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] Date Posted:08:28:09 06/18/07 Mon
Well, I have finally finished watching the Harry Potter movies (except for the new one coming out soon--about time huh) and I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on which character/characters Robert Newton would have been a good fit for in these movies, had they been around in his day. I personally think that he would have been good in almost any character (except the women and children roles) given his versatility as an actor. I like the idea of Hagrid, Snape or even Dumbledore. And how about Lucius Malfoy?
Any opinions?
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Date Posted:04:49:50 06/19/07 Tue
Glad to hear you're caught up, and good question.
My first choice would be Madeye Moody! I pictured him so much differently in the books than they portrayed him on screen. I think RN would have done him better justice. (And the filmmakers just got the eyeball thing so wrong; it looks like a child's toy eye-patch in the movie, nothing like it's described in the book.)
Alan Rickman is unalterably Snape in my mind; I can't even begin to picture anyone else in the role (and it's because of him that I ever got interested in Harry Potter at all) ... I also read that he was J.K. Rowling's first casting choice for the role, so maybe she had him in her mind too while writing the character!
Hagrid I could see him as; Dumbledore not so much. Lucius Malfoy? Well, I'm sure he could play the role without any trouble (he was similarly cold and calculating as Clive Riordan), but I just can't picture a pale, blond, long-haired Robert Newton!
