TLC reports WB confirms Ralph Fiennes as You Know Who!

[carin_in_oh]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at a...> wrote:
> Mandy:
> According to the Leaky Cauldron Warner Bros., has confirmed that 
> Ralph Fiennes has officially joined the cast as Lord Voldemort, and 
> Miranda Richardson at Rita Skeeter.

I am VERY happy about this. I've always felt the scenes (in the books) where LV 
finally appears in person are a weak spot in Jo's writing; somehow the baddy never 
manages to live up to the hype and to the true terror he creates (and which Jo 
writes so brilliantly) by sowing fear and distrust in the world around him. In GOF, 
obviously, this really comes to a head (well, a body, actually) and I could see the 
potential for the graveyard scene to go badly wrong and end up laughable with the 
wrong actor as LV. Fiennes is such a strong actor and such a subtle one, with a very 
strong line in creepy-evil roles, that I'm sure he will make LV just as terrifying as he 
needs to be.

Carin