[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The new Voldemort

[Kathryn Cawte]

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The 'Bean' character
> that made Atkinson famous, despite having sound and voice, is really a
> modified form of pantomime. The whole essense of the Bean character is
> protrayed by facial expression, and body language, and we must not
> that we do see Bean express a wide range of emotions very clearly in
> this fashion.
>

K

I think what you meant to say was 'the Bean character that made Atkinson
famous *in America*' - he was plenty famous in the UK well before then and
had been since his appearances on Not the Nine O'Clock News in the late 70s,
then of course came the role as Blackadder which really made him hit the big
time in his own right rather than as part of the ensemble team from Not the
Nine O'Clock News. I really would hate to think people judge him on and
remember him for Bean alone because personally I *hate* Bean. I'm really not
into that kind of slapstick type of comedy. As a comic actor RA has a much
greater range than the purely physical stuff he's become known for more
recently.

Personally I'd have liked to have seen Christopher Lee as Voldemort - but
maybe he needs a bit of a break after the recent burst of activity in
increasing his pension fund with roles in *two* different major film series.

K
*who hopes she doesn't sound bitchy but doesn't like famous being used as a
synonym for known by Americans*