Gary Oldman as Sirius Black

[Christi]

I have to admit that Gary Oldman looks nothing like how I pictured 
Sirius; however, I think he's an excellent choice for the role. 
Oldman is an excellent acor and is quite capable of pulling 
off 'demented' (if you'll excuse the pun). In PoA Sirius comes off 
as intense and off balance even after we find out the truth, and it 
takes a skilled actor to pull that off. I would rather have an actor 
who can act than an actor that totally looks the part but can't act 
for beans. Rickman's Snape is excellent even though the actor is 
almost twenty years older than the character.


Now to discuss continuing the movie series with different actors, 
the kids in particular. It's a lot to expect for an actor to 
continue in their rolls over a period of about a decade, which is 
what the movies will take if they continue to produce them in 18 
month intervals. I would think this would apply even more so to the 
kids who will have extremely odd teenage years if the majority of 
that time is spent on a movie set. The recurring role of Dumbledore 
has already needed to be recast due to actor death, and from the 
trailers it looks like Gambon's portayal will work rather well. I 
will hold my opinion on recasting recurring roles until I see the 
results in the new movie. Who knows if the movie series will 
continue for that long, though I hope it does. 



Christi (Loopy)






--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "HunterGreen" <patientx3 at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Tania Canedo" <oneel at y...> 
wrote:
> > 
> >  Is it just me, or Gary Oldman is not the right Sirius??
> 
> From what I've heard, its not just you, but I've heard people 
> complaining about the casting for every character. Personally, I 
> don't understand why anyone would complain about Gary Oldman for 
> Sirius. PoA is my favorite of the books and Sirius is my favorite 
> character, so I was the most interested in his casting for PoA. I 
> hadn't even heard of Oldman, but realized I had seen three movies 
> with him in them already. I've rented a bunch more (including 
Scarlet 
> Letter, which wasn't the best movie, but did show that he *could* 
be 
> good-looking with the right hair), and I'm VERY convinced that 
he'll 
> be perfect to play Sirius. (Of course, I never had the image in my 
> head of the 'attractive' Sirius that others seem to have, I always 
> imagined Lupin as the good-looking one). I think he is an amazing 
> actor, and he has the intensity needed for Sirius (at least in 
PoA). 
> 
> I'm curious, why do you think he's wrong for the part?
> 
> 
> -HunterGreen