[HPforGrownups] Re: FANTASY casting...
Bart Lidofsky
bartl at sprynet.com
Fri Jun 22 02:47:26 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 170586
Goddlefrood wrote:
> I do have one small suggestion. W. C. Fields for Horace Slughorn.
>
> He would bring a certain je ne c'est quoi to the part and is
> more or less how I imagine Uncle Horace. Mr. Fields played no
> real different part throughout his screen life. He always played
> W. C. Fields.
Bart:
In "It's a Gift" (his best movie, according to some), he adds a third
dimension to his character; in spite of everything, he loves his family,
including his children. That is, at a comfortable distance. Even if it's
kumquats instead of crystallized pineapple (from a classic scene from
the movie).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025318/
Bart
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