[HPFGU-Movie] Lupin (was David Thewlis?? Was: No Oliver Wood...)

[F Nitschke]

Calliope wrote:

 >However, I saw "Bridget Jones' Diary" this weekend for the first time
 >in a long while, and watching Colin Firth, I thought "Now HE would
 >have made a wonderful Remus Lupin!  He just seemed to have that
 >"look" to me, and he could pull off the
 >shabby-and-tired-but-kind-and-intelligent look very,very well.

While agreeing Colin Firth would be an interesting Lupin (I don't think 
I've ever seen him as less than good value in whatever role he's taken on), 
I'm delighted by the casting choice that was made. Firth is just a tad well 
fed and I'm afraid I've got both versions of Mr Darcy stuck in my head - 
and a few other very non-Lupinesque roles too.

As soon as I learned David Thewlis had been cast as Remus Lupin I was 
rejoicing.  I think him ideal for depicting this 
'shabby-and-tired-but-kind-and-intelligent' role. He'd be quite believable 
as someone who'd seen the harder edges of the Wizarding World, old before 
his time but still with a sense of humour and his kindness intact (albeit 
tempered with realism). I've yet to see Thewlis turn in a bad performance, 
even though he's been in some rather dire productions he usually transcends 
them.

Mind you, I also think Gary Oldman is 'dead sexy' (when he's not chewing 
the scenery) and that Joanna Lumley or Tracy Ullman would bring interesting 
elements to depicting Professor Trelawny even though they're both very 
different. Takes all sorts, eh.

Quidditch won't be quite the same without the rather driven Oliver Wood 
though. Pooh to that indeed.

Cheers,
F