Casting Voldy in GoF was Is it really Fake?

[irene_mikhlin]

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> <irene_mikhlin at y...> wrote:
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> > 
> > Yeah, or watch "Treasure Island" or "Three musketeers" and see how 
> the
> > man completely *butchers* two of the plummiest villain roles ever
> > written. He would be so wrong for Voldie it hurts (and I haven't 
> even
> > mentioned the physical mismatch).
> > 
> 
> Now I am interested. ;-) What exactly do you mean with "physical 
> mismatch"?

Well, I was trying to be kind :-) but he is just too fat these days.

> There probably isn't any actor, who looks like Voldemort 
> (I hope). I admit that I haven't seen Curry in films for a few years 
> know, the last film I saw, in which he appeared, was a two-parter 
> about the Titanic. But I remember him as relatively thin and although 
> not very large, he isn't the shortest either. Of course my memory now 
> can totally fail me. So I think he do fits the description of 
> Voldemort. That said, I don't want him as Voldemort because he just 
> doesn't scare me. There he is always something funny in the 
> characters he portrays (and I don't think he wanted to play them that 
> way) and I can't help but snicker, as nasty, as the characters are. I 
> don't want to have that effect with Voldemort.

Thanks, you've just explained the core of my problem with him. His
villains are a bit like what Vincent Price used to do - tongue in
cheek without meaning to be tongue in cheek. :-)
I want my Voldemort to be really scary.

Irene

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