A couple of answers

Richard hp at plum.cream.org
Fri Nov 25 15:10:54 UTC 2005


At 14:49 25/11/2005 , Valerie Flowe wrote:

> > Was JKR at any of the premieres? I didn¹t see or hear anything about her.

No. Apparently, hubby Neil was laid up sick (I think I read somewhere that 
he had appendicitis, but I could be wrong), so she stayed at home.

Elsewhere:

>Why does Barty Jr. flick out his tongue like a serpent? Has he been 
>hanging around Nagini too long?!?!?  I saw the film twice and noticed how 
>he does that several times  throughout the film. Odd...

As far as I'm concerned, it's just a nervous tick - the reason for 
including it several times is that not only does David Tenant do it, but so 
does Brendan Gleeson: it's a cinematic hint that a correspondence should be 
drawn between the two characters.

>Also, why is it that Sirius and Karkaroff have nasty Azkaban teeth but
>Barty Jr. does not???

He was younger when he was incarcerated? :-)

>Somehow it seemed as though Voldemort should have cobra fangs or
>something, instead of those tiny teeth.

That would have made him look more like a stereotypical movie vampire, 
which whilst an appropriate image per se, would have been a little 
misleading if you ask me. Personally, I was hoping for more serpentine eyes 
(as I think I've already mentioned). I also suspect that fangs would make 
talking a little difficult (although long teeth would tend to accentuate 
sibilants, which would be more than appropriate...).






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