FANTASY casting...

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 170828

> Bart:
> <snip> 
> Here is the set-up (note the topic is FANTASY casting): A new      
> computerized filmaking technique has been discovered. You can take 
> any character played by any actor in film or television (including 
> cartoons) in history, and it will convert that character
> into a character for the new movie, being played more or less the   
> same way.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Aww, I want to play, too!  I can still play, right?  It's not been 
too long ago, right?

Okay, so my first choice would be, as Barty Crouch, Jr. (and also 
Fake!Moody), Edward Norton in Primal Fear.
(click link only if you're prepared to be spoiled -- and if you 
haven't seen this movie, I'll take a moment to feel sad for you. <g>)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Fear_%28film%29

The trial scene in GoF would of course be Norton in full on Aaron-
mode, and the rest of the time Roy would come out to play.

Which means, I guess, that the Archbishop would be Crouch, Sr. (a 
slightly darker look at the father-son relationship gone wrong <eg>). 
Richard Gere would totally be Harry Potter and Laura Linney would be 
Cedric, only with a sadder ending in the final court scene of the 
movie (at which point I guess Roy would be Voldemort).

Oh, and then I thought about Spike from Cowboy Bebop, and his hair, 
and immediately thought of James.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop

Julia makes a perfect Lily, what with being all angelic and perfect 
and not around for the most part except for fuzzy memory flash-backs.

Which would make Vicious a version of OFH!Snape (despite his looking 
like a dark fanon!Draco), which would make poor Gren as Regulus, and 
the Red Dragon syndicate at the end (of the series) as both the Death 
Eaters, the Ministry and the Order.

I guess that'd leave Faye as Harry, Edward as Ron, and Ein as 
Hermione.

Though, if we cast Spike as Harry, then Vicious would be Voldemort, 
the syndicate would be the WW in general, Julia would be Ginny, Jet 
would be Snape.  Ron's still Edward and Hermione is still the dog, 
though.

Though really, IMO, the best cartoon version of Voldemort is Skeletor 
from He-Man fame (I'm going by the '80's cartoon) what with the no 
nose and high pitched laugh and all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-man

Which makes Harry, He-Man.  And I guess Snape would be Teela'Na (aka 
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull) and Dumbledore would be Castle 
Grayskull (which would be a bit of an acting stretch for the Castle, 
but I'm betting it could handle it. <g>) 

Oh, and I constantly think of Draco whenever "Master and Commander: 
The Far Side of the World" comes on and Max Pirkis pops up.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1263986/
(see his midshipman photo -- so very blond and pale and even pointy-
ish for that matter)

And I cannot help but link Stephen Maturin with Snape.  Though more 
with the book character than the movie character as the movie doesn't 
touch on Maturin's work as a spy.

Which would (I think) make Jack Aubrey as... Sirius, I think?  He's 
too jolly for Harry, IMO.  But it does go to show you what a 
friendship Sirius and Snape could have had if prejudice hadn't gotten 
in the way.  (Too bad the WW isn't much for music, huh?)

Ooh, and if we're entering book world: I have to say "The Secret 
Garden" is so very Slytherin, IMO.

Colin Craven is so obviously Draco.  And Archibald Craven is like 
Snape's and Lupin's love-child (which, okay, we've moved away from 
Slytherin there).  I'd say Dickon is the photo-negative of Voldemort 
and/or Tom Riddle in an almost point by point way.

Though I think Mary Lennox is more Dudley Dursley than anything, so 
that moves it right out of the WW completely.  Which probably goes a 
long way towards explaining why this is one of my favorite children's 
books.  Yay, Muggles! <g>

Betsy Hp (I totally recognize the babbling that occurs here, and I 
apologize for it -- seriously, it was worse in my head.)