Casting Lockhart...

[Kelley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Kelley wrote:
> Yeah, I love "Real Genius", VK can do funny very well.  I don't 
know; he just doesn't really scream GL for me.  Maybe it's too many 
stories about what a pain he is to work with, but I'd hate to subject 
the rest of the cast to him...  How well can he do the accent?
> 
> I wasn't worried about the accent; I'm one of the ones who sees
> Lockhart's character as totally workable as an ugly American. Yet
> another little jarring thing about him, that he would not have the
> polished British tones of the rest of the cast--seems to fit with
> Lockhart's personality.
> 
> --Amanda

I can see GL as Amer., if I try, though all Brit is still my 
preference.  There are a number of actors that have been mentioned 
who I can 'see' as GL, though I haven't seen work from each of them.  
I don't know, so far, not one really grabs me as Lockhart...  Oh 
well...

Kelley