Casting Catch

[susannahlm <susannahlm@yahoo.com>]

Steve wrote: I suspect all the big name actors
>originally in the cast, started working cheap. They all assumed that
>this was going to be a nice moderately sucessful kids movie. 


Um. .  . Excuse me?

*Harry Potter?* When GOF came out, it had a bigger opening than any 
other book in the history of publishing. Warner Brother's spent over 
100 million dollars doing SS/PS. Spielberg (sp.?) was in talks about 
directing. Everyone at Warner's always assumed that this was going to 
be a smash hit--that's the only reason they spent so much money doing 
it. 

I think the problems with casting Dumbledore have more to do with the 
fact that the producers have to unexpectedly *replace* an actor, 
after the franchise has already been established; it must be harder 
to re-cast than to cast. 

Derannimer