have heard about that.  Recasting is only a fallback plan.

Richelle


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