"PoA Commences Production" announcement

[GulPlum]

At 22:06 20/02/03 , Petra Pan wrote:
>Well, it looks like the embargo Warner Bros. may
>have had on the news item about the commencement
>of PoA expired at the beginning of today...or was
>supposed to at the end of today (see date below).
>  I got the following from an email sent out by
>AOL News but I can't access it

<snipperama>

TLC had a link on their site earlier today to a story on comingsoon.net 
whch reproduced more of that press release (and includes a picture of Dan & 
Cuaron with the Knight Bus):

http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/archive/fullnews.cgi?newsid1045762736,16499,

It confirms all the casting we've been speculating recently, including 
Gambon as Dumbledore. It also adds Paul Whitehouse as Sir Cadogan. Just for 
a change, whilst I'd never have thought of him for the part, I *really* 
like the idea.

Of course, this is another case of everyone outside Britain saying "Paul 
WHO?" He's exceptionally well-known over here for several TV shows 
including The Fast Show, in which he appeared with Mark Williams (aka 
Arthur Weasley): http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/
There are no decent pictures of him there (and none at all out of 
character); he's the one with the fake 'tache next to the "History" link on 
that page, and there's lots of interesting stuff about him and the team if 
you take that link (and a photo of him as another character).

There's a Real Video interview with him about his current show, a sitcom 
called "Happiness", at 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/happiness/interviews/paulwhitehouse/

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, "educating the Yanks", as usual. :-)