Hugh Laurie as Scrimfeour?

[Steve]

Can any one confirm or deny that Hugh Laurie (star of House M.D)
will be playing the part of Scrimgeour in the HP Movies?

I'm sure I saw some video footage of him in  the role, but can't
for the life of me remember where I saw it. 

I notice that Scrimgeour isn't listed at IMDB.com as being in
Half-blood Prince, which in turn makes me wonder how they
could possibly have video footage of him in the role.

Personally, I thought Billy Connelly would have made a good
Scrimgeour. He certainly has the hair for it.

Thoughts?

steve/bboyminn