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

[Madeleine]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Audra1976 at a... wrote:
> Sara_ELL" <sara1412au at y...> 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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I agree with what you said about Dougray Scott, he's good looking in 
the wrong sort of way...
And I was a bit anxious about the casting of Gary Oldman at first, 
not being familiar with his work, but a bit of research and I'm much 
more convinced. He seems so versatile - he looks like a different 
person in every picture. I'm confident he'll be a great Sirius.
And yes, I can't wait for the Shrieking Shack scenes either. :)
Oh, and also, just looked at some other pics of David Thewlis - I 
think he's going to be good as Lupin - what do you all think?

Madzilla x