Casting

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Kewpie" <dkewpie at p...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > How about Charlie Hunnam.... He tall very handsome, light hair; I 
> > think he could do it nicely.
> > 
> 
> ...why do ... people picture Cedric as a "light hair/Blonde"???
> when ... Cedric was described to have dark hair?? Almost 99% of 
> the casting suggestion ... for Cedric are ... blond pretty boys 
> ...edited...
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Joan

bboy_mn:

I couldn't remember anywhere in the book where Cedric's hair was
specificed, so I looked for a reference.

GoF USA HB pg 297 
"Then there was the fact that Cedric looked the part of a champion so
much more than he (Harry) did. Exceptionally handsome, with his
straight nose, DARK HAIR, and gray eyes, ..."

Prior to that, Cedric is only described as tall and very handsome, and
therein lies the problem. Cedric is first mentioned in PoA (USA PB pg
168 of 435), and he is "...tall, good-looking one...".

(435-168=267 + 297 = 564 pages)

So I've had 564 pages of reading spread across two books with several
mentions of Cedric Diggory before I'm actually told he has dark hair.
The only previous hint of his hair color was when they went to the top
of Stoads Hill and met Mr. Doggory, Cedric's father, who has a
'scrubby brown beard' and a ruddy complection (Gof USA HB Pg 77).
Being scandinavian, my instinct would be to assume a young son would
have lighter hair than his father which is pretty consistent for
scandinavians.

The problem is that I already had a picture of Cedric in my head 500
pages before I was told his hair was dark, although it's probably
brown. Too late then, I had my image of Cedric and I couldn't change it. 

Draco, as a better example, is first described as 'pale, pointed face'
(PS/SS USA PB pg 96 of 384) and Harry was strongly reminded of Dudley
(as a bully primarily). From that point on Draco is mostly referred to
as 'a pale boy', and occassionally, pointed face, and grey or pale
eyes. Draco's white-blond hair is mentioned in GoF USA HB Pg 100.
That's 1164 pages and 3.14 books after the character was introduced. I
think most of us had created our own Draco long before GoF. 

Personally, although I can't explain why, I always pictured him as a
blond. Perhaps I naturally assumed pale fair skin meant light colored
hair. If anyone can find an earlier reference to Draco's hair color, I
would like to hear it. 

Most of the dark haired actors who have been mentioned aren't that
tall. Keep in mind being trapped in the frozen tundra of Minnesota
gives me a very limted view of British actors. I also think that tall
is an extremely important characteristic of who ever plays Cedric.
Danial Radcliffe is growing fast, and if we want to retain the image
of him as younger than the other champions, I think all three of them
need to be noticeably taller than Daniel. Others may not think so, but
I do think that characteristic is important to maintain the illusion
that Daniel/Harry is younger than the other champions.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn