(longish) Casting the film (incl OOP - ie some spoilers)

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

Sara_ELL" <sara1412au at yahoo.com> writes:

> I don't *usually* like pouring oil on a flame however, 
> whilst reading OOTP (and still envisaging a Dougray Scott type 
> Sirius), I found it rather more difficult than previously to 
> envisage Gary Oldman as our favorite Black family member. I whizzed 
> through the google search engine and found a few piccys that set my 
> mind a *bit* more at ease - 

Weirdly, I was having the same problem when reading OotP, but I'm still a 
huge proponent of Gary Oldman.  I have no doubts about him being a brilliant 
Sirius in the films.  Also, having loved Gary Oldman for almost as long as I've 
loved Alan Rickman, I'm dying to see them play against each other in the 
Shrieking Shack scene.

Dougray Scott (by the way, is that pronounced Doo-gray or Dug-ray?) ...Yes, I 
saw him as the standard British bad guy in Mission Impossible 2  (and I 
definitely preferred looking at him to Tom Cruise), and then later figured out he 
was the prince in "Ever After," so he's got that bad guy/good guy verasatility 
needed to play Sirius, and he's a beautiful, beautiful man, but actually TOO 
beautiful.  

The thing I find so endearing about the male HP actors that have been cast is 
that they are all attractive to me in a kind of quirky, non-traditional way, 
and it's really all about presence and attitude, and great acting ability.  
Alan Rickman exemplifies this, of course, but also David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, 
even Mark Williams (Arthur), and Dan and Rupert too.  I can't tell you how much 
I am looking forward to the PoA movie with the cast they have chosen.

-Audra-


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