Casting mis-steps

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "montavilla47" <montavilla47 at ...> wrote:

> I've never heard anyone say a bad word about the actor who plays
> Neville Longbottom, but I don't find him at all like Neville 
> physically. Neville is also described as blond and "moon-faced".


zanooda:

You mean "round-faced", right :-)? And I don't remember Neville's hair color ever being mentioned :-). 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 wrote:

> - she might have benefited from better costuming and a lighter 
> tint to her hair


zanooda:

Yes, and I also noticed in the pictures that she looks better with her hair hanging down. Why did they make her wear a pony-tail in the movie?


> montavilla47 wrote:

> With practically no lines or scenes, just how was Poesy 
> supposed to convey that?


zanooda:

They do it to all secondary characters, don't they? It's always funny to read how some kid was chosen from thousands others to play some part, and then in the movie he has nothing to play. What's the point in chosing the most talented kid, if he only has two words to say in the movie?

Same thing with Fleur: I would have understood their desire to chose talent over beauty if the actress actually had something to play. As it is, *anyone* could have played the role, so why not to find the most beautiful girl France can offer :-)? I wonder how Clemence Poesy will look in DH - she must be closer to 30 now, right? She looked young in GoF though, so I hope it will be OK :-).