because *we* don't do enough casting talk on our own...

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 5858

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, heidi <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> 
wrote:
> Fandom is now letting you share your Casting Suggestions with the 
general pubilc
> (well, those who are interested in HP, at least) - their new 
newsletter has the
> following:
> 
> > The net is overflowing with casting news for Warner Bros. Harry
> >              Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and it's as exciting 
as exciting
> >              can be! But it leads to the question 'who will play 
the
> >              characters from the later books?' Leonardo Di Caprio 
as Cedric
> >              Diggory? Lucy Liu as Cho Chang? We've dodged the 
bullet of
> >              Rosie O'Donnell as Mrs. Weasley, but what other 
horrors await
> >              us?
> >
> >              So, fancy yourself a casting director? Us, too. 
Let's take a
> >              stab at casting CoS, PoA, GoF and as many other 
confusing
> >              acronyms as we can! Who should play a teenage Tom 
Riddle?
> >              You tell us. Crunchably cute Sirius Black and 
brooding Remus
> >              Lupin? Also up to you! Here's the drill: Send an 
email to
> >              wildaboutharry at f... Include the characters' name(s)
> >              and the actors/actresses you think best suited to 
portray
> >              them. We'll accept submissions from now until 
Wednesday,
> >              Nov. 22. Then our crack team of experts will narrow 
the field to the two best submissions for each
> >              character (Based on our impeccable taste, of 
course). After which we'll put the finalists up for a
> >              vote. So get casting. Remember, only you can prevent 
Keanu Reeves from being cast as Gilderoy
> >              Lockhart. "Whoa..."
> >
> >              What are you waiting for? wildaboutharry at f...
> >
> 
> Maybe I have an overinflated sense of the importance of this list, 
but I am
> wondering if someone from Fandom is lurking here....(or on PoU - 
although I'm
> sure that elsewhere in the universe, people do realize that sirius 
is seriously
> sexy...)
> 

Lucy Liu as Cho Chang?!!??? She's a bit old to play the teen aged Cho 
Chang, imo.

And yes, I'm one of those who realizes Sirius is supposed to be very 
sexy (even in PoA).

As for Tom Riddle, Dominic Monaghan (Geoffrey on the "Hetty 
Wainthropp Investigates" series) might make a good Tom Riddle. Pic of 
him at http://www.geocities.com/dominic_mon

:-)Milz