Has your image of the characters changed?

[Lisa <dozierwoman@hotmail.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, ArtsyLynda at a... wrote:
> I'll use this handy-dandy list format of Mellissa McCarthy's to 
answer:
> 
> > Actors have fused with the characters in my mind:
> 
> Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (the vast majority of the time - I 
thought 
> that "Clint Eastwood" moment was out of character too)
> 
> > Emma Watson as Hermione Granger (except Emma is prettier than 
Hermione seems 
> > in the first book)
> > Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid -- absolutely!
> > Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley -- except his hair in the 
book is 
> > black, not light
> > Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall -- excellent!
> > Richard Harris as Professor Dumbledore -- outstanding!
> > Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick -- he's also the head Goblin 
at 
> > Gringott's -- what kind of being is Flitwick, anyway? He's 
perfect in this 
> > part.
> > Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch -- yes
> > Simon Fisher-Becker as The Fat Friar -- I didn't have that strong 
an 
> > impression of him from the book, so the guy portraying him is 
doing fine.
> Alan Rickman as Snape -- he is one of my favorites, and I LOVE his 
> over-the-top, scenery-chewing performance!  And how does he always 
get that 
> cape to fly like that?  
> JOhn Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick -- I like Cleese and in this 
part, I do 
> see Cleese before Nick, but he does the part with great panache -- 
quite 
> suitable to dear Nick, I believe.
> Fred and George Weasley (I can't think of the actors' names) -- 
they are 
> exactly as I pictured them.
> Oliver Wood -- he's even better than I pictured him -- I love his 
accent ;->
> Neville -- the boy playing him suits that character well.
> Malfoy and his father -- I can't stand the kid who plays Malfoy, 
which is 
> appropriate since Malfoy is such a bully!  His father is played 
with the same 
> delicious scenery-chewing skill as Snape -- I dislike the character 
but love 
> to watch that actor play him.
> Kenneth Branaugh as Gilderoy -- another over-the-top actor who did 
a 
> phenomenal job IMHO
> 
> 
> > Actors do not match my vision of the characters:
> > Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
> > Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
> > Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
> > Dudley is supposed to be blond, and the kid playing him has dark 
hair -- 
> other than that, he's a pretty good Dudley.  
> Seamus and Dean -- they have more character in the books than in 
the movie -- 
> both boys just kind of fade into the woodwork, aren't distinctive 
enough 
> looking to remember, "oh yeah, they're in Harry's year, in his 
dorm, etc."
> 
> Personally, I hope they keep the same actors throughout the series 
despite 
> the fact the kids are growing faster than the books.  Lots of 
movies and TV 
> shows have people in their 20's playing teenagers.  Harry might not 
be a 
> "little" boy for the later movies, but in reality, most boys 15 and 
over that 
> will be normal size at maturity have started to grow by then.  They 
might 
> look immature, but they aren't necessarily "little" unless they're 
always 
> going to be small.  Our son was very tiny for his age until he hit 
14 -- then 
> he grew 10 inches in one year and he eventually was 6'2"!  Matt 
Damon just 
> played 15 to 30's, I guess, in "Catch Me if You Can" and was 
convincing at 
> every age -- I see no reason Dan Radcliffe and the rest can't do 
the same.  
> JMHO.
> 
> 
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Lynda, I happen to agree with you 100% about not replacing the actors 
who have already been in the previous 3 movies. I just don't think 
that new actors will have the same qualities on screen. I will be 
highly disappointed if cast changes are made.

Lisa (who just had to put her 2 cents worth in.)