Casting mis-steps

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> > Carol, wondering why the parts were recast if Padma was 
> > already present and the girls were really twins 
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> zanooda:
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> I still say they are not twins :-). Am I the only one who thinks so :-)? As for the fact that the girls were recast - they seem to change actors rather often, don't they? We had at least two Angelinas Johnson already, right? And we have a new Pansy Parkinson in HBP :-). So it's not something unusual :-).
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Carol:

I'm just basing my question about their being twins on other people's posts. I haven't watched PoA again to look for them (never noticed "Padma" in previous viewings, though, and I'm sure I would have if they were identical).

But my question is *if* they are really twins, why recast them? Parvati seems to be able to act reasonably well. I know that WB sent out a casting call for twins to play the part in GoF, so I'm guessing that they aren't really twins and they wanted girls who looked more alike. (Apparently, they settled for unrelated girls who could act and could pass as sisters rather than identical twins who couldn't act. didn't hundreds of girls try out for the parts?)

As for why they recast Angelina and Pansy, I don't know that, either. Maybe the original actresses couldn't manage the filming schedule or they tried out and weren't good enough for the slightly expanded roles. In the case of the kid who played Colin Creevey in CoS (and was perfect for the part), he seems to have changed too much, so they wrote in a new character called Nigel in his place. At least the same actors are still playing Draco, Seamus, Dean, and, especially, Neville and HRH. I think they'll have the same Crabbe and Goyle, too, at least for HBP. Jamie Waylett (Crabbe) got into some kind of trouble a while back. Hope it wasn't serious and he's back for Junior DE!Crabbe in DH2.

Carol, feeling oddly nervous now that HBP is almost here