Voldemort vs Dumbledore - the Actors

[phoenix_kevin]

I sometimes wonder how Richard Harris would have played Dumbledore 
in POA and GOF had he survived and continued to do the Harry Potter 
series. Most of us think he would do a better job then Michael 
Gambon but it really is sort of an unknown. Nobody really knows for 
sure if he would have continued in the role and continue his stellar 
performance as Dumbledore.

 --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rkdas at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure by now you are all familiar with the 'unpleasant' 
comments
> > made by the actor who plays Dumbledore regarding his attitude 
> toward
> > his role. Comments about not bothering to read the books, about 
not
> > really playing the character - just playing himself, etc.... It 
has
> > been discussed extensively in this forum, so I won't quote it, 
but
> > here is a very different view of how to play a character.
> > 
> > The following is from Ralph Fiennes regarding his role as 
> Voldmeort.
> > 
> > Summary at-
> > 
> > http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:8256
> > 
> > "So much of movie acting is ... in loving your characters. I try 
to
> > know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love 
> Voldemort.'"
> > 
> > At least, Mr. Finnes made an effort to understand the character 
he
> > plays even if he didn't read the books (I don't know if he did 
or 
> didn't).
> > 
> > While Ralph Fiennes outward portrayal of Voldemort was truly 
> menacing,
> > what got me was the underlying sense of misery and insanity that 
> drove
> > Voldemort. By his outward actions, Fiennes brought a subtle inner
> > depth to the character that Micheal Gambon just doesn't seem to 
> have.
> > 
> > Don't want to start another round of complaining about Gambon, 
just
> > wanted to re-enforce how well I liked Fiennes Voldemort, and am 
> glad
> > to hear that Fiennes is committed to stay in the part to the end 
of
> > the series.
> > 
> > Just passing it along.
> > 
> > Steve/bboyminn
> 
> Hi Steve,
> Very interesting that you should bring this dichotomy to the fore 
> again. I have two not very astute comments but here goes. First, 
> Gambon reminds me of another famous "Wise Old Man" who didn't care 
> much for his role either, Alec Guinness who played Obiwan in Star 
> Wars thought his role was tripe. Seems you need to be a wise old 
man 
> to be happy about playing a wise old man! 2nd point, I think it 
> shows in the performance when a person isn't "in love" with his 
> character. Gambon plays an odd quirky and unreliable DD. Not my 
DD. 
> I put up with it because what choice do I have? It could be that 
the 
> next picture where DD is largely seen from afar, we will get a 
rest 
> from Mr. Gambon's not-to-happy-to-be-here performance.  And 
perhaps 
> a very strong director can corral him in and give him guidance as 
to 
> faking a wise old man when he really needs it in Film 6! Thanks 
> Steve, always find your comments thought-provoking and 
thoughtfully 
> worded.
> Jen D.
>