[HPFGU-Movie] Casting for the HP movies

[loverlylaurel at aol.com]

I just want to say that I completely agree!


:)


> I tend to lurk around here more than post. But just for the record, 
> and of course IMHO, what the folks that put these movies have going 
> against them the *most* are the expectations of those who read the 
> books.
> 
> And because of fanfic and readers' imaginations, most people already 
> have decided *exactly* what most of the upcoming characters should 
> look like. Witness all the "casting speculation" threads at FAP. 
> 
> The problem with such expectations is that when those expectations 
> aren't fulfilled, people start condemning the production before it 
> even begins filming. The idea that the Marauders are all extremely 
> handsome is never even touched upon in any of the books and to make 
> the assumption that they are, then complain when that assumption 
> doesn't filter through to the movies is unfair to say the least.
> 
> I remember reading a very high volume of posts in many different 
> places complaining long and loudly about Kenneth Branagh being cast 
> as Gilderoy Lockhart - especially when it came out that Hugh Grant 
> had also been considered.
> 
> Personally, I thought Branagh was positively brilliant! I found 
> myself wishing for more Lockhart scenes, he fit the bill so well.
> 
> Of all things people could complain about in reference to the HP 
> movies, my feeling is that casting should be the very lowest on the 
> totem pole. I have rarely seen a set of movies so expertly cast as 
> PS/SS and CoS.
> 
> While I had my own preferences particularly where Sirius was 
> concerned, I also had made up my mind that the people in charge of 
> finding just the right person to play each of the parts so far have 
> done remarkably well and resolved not to be critical in advance of 
> their decisions.
> 
> In short: give these actors a chance - you may find that they do the 
> job better than any of you could possibly have expected.
> 
> Shelagh
> teetering on her rickety soapbox once again



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