Fwd: The Cast

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 2638

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
> How do you feel about these castings?  I dunno about Rickman...
> Can anyone who has played a Jane Austen leading man go on
> to play Severus Snape?  Maggie Smith as McGonnegal was
> a foregone conclusion ( Just as long as she doesn't tell Hermione
> that she's "the creme de la creme" :) ).  Julie Walters is a 
pleasant
> surprise, but *please* not Rosie as Mrs. Weasley!!  *Everyone* needs
> to be British, and there's only one who's right for Molly -- 
Pauline 
> Collins!!
> (And real-life hubby John Alderton as Arthur!)
> 
> 
> 
>                                                  -- Dave

The first time I saw Alan Rickman was in "Die Hard", ("Where are my 
detonators?" "Very touching, Cowboy," "...maybe I'll get to someone 
you ~do~ care about..."---Ooooo--he's so cool), then when I saw him 
in "Sense and Sensibility" I couldn't believe he did such a good job 
as a 'good and 'noble' hero.  He was my first choice for Snape, and 
I'm thrilled he has the part.  Tim Roth would probably have done a 
wonderful job with that part, but AR will ~be~ Snape.  See the movie 
Die Hard, it's really good--the first one.  I'm okay with the 
casting, though some are not quite what I pictured--Ron, Vernon D., 
Peeves.  Maggie Smith is great, too, and I'm surprised she doesn't 
have a higher approval rating in that voting poll.  A day or two 
after you first mentioned Pauline Collins, I happened to see "Shirley 
Valentine".  I loved it, and I completely agree, she's the ~only~ 
choice for Mrs. Weasley.  Don't know her husband, but I'll take your 
word for it.  Do you know who's in charge of casting for SS?  Perhaps 
we can write WB to nominate Collins?  I'd certainly be willing.

Kelley