Casting decisions (was: Half-Blood Prince)

[potioncat]

> zanooda:
> 
> It was very funny, but it's not in the way that I meant :-).  Snape 
is 
> funny here in the sense that what he is saying is funny.  He is 
being 
> sarcastic, and the sarcasm is aimed at the boys, so it's them who 
are 
> being made fun of.  I meant Snape being funny in the sense of *him* 
„« being made fun of, like in this scene from the movie.

Potioncat:
Agreed. I was sort of being silly. 

The re-writes I especially didn't like were the scenes between Snape 
and Umbridge. They played much better in the books.


> SSSusan: 
> But I suspect you & I are giving away more about ourselves, 
Potioncat, 
> in our saying, "What? Old?  You think Alan Rickman is OLD?"  Why, 
the 
> guy is a mere 62.  :)


Potioncat:
Yep, giving away a lot I'm sure. ;-)



> zanooda:
> 
> Wasn't it you who said that they possibly didn't know Snape's age 
yet, 
> when they started filming the first movie :-)?
> 
> 
> >  Why, the guy is a mere 62. :)
> 
> If only he could look at least like he looked in "Die Hard" ... ;-(

Potioncat:
It may have been SSSusan, but I'm sure I've said it too. The readers 
didn't know about the ages when the movies first came out. I remember 
being very surprised that Lily and James were so young when it was 
revealed. But--JKR should have known. 

If you want a Snape of about the right age, look for an old BBC 
production of "Romeo and Juliet".  It's one of a series of plays put 
on decades ago. You'll see Rickman in a Snape-like wig---being 
snarky.  It's Snape in tights.

Potioncat, If only I could look like what I looked like when Die Hard 
came out¡K.