[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Why Gambon is a Better Dumbledore Than Harris Was...

[Valerie Flowe]

From: "celestina707" <stargaz77 at aol.com>

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!

[from Valerie]
I think that if they had shot that last scene when Dumbledore was explaining
things to Harry, as he did in SS and COS, one would've gotten a more
"sensitive" view of Dumbledore, thus tying him in more with Harris. This
Dumbledore didn't seem to have too much emotional attachment to Harry, and I
had NO idea what he was talking about half the time. He does do flaky well!
Is it in GOF or OOP when he becomes stand-offish to Harry because he doesn't
want Voldemort to catch on to the Order's plans against him?



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