Who really killed DD - The real story

[Tonks]

> bboyminn:
> 
> Gambon's failure isn't that he failed to DO, it's that he failed to
> TRY, and I place a substantical amount of the blame on the Director
> and Producer for not defining that character for the actor. I 
believe that IS their job. I place as much blame on them for not 
demanding as accurate performance as I do on Gambon for not giving 
one.

> Steve/bboyminn - who is afraid that we are stuck with Gambon and 
his portrayal and that is that. By the time we could influence a 
change, the series will be over. The only hope is that Gambon will 
lose interest and they will assign someone else. I also saw Michael 
Cain on
> TV last night and thought he might be able to pull if off. He also
> have a very whimsical side, as well as powerful dramatic skills. Or
> how about Sean Connery?
>

Tonks:
I have been watching Peter O'Toole in Casa Nova and thought that he 
would be a good DD.

I don't think that we should just set back and give up just like 
that. If we really TRY ourselves we may be able to have some impact 
on Gambon's acting. I don't think any actor really wants to go down 
in history as the actor that screwed up the role of one of the most 
important charters in film history.  Does he really want his legacy 
to be "the actor that ruined the Harry Potter series".  I don't 
think so. 

If we can get to the people at Yahoo, surely if we all try hard 
enough we can get to him.  Lets do it. Come on guys! If enough fan 
mail gets to who ever reads his mail and it all says the same thing 
in a way that encourages him to do a better job, someone will 
probally let him read at least one of the letters.. At least we can 
try. We have no one to blame if we take this laying down and do 
nothing!!!  

Come on folks lets encourage the man to put his all into it. Lets 
tell the man who DD is. Tell him that if the writer and the the 
director don't "get it" that he should at least!!  Let do it...

Tonks_op