CASTING - Rita Skeeter

[Susan Atherton]

Petra Pan thought
> For some odd reason, I keep 'seeing'
> Eddie Izzard play Rita Skeeter in
> my head...
>
> Petra
> a
> n  :)

ROTFL

I *love* Eddie Izzard. I was up late last night watching Comic Relief (and
getting rapidly bored by the constant influx of guilt-films, since I'd
already donated fifteen quid, and I'm a student! We're one step up from pond
life!) and they had a clip of Eddie Izzard doing a bit about toasters and
showers, and how the dials on them are crap because, to quote him "They have
a dial on the side, and they lie. And showers, they also have a dial and
they also lie." It isn't as funny written down, but the way he said it was
hysterical.

Although I have to say, I'd never seen Rita Skeeter as a man. Intriguing
idea - but I'm still stuck on the idea of Ruby Wax. I know, I know, she's
blatantly American, but I'd love for them to make the exception. I'm sure
whoever they get will be fine, but, bloody hell, she flipping *IS* Rita
Skeeter to me. It wouldn't even be acting.

Sigh. I just know they won't, but I think casting her would be up there with
casting Hugh Grant as Lockhart - a piece of casting so perfect it's scary. I
wish he hadn't turned it down. Of course, as long as Rickman's still playing
Snape and Julie Walters is Mrs Weasley, I'll deal with it.

Hmmmm.... hadn't occurred to me, but the reason I love JW as Molly is that
my mum LOVES Julie Walters, and is exactly like her. Mrs Weasley also
reminds me very much of my mum. So if Molly DOES die in OotP - oh no! It's
gonna be like my mum dying on film! argh!!!!

Susan
who's now reconsidering this Harry Potter obsession thing (or as I like to
call it, Quiddiction)