[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Harry Potter Cast Lineup

[Kimberly Roth]

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  Mandy here:
  The children have sighed on for GoF.  OotP is still open.>>

  Has Warner Bros. even said they are doing a 5th movie yet?  I
  didn't think a decision has been made. 

  Currently the stars are running about a year older then their 
  characters, which is perfectly acceptable.  For GoF they will be 
  15/16 year olds playing 14 years olds, and for OotP they will be 
  16/17 year olds playing 15 year olds.  (If they start filming OotP 
  right away in 2005.) Even if production gets does get pushed back, I 
  don't see a problem with a 19 or 20 year old playing a 17/18 year old 
  in movie 7.  The actor who played Tom Riddle in CoS was 21 I believe, 
  playing a 17 year old boy! Which I thought worked well.>>

  Ok... maybe I am getting mixed up about the ages here.  Didn't Dan just turn 14 in July?  And
  Emma is a year younger than Dan, I believe.  So Dan will be filming PoA and GoF at the age
  of 14, so he pretty much would be right in sink with his character, Harry.  I do agree that most of
  them can pull off teen through all the movies.  The actor who portrayed Percy was in his
  20's I think, and he played a teen very well.  

  The problem will be if JKR doesn't or can't get books 6 and 7 out 
  within the next 3 years. Filming will hit a full stop. Warner Bros 
  will be ready to start filming movie 6 in 2006, and movie 7 in 2007, 
  hopefully we will have Books 6 and 7 by then. Not only for Warner 
  Bros but for me too, the thought of waiting another 3 years for book 
  6 is stressful. ;-)>>

  I agree, Mandy.  It will depend of JKR and how quickly the books come out.  I heard a few
  months ago on TV that JKR had to have the 1st draft of her 6th book into the publishers
  by January 2004, but who knows how many drafts they go through before publishing a book!


  Kimberly




   



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