[HPFGU-Movie] More future casting

[Richard]

At 14:26 27/11/2005 , alora67 wrote:

>As long as we are on the subject of casting, has anyone read this
>article?  I found it over at Mugglenet.   It's very funny, and has
>some really good ideas as who to cast for OotP.
>
>http://www.cinematical.com/2005/11/20/cinematical-seven-brits-to-cast-in-ha 
>rry-potter/

I don't normally participate in fantasy casting, but I am absolutely 
astonished at the lack of imagination shown by some of the participants in 
that thread.

I don't have to look further than today's British TV schedules to find a 
multitude of major names not jet associated with the HP bandwagon - heck, 
forget today's schedules, let's talk *ONLY* about the BBC Bleak House which 
I'm watching with one eye as I type. I won't bother citing names, as 
there's a fairly complete run-down of the cast on the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/characters_actors.shtml

I know there are those here who want the entire cast of Sense and 
Sensibility and/or the BBC Great Expectations to appear in the HP movies, 
but at present, only one of the Bleak House cast has made a showing. :-)

Of the people mentioned on the original link, though, I think that one of 
the suggestions is completely inspired: Kris Marshall for one of the older 
Weasley sons (OK, so he's blond rather than ginger, but nobody ever 
realised that the Phelps twins had their hair dyed until the GoF premiere...).

The link also mentions Colin Salmon (most famous for the Brosnan Bond 
films), for Kingsley Shacklebolt, but he's about a decade too young (he'd 
be fine if the MWPP generation hadn't been cast so old). When reading the 
book, I thought about Tom Warrington, who has a great screen presence (and 
is in a similar age range to the other main adult parts).

For those who do enjoy fantasy casting, I would remind you that Slughorn 
presents a problem, because he has to be believable both in the "present" 
as an old, fat guy, and in the "past" as his 50 years younger self, and has 
major scenes in both periods (not to mention, he has to be instantly 
recognisable as the same character).

--
Richard AKA GulPlum, who wrote the above nearly 5 hours ago but went off to 
do something else leaving the message unsent