Imagine the HP films were cast in the US

[stacygalore]

I'm so glad they were not, but imagine that the films were made in the United States.

The lead role would have to be played by a big name actor.   I think that kid from the Sixth
Sense would have been considered for the first two, then maybe Elijah Wood for the others.

The female roles in OP would have to be played by sexy actresses.  Imagine Lindsay Lohan as
Hermione (oh, wait, you don't have to imagine it - just find the SNL skit on youtube).
Imagine Lucy Lu as Cho Chang.  Ginny Weasley - one of the Olsen twins.

If the HP films were an American product, I believe they would have been a very different
affair.  I would have absolutely hated them, even more so than every scifi/fantasy book-
turned-movie made in this country .  But it is funny to imagine the glamorous mockery of it
all.

So now it is your turn.  Who would the american casting director choose for the big-budget
Hollywood blockbuster action film version of OP?

Stacy