[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Casting decisions (was: Half-Blood Prince)

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Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Casting decisions (was: Half-Blood Prince)



So I guess I would like to ask for your source for the "had no 
say...none" remark. 

Siriusly Snapey Susan




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How did I just know, just know that if all I did was make a comment that you
would take offense and respond as if I had attacked you personally?

My source? Everything I've read and heard since they began making the films.

And credits.

See, there are very strict rules for credits in a film, and Rowling is
neither a producer or director, therefore she can "say" all she wants, but
no one has to listen. My point is that she could have screamed from the
mountain tops "NO! He's too old to play Snape! NO. NO. NO!!!" and Chris
Columbus and pals didn't have to do anything about it. 

You mention the Graveyard, and I'll mention the clock tower -- yes, Rowling
was consulted on these things because of continuity -- she created a world
and the directors had to stay within that world. It's my understand that she
provided WB with such things as sketches of Hogwarts grounds and the like,
and Columbus stated that he asked he where to put Harry's scar, aesthetics.

My point was only that, in the end, she had no power. I don't need to source
that, she has "based on" credits, that means she had no power and once she
sold the movie rights was fortunate they consulted her, most authors don't
get that much.

md