Richard Harris as Dumbledore

[Schlobin at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> > > I have just got round to watching Gladiator.  I stand by my 
> original 
> > > views of Richard Harris as Dumbledore.  Now he is older, he 
looks 
> > > frail enough, but still commanding.  However, his voice still 
> makes 
> > > me want to clear my throat all the time - it just grates on 
me.  
> 

Why is this thread on HP - OT Chatter? I am not understanding this 
whole system yet (whine, cavil)..

Anyway, how can you say that Harris' voice isn't great having 
listened to it on the trailer? It is reverberating in my memory -- 
Soon your education in the magical arts will begin......





> I know that one of the rumours running about the casting of 
> Dumbledore, was Patrick Stewart.  I think he would have been able 
to 
> make a good Dumbledore, but he has the same problem as Sir Nigel, 
> except it is worse:  I simply cannot see him in a role where he 
does 
> not say "I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise".
> 


hmmmm....well Patrick Stewart is a renowned Shakespearian actor and I 
think he can do more than say "tea. earl grey. hot."

Susan in Michigan