Bridget Jones, Colin Firth, and drool...

[Barb]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Jennifer Piersol" <jenP_97 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> 
> > I have long been in favour of Colin Firth as Sirius Black, and 
> > have realised that I wouldn't mind him being Lupin either.  The 
> > only reservation I have is that he wouldn't be in GoF.  
[snip]
> Last night, while obsessing over the eventual PoA movie (okay, just 
> a little bit), I was contemplating CF as RL, and decided he'd make  
> a better SB... but he'd need to be thinner, and I'm not sure I'd 
> like the long stringy hair bit.  
[snip again]

Well, I thought I would keep mum about this, but no one ever mentions 
my favorites, so here are my suggestions for a handful of roles, for 
better or worse:

Remus Lupin: Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love)
Sirius Black: Daniel Day Lewis (Last of the Mohicans)
Mad-Eye Moody: Billy Connolly (Mrs. Brown)
Ludo Bagman: Colin Firth (My Life So Far)
Charlie Weasley: Gary Hollywood (The Winter Guest)
Rita Skeeter: Emma Thompson (The Winter Guest, Primary Colors, etc.)
Karkaroff: Bob Hoskins (with slight Slavic accent)

I've also seen the actor who played the petulant son in "The 
Governess" (I think "Rhyss" is in his name somewhere) mentioned on 
some fanfic list as a good one to play an older Harry, but I think he 
looks too inherently evil.  He would probably make a good Tom Riddle 
or Viktor Krum (even if Viktor is inherently good, we're supposed to 
be wondering about him the whole time, and someone playing him who 
looks dodgy would be just right).  I can't picture Fudge as of this 
time, but then again, it might be because I don't want to. ;)
 
I'm afraid the most recent role I saw Colin Firth play is the movie 
mentioned above, wherein he is NOT likable at all.  He LOOKS like a 
nice fellow, however, so he'd be good for Bagman, whom everyone seems 
to like and may have been a much more evil person than anyone 
realizes.  Firth played this kind of two-faced person very well 
in "My Life So Far."  I would like to see Bridget Jones' Diary, 
however; the book was a hoot.  (Very strange looks from my husband 
when I was laughing out loud.)

--Barb