Casting for Dumbledore, etc

[jferer]

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From: jferer
Subject: Re: Casting for Dumbledore, etc
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5967] Re: Casting for Dumbledore, etc
Date: 8/7/00 5:56 pm  (ET)

Alan Rickman is too old for Snape. Snape is probably 40 tops, because he
was a contemporary of James Potter, who had Harry pretty young. Rickman's
talents and persona are perfect for the part, though. If the movie was
being animated or radio, he'd be the perfect voice actor.

Tom Baker wasn't my choice for Dumbledore (who is thin) but he might be
pretty good. Nobody seems to like my first choice, Leonard Nimoy.

Ralph Fiennes should be Sirius Black. I really think somehow it would
add something to take a man as handsome as Fiennes and make him look
like he'd done twelve years in Azkaban. Kenneth Branagh would be a good
Lupin. I'd rather have Eric Idle as Sir Cadogan, or how about him as
Fudge? Speaking of old Montys, Michael Palin as Professor Binns? I think
Maggie Smith will be a spot-on McGonagall.