[HPforGrownups] Casting - Hugh Laurie

[Monika Zaboklicka]

No: HPFGUIDX 12391

Gwen wrote:
> Hugh Laurie as Arthur: Yes! Yes! Yes! <snip>and he was the grumpy
> husband of the overly talkative niece in Sense and Sensibility (in which
he
> was wasted, IMO).

Ahhh, so that's *him*! The name meant nothing to me, but then I'm holpless
with remembering names - when I heard that a guy called Alan Rickman was
casted as Snape I didn't realize that I had seen him as Sheriff of
Nottingham. Then I've checked who he actually was, borrowed some videos and
caught Rickmania in a matter of two days ;-)
And *of course* I'm talking about either Snape or Rickman as usual, so back
to the topic: yeah, Laurie'd be good for the part of Arthur Weasley, but I'm
a bit uncomfortable about the age. I think that it'd be much better if
Laurie was Rickman's age and vice versa.
And I don't think he was wasted in "Sense and Sensibility" Remember that
scene when he was showing his son to Brandon?
And one more thing - Arthur Weasley doesn't do much in CoS, he's more
important in GoF. I'm afraid the moviemakers may leave this character out of
the second movie. But no, they can't do this, they can't....

Monika Z.
(The Snape fan)