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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>shanerichmond:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I for one
am pleased that Peeves has gone. Purely because he was <BR>being played by Rik
Mayall - an awful actor IMO with only one type of <BR>character in his
repertoire. Hopefully they'll re-cast the role <BR>before
CoS.<</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>There
seems to be logic and inspiration behind casting Rik Mayall as <BR>Peeves.
Mayall fans may care to see "Drop Dead Fred" in which Rik plays <BR>a child's
former imaginary friend come back to haunt her in later life, <BR>a role with
some similarities to that of a poltergeist.<</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Mm. I've
seen "Drop Dead Fred", and it was OK, but it was obvious that the director had
told Rik to "just do The Young Ones thing, right, mate? Cheers". I
can tolerate Rik as Peeves, who is an annoying character by definition, but I
really hope we can make a little progress beyond the Young Ones this time.
After all, Rik must be in his mid to late forties by now - rehashing his role as
a loud, wild-eyed student in a dodgy sharehouse again would really be too
much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Amy Z:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Gripe,
gripe, gripe. I love the poster, but WHY, tell me, WHY can't artists
<BR>get something as simple and obvious as the color of Harry's eyes
right? It <BR>is very easy to alter this kind of thing on a
photograph.<</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You tell 'em, Amy Z. I'm one of the few
people who seems to notice eye colour. Honestly, some people don't even
know the eye colour of their partner of five years! And when JKR has gone
out of her way to tell us again and again that Harry has his mother's bright
green eyes, not whipping out the computer for five minutes to fix this is just
not good enough!</FONT></DIV>
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size=3>Neil:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>> A boy
called Joe Sowerbutts - who is actually a bit older than Daniel - provided
the <BR>boyish voice for two scenes, and has been hired to voiceover some
<BR>film-related merchandise. I guess Joe will also be dubbing Dan's voice
for the whole of Chamber <BR>of Secrets... unless *his* voice breaks, that
is.<<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3>Hella:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>> The
dubbing story is probably sloppy journalism, as you say Marcus, <BR>but Dan's
voice has broken. I listened to the interview on newsround <BR>and it is clear
his voice is not the same as it is in the trailers. <BR>It is a little bit sad
though; I always imagined Harry's voice <BR>breaking in book 3 for some reason.
I also listened to the interviews <BR>with Rupert Grint and Tom Felton. It looks
like Rupert's voice is on <BR>the verge of breaking as well<
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face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else deeply worried about this dubbing, be it rumour
or fact? I'm sure Warner Bros will do a very careful job with it (unlike a
lot of hastily non-lip synched efforts I've seen across languages), but for me
it just takes away from the whole part if the voice we hear isn't the voice that
was recorded at the same time as the visuals (or even the voice of the person on
screen). Hmmm.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another thing - I could be wrong, but don't most
boys' voices break later than 11-12? Chris Columbus has lucked out
seriously here with his cast if all the boys are breaking. I always
thought this was a mid-puberty thing in most boys, not the first thing to
happen. I though first the growth spurt begins, *then* things like
sprouting whiskers and voice breaking happen at 14-ish. </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>From what I've seen (admittedly not much, and I'm sure make-up
artists played a role) the three lead boys still look like young, downy-cheeked
boys, not teenagers (though Tom is 13). Though I'm also worried about Dan
on this score, as his face does seem to be taking on more adolescent
proportions, even compared with pictures from six months ago. And didn't
some article say that he's already starting to shoot up, and may be
towering over Rupert before long? He might need to be replaced for PoA
which would be sad, seeing everyone seems to agree he's good in the role, and
it's always a bit clunky to change the actor for a central role. I always
thought Harry's voice would be wavering in GoF, but looks like in movie terms
it's not to be.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2>As for using a 13yo boy's voice to dub Daniel, um, isn't this
a bit unwise, Warner Bros? Why not get a 10 year old with a family history
of late breakage, so you have a reasonable guarantee of an unbroken voice for at
least two or three years??</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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