Voldemort

[Sara_ELL]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
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Lynda wrote:
"Voldemort is described as being tall, and whoever he is, he should 
bear some resemblance to the actor who played Tom Riddle in build at 
least -- Ben is just too short, IMO.  Christopher Lee, now, he's 
creepy enough you can imagine him EASILY with red snake-like 
eyes. . . ."

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I agree with you, Lynda - actually, we do get *some* idea of 
Voldemort's cinematic face (reasonably accurate to his eventual 
reappearance, IMO) at the end of PS/SS, on the other side of Ian 
Hart's head. I agree with the being tall business however whoever 
gets chosen to be the re-constituted Voldemort in GoF will 
undoubtedly be wearing a fair bit of facial prosthetics in order to 
attain the "slit like nose" and the serpentine appearance, making 
their everyday physical appearance somewhat less relevant. 

What is critical however, is finding the performer who can project 
the one physical feature of Voldemort's physical state that is 
stated repeatedly throughout the entire series - I refer to his 
*voice* of course, which is consistently, "high and 
cold", "chilling", "like ice".. you get the idea. Christopher Lee 
would be very good though I suspect that he wouldn't want to do it 
for the cash (what with the other pies he's got his fingers 
in)...alternatively of course, my own (humble) suggestion for the 
*most* Ever-So-Evil Slytherin to emerge from Hogwarts, Richard E 
Grant would fit all requirements to a tee - though if JKR decided 
that Voldemort was going to restore himself to his handsome young 16-
year-old self through further "facial-enhancement" magic in the 
remaining books, I for one, wouldn't exactly complain ;-) 

Sara ELL (all in favour with resurrecting Jonathan Firth's career by 
making him Barty Crouch Jnr. GoF)