[HPFGU-Movie] Voldemort vs Dumbledore - the Actors

[Karen]

I cannot seem to get the clip to load. I've seen very little on actors 
views of their characters and was unaware of the Gambon issue (though I 
can believe it. He is definitely my least favorite portrayal. Harris 
seemed to fit it so well. I suppose he has that challenge to work 
against too).  But in regards to Fiennes, the only thing I've read was 
from this interview:
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http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/fiennes.php:
       As for the pressure and hype of being the major antagonist in the 
latest Potter yarn, Fiennes' philosophy is to "kind of" ignore the hype 
and get on with the business of acting. "I don't really feel the hype 
for this particular Harry Potter film. I mean, I'm told about it, but I 
don't have a fan's investment in the books myself.  I like them, I 
admire the world of the books, and the characters that she's created, 
but I'm not, as it were, an addict of Harry Potter so I guess I don't 
feel that sort of thing where you feel slightly possessive about 
something." Fiennes read the novel Goblet of Fire when cast in the film 
version, but laughingly concedes "I was only interested in my scene, 
and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes which I 
did, dutifully, until I got to my scene and I read it many, many, many, 
many, many times and that was my research."

    He recalls being on the Potter set, as so much larger than life. "I 
think a bit of me on the Harry Potter set is like a kid sort of 
entering into the fantasy set that when you're young you watch those 
movies, and it all becomes so remarkable.  The Harry Potter sets are 
brilliant and when you walk on to them they just are amazing, so for a 
second you do get transported." Fiennes says he has the greatest 
respect for the film's director, Mike Newell, the first British 
director on the franchise. "That was one of the blessings of a part 
like this, where you're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, 
which can be anything, so I got lots of takes. I think the one thing we 
were aiming for was a sort of question, a certain amount of 
unpredictability in him so no one quite knows what he's going to do 
next or say next which I hope makes him slightly sort of dangerous."
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I found it very interesting in that for Voldemort, only being 
interested in his scene just suits the character. The only love LV 
knows is self love. When I read this, I thought, "Hmmm, this really 
quite plays into the LV character and maybe that is part of why he got 
it so RIGHT".  His whole aspect of loving having a body again and his 
pleasure in touching Harry and causing him pain, well, it was really 
about the most evil portrayal of evil I've seen! I think he really 
outdid any evil movie characters that I can think of having seen.