[HPforGrownups] Hello/questions/casting Cate Blanchett & others

[Michelle Apostolides]

No: HPFGUIDX 12744

> Michelle wrote re: Kenneth Branagh as Lupin:
>
> >Yuck - I was watching him In Fortunes of War again the other day. How
> >much of a luvvie is he ?
>
> I think he'd be very good.
Well we won't have to argue about that now will we ?
> >Jeremy Irons or the like will do very
> >nicely thank you. Someone understated.
>
> Yes, that could be right, too. Though Irons is a little older than I
> picture Lupin. I see him as a little younger than Snape. Though of
course
> this could be incorrect.

> >As for Lily and James, we need to
> >see just how much page time they get in the next three books before
> >condemning them to the awful fate of some popular actor/actress who
>over  eggs the pudding.

> Why would a popular actor/actress be an awful fate? It really depends
on
> the acting ability, not the popularity, IMO.
Because if they are too popular then they may not take the part
seriously enough. Not a problem with the two actors who have been cast.

> And what does over eggs the pudding mean?
Over acts.

> As for James, I would love to see Samuel West in the role. He's one of
my
> favourite British actors, probably best known for being in Carrington
with
> Emma Thompson and the Hornblower movie The Frogs & The Lobsters.
Ohh yes. Very good. Very good looking too.

> Joanne, who for some strange reason sees James Potter as having dark
blonde
> hair, even though Harry's is brown.
Every one has their own mind's eye.


Michelle