Fate of HANDSOME guys in the Harry Potter series

[queen_astrofiammante]

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> Siriusly Snapey Susan wrote:
I'm wondering if others might weigh in w/ their opinions about the 
Malfoys, too.  Because I'm thinking perhaps it's more of the Dreaded 
Movie Contamination which puts Draco, at least, into this category of 
handsome guys.  

Now Astrofiammante:

I believe the Malfoys are supposed to possess the full set 
of 'natural advantages' - wealth, influence, material comfort 
etcetera. So you would probably guess that they'd be blessed with 
reasonable good looks too.

Mandy wrote:
> JKR, in her last interview at the Royal Albert Hall, said we are 
all getting far to fond of Draco, and I'm convinced it's because of 
the movies, as in the books he is still this weak little twerp... 
<snip> Now what about Snape?  In the books he is definitly ugly and 
very unattractive... Alan Rickman, although not a handsome man in the 
conventional sense, is very attractive and damned sexy.

Now Astrofiammante again:
I hope this is not considered too off-topic - I believe it is about 
our perception of character rather than discussion of the films. I 
shall try to keep it brief, as I know this kind of post has caused 
arguments in the past.

Essentially, the films break the golden rule of 'the camera on 
Harry's shoulder'. Occasionally you see things happen from Draco's 
point of view. 

Two examples: the first potions lesson, when the camera lingers on 
his smiling face during Snape's Shakespearian soliloquy. He's 
obviously going to be thrilled with potions. The second is at the 
duelling club when Snape sweeps forward to banish the snake. Draco 
looks up at Snape with a desperate expectation of approval for 
conjuring it - but gets shoved bodily to the ground instead.

And remember Malfoy Pere's expression when Draco can't get the snitch 
off Harry in the quidditch match? No wonder we feel more sympathetic 
than we should towards the horrible little bully.

Similarly Alan Rickman - he seems like the obvious choice for Snape 
at first, doesn't he? Who would turn him down for their film? But two 
people of my acquaintance made the very intelligent comments that he 
would actually have been far better saved up and cast as 'dead sexy' 
Sirius while the English comic actor Tony Robinson (Baldrick of 
Blackadder fame) would in fact have made an ideal Snape.

Astrofiammante