Why Gambon is a Better Dumbledore Than Harris Was...

[celestina707]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "cincimaelder" 
<cincimaelder at y...> wrote:
> 
> >  Are they simply used to him because he was first?
> 
> mae now:
> I do think this is part of it.  It's hard to switch from one to the
> other after 2 movies have passed.  I must admit, I liked Harris's
> voice most of all, and think the dialogue is where he truly 
excelled.
> 
> >  He's eccectric....People complain about the rubber-banded beard,
> but
> 
> mae again:
> I thought Harris conveyed this eccentricity too.  I think in PoA 
there
> was more opportunity to display this with the whole time turner 
scene.
>  To me, there where times in PoA when DD came across as a little 
angry
> when he was not supposed to be.   I think had Harris survived to 
make
> the 3rd movie, he would have done just as well as Gambon, if not
> better.

I remember reading somewhere last year,when PoA began filming, that 
Gambon had never read the books before being cast, and still hadn't 
when he showed up for his first day of filming as Dumbledore. He had 
asked Cuaron how he intepreted the character (who also hadn't read 
the books) to which Cuaron replied to "just go with what you feel is 
the character".  Gambon then "found" the character after makeup and 
wardrobe. Sigh. That is not doing the character justice, in my 
opinion, escpecially with the mass world wide appeal and massive fan 
base this series has, especially a crucial character such as 
Dumbledore. Hopefully Gambon has had time to read the books this time!


Celestina