gay characters, casting Bill

[Joanne Collins]

>I'm afraid you're right.  JKR could just drop a gay character in 
>casually, but there would probably be a firestorm in the media.  

Yes, that's unfortunately true. Thinking about how gay characters in movies
and TV (I'm thinking here of Jack on Dawson's Creek, or Will & Grace as a
show in general) are pounced on by the media and brought out as something
of note just *because* of their sexuality...it's annoying.

>Children are apparently expected to grow up thinking GLBT folks don't 
>exist.  

Yes, unfortunately.

>Got a link to a picture, Joanne?  I have a pretty clear image of Bill 
>in my head and would love to see if Cole Hauser matches up.

A whole site, in fact: http://www.geocities.com/memeeuie/

In fact, Cole has a role in Good Will Hunting. I'm a very big fan of that
movie, for anyone who hasn't figured this out yet. It's even the only movie
I really like Minnie Drive in.

I know Cole's American, but I really, really think he'd be a good Weasley.
I think part of it is that one of his other movies is School Ties, which is
about a group of boys at a boarding school in the US in the fifties. I
think that's the other reason I connect him to Hogwarts, the school thing.

Oh, and for either Charlie, or I could see him pulling off the twins as a
dual role, I'd love to see Seth Green from Buffy. I *love* him.

And I'll have to put in my other favourit redhead, Stan Kirsch, best known
for playing Richie Ryan in Highlander, I suppose.

He's Canadian, do you think that's different from American in casting
decisions?

Joanne.


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