Ralph Fiennes (was GoF Cast)

[daughterofthedust]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" <patientx3 at a...>
wrote:
> 
> Mae wrote:
> >>ALso love Ralph Fiennes as VM, he played a bad guy in Red Dragon, I 
> think he will be great.<<
> 
> I assume you've seen The Red Dragon? The character he played in that, 
> while a bad guy (and played very well), was quite different from 
> Voldemort. Is he normally that muscular? Because in The Red Dragon he 
> physically looked and sounded nothing like Voldemort. I guess I'll 
> have to wait to see the movie, but I know when I see the final scene 
> I'm going to be distracted by the words 'I am the Dragon' popping 
> into my head.

In this and many of the replies, I see the same focus issues, some
people had when Gary Oldman was cast as Sirius.

I would hope, he's proved more than capable in that role, despite his
 non-traditional (a.k.a. in no way shape or form, vanilla) sexiness.

Personally, I see talent and not looks as the pivotal deciding factor
in my casting fantasy world. Though they can be a factor depending on
their importance in the role...But in this one, sure to be requiring
heavy make-up?? 

Um, I think not.

He's played everything from villian to leading man, with equal ease. I
see no reason why he should be hindered here.

Ralph Fiennes is more than capable of filling the evil shoes of
Voldemort, good-looking or not...Especially considering the
disfiguring prosthetics, sure to used, in his make-up.

P.S. I will admit however, that I too, orginally pictured Jeremy Irons
in the role.

daughter
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