Harris as Dumbledore

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rkdas at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "serenadust" <jmmears@> wrote:
> > I very rarely post on this list anymore but I was active in 2001 
> > when the first film came out and have been amused at the recent 
> > railing against Gambon's portrayal of Dumbledore.  While it's 
> > obviously not required for posters to read all the past posts on 
a 
> > topic, it can be very enlightening and provide some perspective 
to 
> > those who've come to the Potter film world in recent years.
> > 
> > If you begin with this post:
> > http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Movie/message/216 
> > 
> > and follow the discussion thread, you will get a good overview 
of 
> > everyone's reactions to Richard Harris' portrayal without the 
> > sentimental hindsight that his untimely death has inspired.
> > 
> > Personally, I think it's a bit naive to expect seasoned actors 
to 
> > study the books in order to play their parts in a movie.  They 
are 
> > hired to play the character as presented in the script and if 
> there 
> > is any conflict between book canon and the film script, the 
script 
> > (and director's vision) gets priority.  It's nice if they care 
to 
> > read the books on their own of course, but it really shouldn't 
> have 
> > much (if any) affect on their performance since the director's 
> > interpretation that they have to deliver.
> > 
> > Jo S., who's always thought that Peter O'Toole was the only 
actor 
> > who should have ever been allowed near Dumbledore ::sigh::
> 
> Jen D. here:
> You are reiterating a point some of us have made in various and 
> sundry ways. Gambon is the the DD that the script (and creative 
> interaction) called for. If a director needs him to understand his 
> character in such a way that reading the books is called for, then 
I 
> am sure he'd do it. If the director needs him to be a bit more 
like 
> the DD in the books, he'd of course do it. The fault is not with 
> Gambon (and indeed if there is a fault) but with the director for 
> needing an anxious, worried and unreliable DD. 
> Jen D. thinking Peter O'Toole was such a beautiful Lawerence of 
> Arabia....
> >
>