Ralph Fiennes (was GoF Cast)

[Mandy]

~Amanda wrote:
> Personally, I always thought Bill Nighy would be very good for 
Lupin--very
> lined but still youthful looking face, the right age to be 
compatible with
> Rickman's Snape, the ability to express understated and/or awkward
> sentiment.
> 
> But, since the casting directors have chosen to ignore me on this 
(as on
> Peter O'Toole for Dumbledore), surely Nighy is talented enough to 
do
> Voldemort as well. Without the problem of being *attractive* in the
> role--Nighy would have managed to be sensual but repulsive, and I 
don't know
> that Fiennes can do that.


Mandy here:
I agree on Bill Nighy, he would have been a truly fantastic 
Voldemort.  Did you see him in Shawn of the Dead? 

Sensual and Repulsive. Very difficult to pull off, especially as 
they both, like beauty, exist in the eye of the beholder.  But 
combining two of Ralph Finnes's roles from his remarkable body of 
work; those of Oscar in Oscar & Lucinda and Goth in Shindler's List 
I can see an interesting Voldemort. Definitely both sensual and 
repulsive.

Mandy