Casting Voldy in GoF / general casting

[Kelley]

> Kelley: 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.) >>>

Very true!  And, as per the description of Vold's appearance when he 
rises from the cauldron in "Flesh, Blood, and Bone":  "...tall and 
skeletally thin..." and his face -- "Whiter than a skull, with wide, 
livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was flat as a snakes' with slits 
for nostrils...", so not like Vold's going to *look* like the actor 
that portrays him, anyway. ;-)

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

Eh, it bugged me mildly early on, but I've gotten used to it; it was 
the LOON in me, lol.  Just so long as the cast is always 
British...  :-D

--Kelley