Casting couch: OT - Sirius & Remus suggestions/Movie - Rik Mayall as Peeves

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 12320

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> I have two new(ish) casting suggestions for Sirius and Remus.  For 
Sirius, I suggest Clive Owen, who has amazing bright green eyes 
(they'd have to go, unfortunately... well, the colour of them... I 
don't mean gouge his eyes out):
> For Remus, how about Colin Firth (I think he's come up before).
> Rik Mayall is pretty much confirmed as Peeves, so I've put two new 
pics of him in "Confirmed Cast" (I've moved Verne Troyer to "Rumoured 
Cast" as "a ghoul?").  I posted a biog of Rik a while back...
> Rik would also have been *great* as Lockhart.  I'm a bit stuck on 
that one.  I think it should be a comedian, but the only ones I can 
think of aren't that pretty (for example Steve "Alan Partridge" 
Coogan or Chris "Red Dwarf" Barrie).  Eddie Izzard would be cool, but 
he's too chunky.
> 
> Never heard of Cary Elwes, but he's been mentioned here about a 
hundred times!!
> Neil

Neil, I put two pics of Cary Elwes in the cast suggestions file.  
There are plenty of sites out there with pics of him, if anyone's 
interested.  I looked at the pics of Owen and Firth you put up, and I 
must say, I -can- see either of them in those roles, Owen 
especially.  Mayall would have done well as Lockhart, I think, too, 
(if you've seen him in "2 Days in The Valley", he played a character 
vaguely similar to GL), though I'm fine with him as Peeves.  As an 
aside, Chris Barrie may not be as *pretty* as GL, but Ace would 
certainly fill the role well. ;o]  Don't get me started with Izzard, 
I'm completely in love with him, and it would be heaven to see him 
anywhere in the HP films... :swoon:... (Even though I can't think 
what role he would be right for.)

Kelley