Dumbledore

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
>
> My choice for a Richard Harris replacement, (could they have wangled 
it,
> which maybe that was not possible) would have been Patrick Stewart, 
Ben
> Kingsely, someone like that whom we have seen do both the gentle 
soul and
> towering power. I have never heard who else was considered (or not) 
for the
> role. I suppose this was a hot topic years ago. Just wondering who 
others
> picture.

Karen,
I don't suppose you were on the list when some poor woebegone soul 
proposed a petition to "get rid of Gambon?" I see this as the tension 
betwee movie-making and rabid and unimpeachable HP fans. Gambon fits 
some set of criterion that meet the needs of the film people. He's 
definitely a "Big" name British actor! And he's a fine character 
actor, more importantly. Is he a good DD? Well maybe all he cares 
about is the script and perhaps the script is more maleable (no 
definitions on this one!!) than the canon. So he's probably going to 
be DD as long as he's able and seriously, we have to hope for a 
director who really cares about the transfer from book to film (one 
thing that Chris Columbus had going for him). I think Mike Newell was 
so intent on demonstrating a more realistic English boarding school 
environment that he didn't pay as much attention to the book as it 
related who DD was. I just listen to what people have said in various 
interviews, and from what's been left out, I can only figure those 
were the weaker points. No one says much about Cambon's performance 
except us fans of both book and film. And we aren't always thrilled. 
Some folks who no longer write here could defend Gambon nicely but I 
would invite anyone who likes Gambon in a heartfelt way to speak up! 
It would be a nice balance.
Jen D.(hopeful that more people will chime in!)
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