Casting Voldy in GoF

[junediamanti]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:
> 
> From: "Donna" .
> >
> > What about Derek Jacobi for Moody?  Did you see 
Branagh's "Hamlet"?
> > His Claudius was remarkable.  He played the part of a benign 
king who
> > really was a lecherous murderer to perfection.  Can't you just 
see
> > him playing the sympathetic Moody and turning into a vengence 
riddled
> > Crouch, Jr.?  I know he is a bit old for the part of Crouch, 
Jr.  But
> > they can do wonders with makeup.
> >
> > D
> 
> Hmmm... I can't say that I know who Jacobi is... (I think I'll 
look him up
> on that website I posted... see if that jogs my memory.)
> 
> As for Crouch Jr., there's a simple solution:
> 
> Have someone else play Crouch Jr.  (It's a technique that's been 
used quite
> often... *grin*)
> 
> Iggy McSnurd
> the Prankster

Derek Jacobi is one of the finest british actors there is.  

Here are a few snippets from his CV:

I Claudius - a BBC TV dramatisation of the Robert Graves books where 
Jacobi played Claudius from youth to old age - an unbelievable 
performance (and he was up against a virtual who's who of British 
acting).  This series was for me one of the greatest book 
adaptations ever done. Just realised - another Claudius - this one 
was the Roman Emperor of that name.

He also played the leading senator (I forget the character name) in 
Gladiator.

Played Alan Turing in a TV drama about the codebreakers in the war - 
this won a hatful of awards so might have made its way across the 
pond.

In my opinion, however, he is not quite abrasive enough to play 
Moody.  I also think Warners would be lucky to get him.

June