[HPFGU-Movie] Voldemort vs Dumbledore - the Actors

[Valerie Flowe]

> <snip> "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."
>  -----
>  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.

Don't you love the Fiennes phrase "distillation of evil"!?!
WIthout reaching for my GOF book (lazy!), that scene where Fiennes 
touches Dan's scar wasn't in the book, right? I think that was the 
director throwing that in. In which case it was so brilliantly played. 
That scene made me squirm more than any! Poor Harry! I wanted to reach 
in there and rescue him!
The look of absolute delight on Fienne's face as he tortured Harry with 
his mere touch, was diabolical!
I'm still unsure if I envisioned Voldemort like Fiennes portrays  him. 
In some ways he was too verbal, too active. I imagined him, perhaps, 
more dark, quietly menacing. I still wish they had left the snake eyes 
on him, and made them red. That was so unnatural and scary-looking! 
But, like Thewlis and Oldman's portrayals of Lupin and Sirius (I 
envisioned them looking quite different), those brilliant actors 
created their own impersonation of the book character. Like Rickman, 
who IS Snape, they have become their characters. Fiennes IS now 
Voldemort. Can't wait for the final MOM scene with Sirius falling 
behind the veil, Voldemort inhabiting Harry's body when Dumbledore is 
about to kill him. High drama!!!!!!
Valerie


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