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

[Sherry Gomes]

I saw an interview with Richard Harris, in which he said his granddaughter
would never have forgiven him if he hadn't taken the part.  I think he cared
about the part, wanted to please her, and the millions of fans, and he
learned about Dumbledore, so he could portray him.  I remember, when I first
saw the first movie, as each actor entered the scene and spoke their first
lines, I would simply laugh delightedly, because every one of them fit
exactly my impression of their characters, especially Hagrid, Dumbledore an
Snape.

Sherry
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-----Original Message-----
From: celestina707 [mailto:stargaz77 at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:40 AM
To: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Why Gambon is a Better Dumbledore Than Harris
Was...


--- 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




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