Movie: NEW STILLS!!!

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 17199

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Amber wrote:
> 
> > The one who does not fit my mental image is the actors playing
> > Dumbledore and McGonagall. Dumbledore just looks...too Merliny 
for my
> > taste. I can't quite explain it, I hate the hair and the beard.
> 
> I've said it before. I'll say it again. Peter O'Toole should have 
been
> Dumbledore.
> 
> --Amanda, unrepentant for her one-liner in the face of such
> unimpeachable good sense

I'm not sure whether I agree about Peter O'Toole - I think that 
whoever suggested Derek Jacobi is closer to the mark.  I also thought 
about Ian McKellen, but he probably looks to sinister.  However, I am 
not happy about Richard Harris.  When at school, I was forced to sit 
through his Cromwell.  What grates on me more than anything is his 
voice - it makes me want to clear my throat all the time as it has a 
hoarse quality to it.  He was the same in Camelot.  When I read in 
the press about Richard Harris' demands being too high for WB, I was 
elated (Yes, perhaps he won't be playing Dumbledore afterall!) but 
these hopes were dashed.
Never mind, I guess we'll all just have to wait and see how he does.
BTW - before Maggie Smith was even cast I had thought that she would 
be perfect as Minerva McGonagall - that's piece of casting that I 
totally agree with.

Catherine
BTW should this be here, or on OT Chatter?