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Date Posted: 17:51:52 11/18/05 Fri
Well, I guess that answers my question as to which Harry Potter character Robert Newton should have played! Even Richard Corliss of Time magazine noticed the similarity, mentioning RN outright:
"The movie strikes black gold with Alistair 'Mad-Eye' Moody, Hogwarts’ new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Played by Brendan Gleeson with a swagger and spume not seen since Robert Newton’s Long John Silver (another charming dastard), Mad-Eye has a globular left orb that stares skeptically, maniacally, at all it surveys. He seems both amiable and deranged, as when he gestures to a steamer trunk whose contents are frantically rattling and says, 'I won’t even tell you what’s in there.' (We’ll find out later.)"
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Makes me wonder if J. K. Rowling had RN's Long John Silver in mind when she came up with the character of Moody ... and maybe why he was one of my favorite characters in the book!
Which reminds me of another old discussion topic: Do you suppose Brendan Gleeson would be a good choice to play Newton in a biopic? ;-) (I'm asking purely out of curiosity; I have no opinion yet since I haven't seen the new movie yet nor am I very familiar with Gleeson's work. I've seen him in other movies, but, since I can't remember him, he must be one of those talented chameleon-like character actors who doesn't call attention to himself.)
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