Lupin Cast?

[Emily F]

acciopotter wrote:
>I agree with not being thrilled about the choice for Lupin...And I am
>not happy at all with the rumors about Gary Oldman playing Sirius...I
>wihs someone could tell me what in the world the casting directors
>were thinking when they let him in on it.

I'll tell you what they were thinking.  They watched several actors actually 
take on these roles, and Thewlis and Oldman played their respective parts 
the best.  What else matters?

Someone else brought up the subject of the two men as romantic leads (this 
is a general comment, I'm not suggesting that this is what acciopotter was 
thinking).  This is one of my HP pet peeves, so I feel the need to chime in. 
  That idea seems to be unfortunately prevalent in fandom.  Since when are 
they romantic leads?  What evidence do we have that either will be "hooked 
up" with another character by the end of the series?  None whatsoever.  
Rowling has said that Sirius is meant to be "dead sexy" (I'll get to that in 
a moment), but there's no mention that Rowling even intended for Remus to be 
attractive.  Down, girls.  Thewlis will do a great job.  He already put on 
an excellent performance for the casting directors.

As for this Sirius being dead sexy thing...  Who's definition of "dead 
sexy"?  That's right: Joanne Rowling's.  Not yours, not mine.  Do I think 
Gary Oldman is attractive?  Yes, if you look at normal photos of him.  (It 
seems that any role he in which he is cast is made to look as unattractive 
as humanly/inhumanly possible.)  Does Rowling?  Maybe, but no one seems to 
care about her opinion.  Do I think men on motorcycles are sexy?  No, yuck.  
I guess I disagree with her.  :-)  I'm not sure if I'm making my point or 
not, so let me try again.  Rowling said that Sirius was dead sexy.  Fans say 
that the most attractive actor (in each person's opinion!) must be cast.  
Who ought to be "right" in this case?

Emily, who thinks Gary Oldman is an outstanding actor, and looks forward to 
meeting godfather!Gary.  ;-)

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