[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's age

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 3619

At 21:07 10/15/2000 -0000, Martha wrote:

>I guess I am one of the few who believe that Rickman is just way too 
>old to play Snape.  I just love the guy but am very disappointed with 
>his as the choice.  I don't even know if I am going to see the movie 
>but I would love to see some pictures of the main characters.  I 
>doubt if that will happen.  Guess we will just have to look at those 
>pillars and the school room.

>I saw David Bowie on TV yesterday.  Now put a black wig on that guy 
>and take off quite a few years and he would make a great Snape.  

Rickman is 54 and David Bowie, incidentally, is a year younger. So, Rickman
is a tiny bit old, but I think he'll look reasonably mid-40s if they dye his
hair black.  BTW, he features on the latest Texas video, tangoing with
Sharleen (sp?) Spiteri on a petrol station forecourt and I have to say he
looks a bit jowly these days. He was quite sexy in "Truly. Madly, Deeply".  

Remind me: How old should Snape be anyway?  I'm useless at timelines.

I also checked Maggie Smith's age for the record - she's 66.

Neil

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