Casting mis-steps

[bgrugin]

> Zanooda:
> However, this is different - the boy *did* look the part when he was cast. You never know with the kids. Who could have predicted that Matthew Lewis would grow up tall and handsome :-)? I'm sure if he was tall, slim and handsome as a kid, many of us (me included) would consider him miscast, even if he played the part as well as he does. He wouldn't be convincing, that's all. Yes, now he has to wear a fat suit and fake teeth, but it's all right. 
> 
> Montavilla47:
> I'm not sure about the fat suit, but he was wearing fake teeth from
> the beginning.  
> 
> He originally tried out for the part of Harry and physically, he and 
> Daniel Radcliffe weren't that different in the first film.  Now, of course,
> he's much taller than Daniel.
> 
> But in how he "read" to the director, he must have been much more
> suited to Neville.
> 
> 
> 


Musical Betsy here:
Here's a link to a recent interview with Matthew Lewis, in which he mentions the fat suit he wears.  He also talks about auditioning for the role, in which he states that he wasn't auditioning for any one part - he didn't care what part he played, he just wanted to be in the movie.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/06/harry-potter-countdown-matthew-lewis-is-neville-longbottom.html