The Casting Game

[elady25]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "daughterofthedust"
<daughterofthedust at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > imamommy:
> > 
> > Does anyone but me not think that, while an incredible actor, Gary
> > Oldman just doesn't have the, um, sex appeal for Sirius?  I know he
> > starts off scraggly-looking, but I sort of thought they'd find 
> someone
> > who cleans up better.  I know, too late now!
> > 
> > I might've liked Colin Firth...
> > 
> 
> Arrrgh!! 
> 
> I thought that by 21 days and counting 'til the premiere, this issue 
> would be dead by now, but alas...It isn't.
> 
> Okay, for once and for all...
> 
> 
> 
> Gary Oldman is VERY sexy.
> 
> He cleans up VERY WELL.
> 
> And he fits the role of Sirius both physically (remember Rowling 
> saying he had a doggish look to him in POA? How frightening shaggy 
> and scary Sirius is??...I rest my case) and talent-wise.
> 
> If you disagree with any of these assessments, then (knowing good 
> and well that I sound like a film-snob, nope not ashamed) you simply 
> DO NOT know his work outside of his (close to) mainstream 
> performances. :-)
> 
> I am too tired of female fans (because I've yet to hear a male fan 
> say this) wanting their innaccurate fantasies to come alive 
> onscreen, just because they happen to picture someone different from 
> the author's OWN descriptions.
> 
> *stepping from soapbox and... done kicking horse's rotting carcass*
> 
> daughter @)---/----
> 
> P.S. Colin Firth would have been allll wrong. 
> Sirius is scary, intense, brooding, and considering how frightened 
> all of the wizarding and muggle-world seemed of his mugshot, 
> probably looked like Charles Manson...Hence, the perfection that is 
> the REALITY of Gary Oldman's casting (thank you, casting 
> directors!). 
> 
> Gary IS Sirius...He already became him. :-)
imamommy:

I know it's all said and done.  And actually, I've seen quite a few of
his movies.  I do think he is an incredible actor.  I just don't see
him as being the former babe Sirius must have been (according to his
description in canon).  Yes, I know that was before 12 years of
torment.  I have seen Mr. Oldman in roles where he has been seductive
and passionate (Dracula and Immortal Beloved come to mind), he has
proved he can played intense, half-crazed murdering types (Air Force
One), he's shown ruthlessness and comedic timing (in Fifth Element). 
He definitely has the emotional range for this.  I did not mean to
discredit his acting.  I simply think his frame is different, his face
is different, than I had originally envisioned.  I am sure I will fall
in love with his performance.  The casting directors probably made the
best choice posssible.  I do think Colin Firth would have been able to
pull it off, though, based on some of his work that I've seen.  It's
neither here nor there at this point, I just wondered if anybody else
had had the same misgivings.  

imamommy