Cast for the movies & 'in defense of Lockhart'

[vheggie at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27502

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I'm sure this (casting guesses) will move over to OT, but before it 
does, can I just ask the British members of the group whether I am 
alone in my definite metal image of Lockhart?  Despite his being 
described as having blond hair, I cannot see him as anyone except our 
own Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen...

For Americans, and others, Mr Llewellyn Bowen is a TV interior 
decorator, famed for his awful designs which turn ordinary peoples' 
homes into Bordellos and Arabian-Stle nightmares, and for his velvet, 
romantic, ridiculous clothes.

Go here to see him in his glory: 
http://www.virtualchelsea.com/live/celeb.html

Look at that grin. :)
he also does innumerable book signings, and has left life sized 
cardboard cut-outs of himself littering home design stores all over 
the UK...Need I say more?


In order to justify this post, I ought also to say that I feel that 
Mr Lockhart gets an unecessarily bad press; yes he does appear to be 
a caricature - but for good reason, he IS one.  Bear in mind that the 
person you see is not Lockhart at all, but a carefully designed 
persona.  We don't get to meet the 'real him' until he reveals his 
true nature towards the end of CoS.
Incidentally, I also feel quite sympathetic towards him - yes, he's 
awful, but he does TRY with Harry.  On several occasions he gets him 
out of a potentially difficult situation (e.g. the photo incident 
with Colin Creevy and Malfoy), or offers him what is, fundamentally, 
good advice about dealing with his fame.

But really I just wanted to say my bit about LLB, pictured here:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/acom/html/lesson10text.html