Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

Kneasy:
> But I'm a bit sad about one thing.
> I started reading the books before the films were released, and I 
had
> very definite images of the characters. But now I can't recall what 
*my*
> Hagrid was like - forever more Robby Coltrane *is* Rubeus Hagrid.
> Same for Fudge -  Robert Hardy he ain't; nor is Vernon Dursley 
Richard
> Whatisname. They may be good actors interpreting the characters, 
but 
> they're not my characters.
> Someone else's  images have replaced my own, my friends have been
> usurped. It's almost like being robbed.

Geoff:
I think this is something which we agree on; we develop our own 
mental picture of a character and find it doesn't chime with the film.

Although, in my case, I started the other way. I saw the HP films 
first so have adopted the film characters as my view. But, in the 
case of Tolkien, I approached the films with trepidation as I have 
such a strong view of Middle Earth in my mind. I was, in general, 
pleasantly relieved. There are exceptions though; Hugo Weaving, for 
example, is not Elrond. Other stories have been the same.