harry potter geekery

[verbminx]

OK, so... last I heard, it was Clive "Insanely Hot" Owen who was going to be playing Sirius Black in The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Now it's Gary Oldman?
and David Thewlis as Lupin?
I guess I can leave my drool napkin at home for this one.

Thrilled that they cast Michael Gambon as Dumbledore, though. He's one of the very best actors I can think of. Another chameleon - can you quite fit Sir William from Gosford Park, Baltus van Tassel from Sleepy Hollow, General Zevo from Toys, the clockmaker from Longitude and the murderous gangster from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover into the same space in your brain? I can't. I think he'll do a great job.

(my personal choice would have been John Neville, who was Baron Munchausen and who played Well-Manicured Man on The X-Files for years, but he wasn't anywhere near up for consideration; as such, I am totally pleased that they cast Gambon.)

and hey, Timothy Spall - that Tweedledum/Tweedledee-looking actor who is in absolutely every English movie coming out in the last few years - is playing Peter Pettigrew. That's a good choice, except I like Spall, there's a kindness and generosity about him which may not be appropriate for Pettigrew.

this is all weird - I'm much more interested in the casting of the films than in the films themselves. This third one should be good, with Cuaron at the helm, but in general I have thus far mostly been a fan of the books and haven't liked the orgy of merchandising that came with the movies... the films themselves have had pacing and acting problems.

Alas for Clive Owen. Don't they know I was looking forward to that?
*sigh*

Comments

[eunice-branca.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize Michael Gambon was the gangster from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover! That movie is amazing. I love Greenaway's movies, so artistic! And Gary Oldman as Sirius Black should be interesting. He alwyas plays such interesting characters. I had a crush on him for hte longest time after watching The Professional.

[aquagirl.livejournal.com]

gary oldman as sirius? i just don't see it. sirius should be a rugged, early-forties type. i can think of a dozen actors better suited for that role.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

hence, clive "insanely hot" owen.

*sigh*

[amanda-mary.livejournal.com]

I actually thought it would be a good idea to cast Thewlis as Lupin before the announcement was made (or "word leaked out," whichever the case may be).

(*Braces self for stoning*)

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Thewlis as Lupin at all - actually, I like Thewlis a lot, I just don't think he's hot. As Lupin I guess he would be a lot like his character in Restoration (a guilty pleasure, for all but the painfully miscast Meg Ryan). I was just looking for My Husband Clive to be in the cast somewhere... hope against hope. They say he's probably going to do Jerry Bruckheimer's Arthurian movie instead, in the title role? (and part of me says - Arthurian movie, yay! but the other part says it's gonna suck if they let Bruckheimer anywhere near it... something borne out by what I heard about the script.)

[amanda-mary.livejournal.com]

As Lupin I guess he would be a lot like his character in Restoration

... And not at all like his character in Naked! (I know Alfonso Cuarón has a penchant for the transgressive, but ...).

Clive Owen would have made a wholly suitable Sirius, though. Gaz Oldman will have to issue a lot of mea culpas to make me overlook his participation in that "two felons and a baby" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0215516) picture, but I'm still holding out hope ... .

[purplecleo.livejournal.com]

David Thewlis would have made a better snape. Guh. I always envisioned Lupin as understatedly attractive.

Gary Oldman wasn't a bad choice in my opinion though, he was pretty nummy in Dracula.

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[verbminx.livejournal.com]

...twelve years ago. :(

[purplecleo.livejournal.com]

But Sirius had scruff and long hair, I bet there won't be much difference