[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Christian Bale/Gary Oldham

[Katherine Coble]

Gary is most definitely British.  He was
On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:17 AM, theotokos wrote:

> Marita Jan <maritajan at yahoo.com> wrote: Not that I'm obsessed or 
> anything.... :-) ..... but Christian Bale,
> especially when his hair was long at the beginning of the movie, is the
> image I have of Sirius as he's described in the books, especially the
> young handsome Sirius in Snape's pensieve scene. As much as I really
> enjoyed Gary Oldham's performance in PoA, he just isn't (to me) pretty
> enough to fit how I see Sirius.
>
>
> I completely agree!  I like Gary Oldham just fine but he is not 
> handsome by any means.  JKR said [paraphrasing] Yes, Sirius is 
> sexy--or maybe it was handsome.  Christian Bale would have been 
> perfect, but alas he is not British.  Wait, is Gary?
>
> theotokos
>
>
K
Gary is most definitely British.  He was born in London, although he's 
lived in the US for the past several years.

I really think, as I read the books over and over, that JKR probably 
had Daniel Day Lewis in mind for Sirius.   Usually when DDL won't play 
a role they seem to get Gary, even though they're totally different, 
imo.