How we picture characters

[dungrollin]

> > Dungrollin:
> > Yes, me; and I appreciate this may make me unpopular. He's too 
old, he's not tall enough, and he's not spikey enough. And I hate 
the costume and the wig. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Not tall enough? He's 6'1" (according to IMDB). Snape is supposed 
to be shorter than Black. So I doubt canon Snape is over 6' Sad to 
say, he really is too old for this character. But never, ever would 
I want anyone else but Rickman for Snape. It does after all, put 
Snape in my age range. ;-)
> 

Dung:
Really? Goodness. Shows you what a dreadful costume it is, because 
he doesn't look it at all. The robes and cloak should have been much 
longer, it would have made him look taller and thinner, (and 
therefore more spikey - so long as they didn't insist on that stupid 
wig). 

Potioncat:
> Well, I don't care for any of the wizards' costumes (except for DD 
in the first two) or any of the kids' costumes. The women professors 
are alright. I thought, after Snape showed his dark mark in the 
books, that there had been a plan all along for his sleeves to be so 
long--- so to hide the mark. But they cut that scene anyway.
 
Dung:
As I recall, the sleves are long but tight, yeah? I don't mind that 
so much, but what I do mind is that without a long enough cloak, he 
can't *sweep* out of rooms. That's important to me in the way I 
visualise him, he must *sweep*.

Potioncat:
> But that wig! They could have done much better.

Dung:
It's awful, isn't it? It's not even greasy.

Potioncat:
> Some time back, I was considering that canon!Snape would not be as 
> yummy as Movie!Snape and was trying to picture a better image. 
There was a movie on the TV with a charactr that seemd to "be" canon!
Snape. Turns out it was Tim Roth in Rob Roy. He is only 5'7"  I 
thought that was particularly interesting because I don't know Tim 
Roth from a housecat, but I'd read once that he had been an early 
contender for Snape.
> 

Dung:
I love Tim Roth, particularly enjoyed him and Gary Oldman in 
Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; though I haven't seen him in 
much recently, except for To Kill a King (which is surely no 
longer 'recent'). Actually, thinking about it, Rupert Everett would 
have made a *fabulous* Snape. Ooh yes, that's who I'd have cast.

Dung