Casting: Dumbledore

[ssg_boy at yahoo.com]

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No: HPFGUIDX C53
From: ssg_boy
Subject: Re: Casting: Dumbledore
Reply To: [Yahoo! #52] Re: Casting: Dumbledore
Date: 10/25/99 5:23 pm  (ET)

Nikki wrote:

<<Dumbledore needs to be smaller and less imposing than John Cleese -
but still masterful in an unobtrusive way!>>

Nikki,

I couldn't think of a better description of Alec Guiness. As I mentioned
in an earlier post, his George Smiley in the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,
Spy mini-series was just that: unobtrusive and masterful! I'm sure that
Sir Alec would relish a non-Star Wars role.

Brian