[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting Voldy in GoF / general casting

[Taryn Kimel]

> > > Iggy: only problem is whether you want LV to look about the age 
Irons' is...) >>>
> >
> > Kelley: Yes, he's too young, all right.  <snip>

Iggy:
> *grin* I was actually thinking that he'd be too old, but when I 
think back on it, I think Irons would be the right age as he looks.  
(Since the Tom Riddle scenes from the diary happened 50 years ago, 
Voldemort would look about 60... >>>

Kelley:
Haha!  Well, Vold is 66 by the time of PoA, but as of GoF, we learned 
(from a JKR online chat) that McGonagall is about 70.  Now to me, 
Maggie Smith looks about that age, but from the books, McGonagall is 
apparently supposed to look considerably younger than that (my guess 
is probably 20 - 25 years younger; of course, Dumbledore is about 
150, too <g>).  So, Smith looks *older* than McGonagall should 
actually look.  But, for consistency, Vold should believably look to 
be near the age of Smith.

For that matter, Rickman *looks* older than Snape should, as Snape is 
about 35 or 36 (according to JKR in that same chat).  But, really, 
the consistency of the characters' ages has been stretched quite a 
bit already, so this isn't a huge deal.  Oldman certainly looks much 
more like a contemporary of Rickman's than some of my other choices 
for Sirius, so that's good...

Taryn:
Also note that it's not difficult to add age with the wonders of makeup. (Taking age away is a bit trickier.)

And, as you said, the movie ages have become inconsistent enough. Never bothered me. ;)

--Taryn

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