I dream of Moody

[Tasukibeth/Wufei]

Mad-eye is one of my favorite characters, and I have enjoyed skimming 
the posts to see who looked good to me. For some reason, none of 
them...felt right to me. 

So I was thinking...thinking..............errrrr...thinking (this is 
hard)! Personally, I think the gentleman who plays Filch in the would 
have been PERFECT - if I were casting, I would have to use a time-
turner and re-cast the roles. But I digress. 

So here is my (don't get mad!) opinion:

Sean Connery - too famous. He would steal the thunder from the rest 
of the cast.

Patrick Stewart - too handsome. Mad-eye can't be the hottest man in 
the movie, it would just be weird.

Billy Connelly....hmm, that's a good one. Can he drop the accent for 
the role?

Ian McKellan - er, he's probably too busy.

Anthony Hopkins - too cliche. He'll frighten the children.

Bob Hoskins - not old enough, and a bit too short.

which leads my to my two suggestions (I love them both so much, I 
can't decide - and feel free to shoot'em down if you disagree:-) )

(1) Malcolm McDowell. He's old enough, he's one of the creepiest men 
on the planet, amd his career could use a bit of a boost.

or...

(2) Jeremy Irons!!! Scary, grizzled, and very intimidating. I can 
TOTALLY see him growling "Constant Vigilance!"

well, those are my two knuts, it felt good to get that off my chest.

Beth in Sacramento