Richard Harris/Patrick Stewart as Dumbledore

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Catherine (I think) wrote:
> 
> > > 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".
> 
> Susan wrote:
> 
> > hmmmm....well Patrick Stewart is a renowned Shakespearian actor and 
> I 
> > think he can do more than say "tea. earl grey. hot."
> 
> Very true, and I've seen him in lots of good things (he was a great 
> Scrooge), but I keep expecting him to do the "Picard maneuver" (that 
> yanking down on his uniform thing).  Moral:  never accept a role in 
> Star Trek, or all your other roles will disappear into the mist no 
> matter how good an actor you are.
> 
> Now you know why this is on OT-chatter:  so people like me can more 
> easily add silly comments like this.
> 
> How about Stewart for Moody when the time comes?
> 
> Amy Z

Yes! he'd make a great Moody. I wouldn't have thought of him for this role, but he's just 
right. (You could make a fortune in Hollywood, Amy, as the.. what's the term for a person 
who does the casting? anyway, as that guy.) And I love the "Picard maneuver" - it's 
something I always take note of and grin when he does it. It's so in character. And I always 
think to myself - thank God he's not Shatner!

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Naama