[HPFGU-Movie] David Thewlis??/ No Oliver Wood

[Richelle Votaw]

Melly wrote:

> The first strike was hearing who would be playing Remus Lupin, since he's one 
> of my favorite characters, and I've heard a lot of people saying Ewan 
> McGregor would be good for the role. I wonder if he was approached at all, 
> and if he simply turned it down, but I happen to be a big fan of his and 

Chris Columbus cleared this up when it was asked to him at a press conference for the release of CoS. He said yes, Ewan McGregor would be great, but as Lupin was supposed to be the same age as Snape, they were looking at actors closer to contemporaries of Alan Rickman.  Make up can make Rickman look younger (who already looks pretty good for 56!) and Lupin actor look older to meet in the middle, but it helps to have a higher starting age, I think is what they were looking at here.  Ewan McGregor is not yet 32, David Thewlis is almost 40.  And looks older than that to me.

> BTW, didn't J.K. only want British actors or something like that, and isn't 
> Gary Oldman American? A stupid question if I have my facts wrong, but I'm 
> curious  *g*

He's British.  Gary Oldman was born in New Cross, London, England and received a BA in Theatre Arts from Britian's Rose Bruford Drama College.  He just happens to have an incredible command of accents such that he really doesn't sound the same in any two movies.  He can play anything from British to American to Russian convincingly.  I think he can pull it off.

Amy Z. wrote:

> OR maybe something didn't work out with SB (that's Sean Biggerstaff, 
> not Sirius Black) and someone else will play Oliver.

I think not.  In Sean Biggerstaff's statement on his website he says something to the effect that when a book is made into a two hour movie something's got to be cut and Oliver was cut.  

Richelle


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