[HPFGU-Movie] Casting

[GulPlum]

Oh dear, oh dear... I'm having one of those evenings of flitting between 
the main list and this one, and not being sure which one I'm on. :-)

Kathryn Wolber wrote:

>  Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I'm new to the movie 
> list.  Who does everyone think should play Cedric Diggory? My roommates 
> and I have been thinking about it, but no one of the right age group 
> comes to mind, so we're thinking it might be a new comer...but we like to 
> speculate anyway:)

There hasn't been much speculation, at least not on this list. Mainly 
because, as you seem to be saying, the best solution would be a newcomer 
(or at least someone not widely known).

If memory serves, the last time the subject of Cedric came up, Jack Ryder 
was a popular suggestion.

For the benefit of non-Brits: until recently, he played a very popular 
character in a top-rated soap opera on TV, Eastenders. The character died 
over Christmas (the only time I ever watch it - too many female family 
members around and they all watch it assiduously!).

I'm not sure what his plans are, but he's shown up on TV occasionally since 
then, and he's shaved off his youthful locks and no longer looks anywhere 
near the way I imagine Cedric.

See http://www.whimsical-strawberries.net/jack/ for more.

Anyway, I think he's a little too old (or at least too old-*looking*), but 
then there's no way Tom Riddle looked 16 in CoS...