Casting Voldy in GoF / general casting

[Kelley]

Hi, Iggy -- I know, I still owe you an email... ;-)

Iggy:
> Ok then, folks... Who would YOU want to cast as Voldemort in GoF? 
>>>

Actually, I don't have any current ideas on casting for Vold, but 
would you believe that around the time we were discussing fantasy 
casting for the movies (before we even knew there *would* be any 
movies), that I had recently seen "Die Hard" again and was struck by 
how perfect Rickman would be as Snape, and soon after that I saw "The 
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" for the first time, and 
pegged Gambon as excellent for *either* Dumbledore or Vold.  Weird.
 
> Jeremy Irons (tall, thin, wiry, can play psychotically unnerving 
roles.... >>>

Yeah, he was a great "Scar". ;-D

> only problem is whether you want LV to look about the age Irons' 
is...) >>>

Yes, he's too young, all right.  Actually, he was one of my early 
picks for Lupin.  He didn't *quite* match my image of RL (which was 
sort of a cross between Hugh Laurie (sp?) and a young "Giles" <g>), 
but was close enough.  Rupert Everett would have been good, too.  The 
fellow who has the part (name's not coming to me offhand) doesn't 
contrast too terribly with my Lupin image, though, so I'm happy about 
that.  Can't recall the name of the actor (Timothy something) who's 
playing Pettigrew, but he's a great pick, too, imo.
 
> Definite physical mismatch, but Anthony Hopkins would be able to do 
the scary part... *grin*  (Does the name "Hannibal Lechter" ring a 
bell to anyone?  *chuckle*) >>>

He's still my pick for Moody.  Give him his long hair from "Zorro" 
and there you go. ;-)
 
> (As a side note, a couple of us were debating whether or not Carey 
Elwes would have been able to pull off the Lucious Malfoy role.  I 
personally think he would... He's played some real jerks and 
malicious people in some of his acting.. my only doubt, really, would 
have been if he could get that evil glint in his eye the actor who 
does play LM has...  Comments?) >>>

I do think Jason Isaacs is quite good, nice and evil, but Elwes was 
my top pick for *Lockhart*, lol.  You're right, I agree, Elwes can do 
malicious jerk really well, but as he's so great at comedic stuff, 
too, I really wanted him for Gilderoy.  Ah, well, Brannagh was 
terrific.

And, while I don't want to fall into the 'Oldman as Sirius' 
discussions, I will say he (as himself) does not come close to my 
image of Sirius, but he is quite an actor, so I'm sure he'll do the 
role justice for us hardcore fans... (I hope, I hope, I hope....) :-D


--Kelley