[HPforGrownups] Time-Turner Casting (was Worst-Case Casting)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 9255

Caius Marcius wrote:

> A few preliminary suggestions off the top of my head.
>
> Albus Dumbledore - Alec Guinness

Okay, I like this choice as much as my own personal selection of Peter
O'Toole.

> Severus Snape - Basil Rathbone (Rickman as Snape? don't make me
> laugh - Rathbone owns this role)

I've seen a lot of both of these gentleman, and I must respectfully
disagree. Both of them have great presence and voice, but I think
Rickman takes the edge with his pronounced ability to do "unspoken"
acting, with facial expression and posture, and which the role of Snape
*must* have.

> Gilderoy Lockhart - Errol Flynn

Genius.

> Sirius Black - Richard Burton

Oh, yes.

> Lord Voldemort - Peter Sellers (we usually think of Sellers in terms
> of Inspector Clousseau, but he had a special flair for darkness -
> just think of Dr. Strangelove!)

No, no, the velvet voice of yesteryear, he who glowers so well that
smiles look odd--James Mason!

I think Katharine Hepburn would have been a good McGonagall, now that I
think of it, eh?

--Amanda