Casting for Mrs. Weasley

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: Re: Casting for Mrs. Weasley
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7557] Re: Casting for Mrs. Weasley
Date: 8/22/00 6:10 pm  (ET)

Date: 8/22/00 5:57 pm

Absolutely NO Americans, please! Especially not Rosie O'Donnell (can't
stand her). If Americans must have their fingers in the movie pie,
let it all be behind-the-scenes.

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I don't like Rosie, but an American wouldn't be bad for Mrs. Weasley. Not
good, but not a disaster, especially for the first movie. I suspect
that they will pick a British person for her also. There is simply no
reason other than "star status" to pick an American and the part isn't
big enough to use a star in the role.

Mrs. Weasley does virtually nothing in the first movie. They will be too
busy cutting bits of the book to fit "standard movie time" to increase
anyone's role. Really you'd have to pick someone who could do the second
movie in a year or two and that is only IF, I might add, that the first
one is a success.

I've got some story that sticks in my head to the tune that Christopher
Reeves was concerned about being typecast as Superman while he was still
filming the first Superman. Some really famous actor, like Sean Connery
said "Not to worry. Worry about being good in Superman I. Otherwise you
won't have to worry about being typecast in Superman II and III." Maybe it
was told to him by Marlon Brando, who would have been on the Superman set.

vicki