[HPFGU-Movie] A Thought About Ludo Bagman

[GulPlum]

At 00:14 05/03/03 , a_rude_mechanical wrote:
>I would love to see Cary Elwes play Ludo Bagman in the fourth film.
>Is anyone with me on this one?  An dashing athlete gone slightly to
>seed in his middle age...I think Elwes could play this so well!!
>What do you think?

He's far too young. A leading man type like Elwes doesn't fit the bill in 
any of the above respects, and to be honest I'm more than a little 
surprised that you've considered him.

It's quite strange, but ever since I was first reading the book, I went 
completely left of field and saw him played by Craig Charles (most famous 
internationally for Red Dwarf). I have absolutely no idea why a 
Liverpudlian mulatto should have popped into my head, but hey, stranger 
things have happened (at least, to me)!

I was utterly surprised to discover recently that Jim Dale chose to give 
Bagman a Liverpudlian accent in his version of the audiobooks as well, so 
there must be *some* kind of a hint somewhere!

--
GulPlum AKA Richard who doesn;t really rare who plays Bagman as long as 
he's suitably seedy