Harry Potter: Anti-American?

[juli17 at aol.com]

Julie:
I totally agree that there is no reason for American witches/wizards to  be
in the Harry Potter books. We have occasional mention of wizards  existing
in other countries, including the USA, but they aren't involved in the  story
(other than the more local European witches/wizards from Beauxbaton  and
Durmstrang), so there's no reason for anything other than the minor 
references we've seen so far. 
 
As for the movies, Richard wrote:
 
The same question goes for the actors: with so many good (and even great)  
British actors, why should the production team consider looking to the USA  
for talent? (Completely apart from the purely practical issue that HP  
shooting schedules are incredibly long and, apart from cameos, require  
actors to be available over a period of over 9 months, which is impractical  
is people have to travel from the other side of the Atlantic rather than up  
the English motorway.)


 
Julie:
You are correct that there are many, many fine British actors so  there's  
no reason to cast Americans, or Australians, or anyone of other  English
speaking countries in the movies. Your practical issue though is  really
not an issue. After all, a great variety of British actors relocate to the  US
periodically to film American movies. As do Australians. Actors of  all
three nationalities have relocated for long periods of time to many  other
countries--New Zealand for the Lord of the Rings movies being a prime
example. Given the ease of air travel, it's not always even a  question
of relocating for long periods of time. 
 
Just noting ;-)
 
Julie 



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