Lupin Cast?

Fri Feb 21 09:43:23 UTC 2003

Call me crazy, but somehow I felt, if Thewlis had red hair and was 
thirty years younger, he'd look like book Ron. The nose, the long 
legs, and those big hands....

Having worked as a cartoonist/illustrator, I tend to imagine book 
characters as cartoons. So I guess no real human would match my 
mental image. Therefore, I don't usually get disappointed by the 
casting based on actor's looks because I hardly think about what the 
characters should look like in human form anyway. Of course, if 
they'd gotten a blond kid to play Harry, that would be too much a 
stretch. But as long as the actors more or less resenble book 
descriptions, I am fine with it. What's more important is that the 
actors can act and have good chemistry with the rest of the cast.

On a more serious note, I am glad they didn't get a good-looking guy 
to play Lupin. I never felt that Lupin would be good-looking, at 
least not in the conventional way. He'd not stand out in a crowd, but 
he'd possess a quiet charm that makes it easy for people to warm up 
to him but at the same time find it difficult to get too close to 
him. Can Thewlis be like that? I've only seen him in Black Beauty. 
And that character's no where close to Lupin. So I really can't judge.

BTW, has anyone seen The Count of Monte Cristo? I thought Jim 
Caviezel would be a good Sirius. But he won't be. (He's not Bristish 
anyway). Other than Jim Caviezel, the kid who plays Mercedes' son 
also reminded me of HP character. He seems to fit the description of 
Cedric, except that he has blue eyes. Here're some photos of him, 
just for reference. 
http://www.intensevibe.com/henry/graphics/imagemap.jpg
http://www.intensevibe.com/henry/photos/moviestills/castle002.jpg

(I saved the links/photos only for the purpose that next time when I 
want to picture Cedric in human form, I'll have something/someone 
more concrete to base my imaginations on. Unfortuantely, I haven't 
found a human model for Harry....So he's still a cartoon in my head.)

VJH