cast members axed?

[Tonks]

Well I think that people should use the term "axed" carefully. It means 
fired. That is not the same as just not being needed for the film.
When I read that I thought that some sort of arguement had happened and 
3 people were fired. That is not the case.

They can not replace an actor. It just would not be right. Unless it is 
that man that 'attempts' to play DD, of course. 

I don't know what the source of that information was, but there is a 
picture of Uncle Vernon at Veritaserum that clearly shows the same 
actor in the scene where Dudley is recovering from the dementor attack. 
So I don't think that the article is correct.

Tonks_op