Has you image of the characters changed? & PoA cast

[Lisa Rourke <LMRourke@yahoo.com>]

Hi, I'm new to the Group.  I jumped in because I was interested in 
what might be being discussed about the casting for PoA, but this 
caught my eye so I thought I'd add my 2 knuts. I don't think the 
movies will ever erase my own mental images of the canon characters  
because after reading Books 1-4 I felt compelled to try my hand at 
drawing them as I envisioned them. While I did base a couple on the 
movie actors (Daniel and Alan Rickman)for practice the majority were 
a based on models that struck a chord with my imagination. So no 
matter who they pick for the movies I still have my portraits to go 
by.  While I like Danile Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in 
the movies, not one of them was really close to how I pictured them 
from the books. I suppose if anything's influenced the way I draw a 
character it was probably fanfiction *lol* Which brings me to the 
notion of the sexiness of certain characters *g* I think the reason 
PoA is the most popular book for many fans (myself included)is 
because of the introduction of 2 very compelling adult characters-
Lupin and Sirius. Lupin was, from his introduction on the train, my 
favorite JKR character. Kind, compassionate, gentle-from my PoV this 
is what made him "sexy".  Even though he was thin and sickly I still 
envisioned him and drew him as handsome with air of inner strength. 
David Thewlis was a bit of a dissapointment for me but I'm still 
willing to keep an open mind and pray that he's as good an actor as a 
lot of people claim. If not I still have my pictures and my 
imagination :-)
Sorry for the long first post!

Lisa R.