David Thewlis??/ No Oliver Wood

[Anne]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, ripleywriter at a... wrote:
> << He's British.  Gary Oldman was born...<<snip>>  
> I've seen lots of 
> stuff with him and I've always enjoyed his work, but I never knew 
he was 
> British. Good to know. Thanks :-) 'Cause that's one casting 
decision I 
> heartily agree with, even if I still think it's a little easy; but 
maybe the 
> better word is obvious. Still don't picture him in my head as 
Sirius (I'm 
> re-reading PoA now) the same way I can with Rickman and Snape, or 
any other 
> of the regular characters. 

Melly, since you're new here, you should know that :::cough:::some of 
us:::cough::: are still digesting the idea of Gary Oldman as Sirius. 
Yes, it's a done  deal, but we had a huge amount of discussion about 
other possibilities. I believe someone even took a poll (you can find 
it in the POLLS section) about who should be cast as Sirius Black. I 
myself was pulling for Jason Carter (from Babylon 5) as Sirius and 
Ralph Fiennes as Lupin... and of course neither of them was cast. I 
have seen a lot of Oldman's work and a very small amount of Thewlis' 
and I respect both of them as actors, but I guess the proof of their 
casting will be in the POA pudding.

Anne U
(who's still in shock about Timothy Spall as teeny skinny Peter 
Pettigrew...)