Actor Portraying Cornelius Fudge -- Same Fellow

[magsthomas]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch"
<G3_Princess at M...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Miller, Gina (JIS)" 
> <ginamiller at j...> wrote:
> 
> >  Fudge, well, we've never seen him before, so there's 
> > nothing to change. 
> >  
> > Gina responds:
> >     Where were you when CoS came out? Fudge most certainly WAS in 
> that movie
> > and he was definitely not played by the same actor.
> 
>   I'm pretty sure he was, though Robert Hardy had a very different 
> look in that movie, the hair mostly I think. Still that voice is near 
> unmistakeable.


When I saw Fudge in COS, I was disappointed by what a bland pansy he
seemed to be.  Whoever was responsible for re-envisioning the
characterization of Fudge in POA did a great job -- I could believe
this fellow as a MoM.  He's more assertive about bending the rules
(ie., punishment for magic performed outside school), yet you can
still picture him being susceptible to influencing by Malfoy, Sr.

Thomas Hardy is another reason I was pleased to see the transformation
in POA.  Having seen him in "All Creatures, Great and Small" (the TV
series based on the books by Harriott), I knew he was a good actor. 
His appearance in COS just hadn't lived up to potential... yet another
example of what happens with an alternate direction :)