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Right then, guys and gals. We've had eight movies to dissect and discuss. Some love them, some hate them, many fall somewhere in between (I count myself in that group, although erring on the side of "love them").

Now, whilst the idea has been put out there before, this thread is not intended to be used for discussing the merits or otherwise of a remake of the Harry Potter film series.

What I thought would be interesting to discover is who you think would be a good casting choice for your favourite HP characters if a new series was being made now and the original actor was unavailable. Therefore, primarily, this should be kept to actors who didn't appear in the series, although it would be interesting to see if you pick out someone who was, but who you feel might have done well in a different role.

So, let's have your ideas. I'm going to kick this off with:

David Wenham (known to many as Faramir in LOTR) as my nomination for the role of Remus Lupin.

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I think Christopher Plummer would have made an excellent Dumbledore.

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Actually, I don't feel a particular need to recast anyone.

If, however, someone else was supposed to give Severus Snape a try, my favourite would have been Robbie Carlyle.

He might be a bit short and he would have to sound less Scottish, but other than that I am certain he could have captured Snape pretty well ...

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I think I must be the only person alive who has not liked Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix. I always imagined Bellatrix as much taller and very aloof, now maybe I did not pay enough attention to her description in the books, my imagination does run away with me, but Liv Tyler, I think, would have been great.

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I think Johnny Depp would work. not sure if I want him as Severus Snape or Voldemort.
But, I know it is hard to imagine anyone else playing Snape. "Turn to page 394" "Obviously". And his facial expressions, sigh. if Johnny Depp wants to act in the movies, I think he would make a good Voldemort.

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I agree that Helena Bonham Carter doesn't look as Bellatrix is described but as Jo wouldn't allow non-British actors I'd have gone for Anna Chancellor.

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Woah, that's way out of left field, but having checked out more recent pics of him, I can see where you're coming from... he's got that twinkle in the eye that Harris had. Strange that the last time I saw him in action was as the Klingon General Chang in Star Trek 6!

Dumbledore, along with Snape, is one of the toughest to imagine a replacement for, I don't think anyone could top Richard Harris, with the possible exception of Ian McKellen (who, IMO, should have been Harris' replacement).

I'll throw another one in the mix though, and that's Bernard Hill (King Theoden) who I think could do well in the part now he's got a few more years on him.

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I think Johnny Depp would've been a good Sirius and how about Christopher Lee for Voldemort ?

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The author insisted on an all British cast.

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You're right, she did - and I do tend to agree that she was right.

However, if a remake of the series were ever to go ahead, I think that finding an all-British cast that hasn't been used already would be extremely difficult.

As this is a theoretical exercise, I am not applying any such restriction in this thread. I think the most interesting aspect of this discussion is what parts might be thought appropriate for overseas actors.

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Sean Connery as Dumbledore

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Some ideas...


Charles Dance as Barty Crouch Sr

Charlie Hunnam as Barty Crouch Jr

Bob Hoskins as Horace Slughorn

Christopher Ecclestone as Remus Lupin

Tom Hollander as Peter Pettigrew

Brian Cox as Rufus Scrimgeour

Mark Strong as Yaxley

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I know he`s ot British, but I would DEFINITELY cast Robert Carlyle as Snape.

He`s an amazing actor who is fantastic at darker roles, just like Alan Rickman,
(if you havent seen him on Once Upon A Time as Rumpelstiltskin, please do!)
And he looks exactly how I pictured Snape in the books!

Also, I totally agree that Johnny Depp as Sirius would be amazing,
as someone mentioned earlier in the thread, and ill bet Asa Butterfield
would be a great Harry, although its hard to imagine anyone but Dan playing him..

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There aren't all that many American actors I'd pick, but one guy I do like is Robert Downey Jr. I think he'd make an excellent Sirius Black.

I'm also going to throw Hugh Grant's name in the mix as Gilderoy Lockhart. I can see him in the Sir Ken Branagh role.

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Robert Carlyle is Scottish and is therefore British. I agree he is a very good actor, and I think he could do a very good Snape.

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I'm glad to say that Robert Carlyle is British :cool:

He could make a good Snape but he would have the same age issues Alan Rickman has. My personal favouite for the role of Severus Snape is Richard Armitage - anyone who's seen him in the BBC's North & South would see him pull off a very good buttoned up Northern
- I think he would balance the different aspects of the character well. :)

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Yes, yes yes!:clap::clap: I have also thought that Richard Armitage would be very good in the role of Snape. :D He can do a very good greasy snarl as well.:)

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Does the all-British requirement apply to magical objects too? Because I was going to suggest Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the Sorting Hat.

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When Richard Armitage was first suggested I remembered him from Spooks and North and South and thought 'no'. Then I remembered his Guy of Gisbourne and thought 'oh, yes!' Snape incarnate!

I'm trying to think of an alternative to Helen McCrory for Narcissa (she really didn't look the part to me) but I can't come up with a pale wispy actress who matches the description. Maybe Tilda Swinton?

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Oopsie...totally forgot about Scotland being a part of Britain. My bad! (blushes)

And I think I actually like Robert Downey Jr. as Sirius, too. Good one!

Im not familiar with Richard Armitage, unfortunately, but the pic def. looks convincing.
Ill have to look up his work sometime...

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This is gonna sound really weird, but I think Richard would've made a great James Potter (even if it's only a minor role) because I think he looks so much like an older Daniel Radcliffe.

What about Hermione Norris? She was also in Spooks. ;)

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Armitage with a Snape-cut and brown contacts. Mmmmmmm. Yeah.

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If we're going the LOTR route, how about Viggo Mortensen as Sirius? :rolleyes: He's obviously to old for the role, but so was Gary Oldman (I looked it up and they're pretty much the same age). Viggo would have been perfect if he was younger...

Love the idea of Armitage as Snape, but how about Michael Fassbender as Snape? I can see it.

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Lena Headey as Narcissa Malfoy, I mean heck just see her as Queen Cersei and she's already got the look down pat.

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Mark Strong definitely should have been in the series. Maybe not as Yaxley but he definitely would have made a great death eater.

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First, I'd bring James and Lily Potter down to their actual age. I'm going to go with Landon Liboiron for James and Rachel Hurd-Wood for Lily. I think, with some tweaking in make-up, they can easily play both teenage and adult Lily and James.

Also, I like to imagine child Lily as the little girl from The Time Traveler's Wife. Brooklyn Proulx is the actress's name.

For Sirius, I think Ian Somerhalder looks very much the role. He could easily play both pre-Azkaban and post-Azkaban Sirius. Not sure about the acting, though.

I don't like recasting Dan because he's sort of become Harry Potter but, if I could, I'd inject something to make him grow taller. :whistle:

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John Rhys-Davies as Hagrid.

Christopher Ecclestone as Voldemorte.

I cannot think of any other person to take the place of Dame Maggie Smith.

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The first actress that springs to mind that has the gravitas to play McGonagall is another Dame, Judi Dench.

John Rhys-Davis as Hagrid, I like that one. Bit of a change in stature after playing Gimli :rotfl:

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I'll be on my own on this one - Martin Shaw to play Dumbledore - he has very twinkly eyes......

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Wow, absolutely!

I'm happy with most of the casting in reality but just for fun...

Tom Hiddleston as Remus Lupin (If the Marauders ages were to be similar to those in the books ie a bit younger than the films made it out to be)

Michael Fassbender as Voldemort

And I can't think of anybody in particular, but somebody, anybody else to play young Tom Riddle in HBP.

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I got a curve-ball for ya. Albus Dumbledore ........ Morgan Freeman.

It was the suggestion about Christopher Plummer that got me wondering, I checked out some more recent pics of him and in one he looked just like a white Morgan Freeman.

Christopher Plummer

Morgan Freeman

Whaddya think to that?

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Adrien Brody as Severus Snape

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Stop the press. I just found Hagrid.

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O.K Guys. Here are some more suggestions for you:

Meryl Streep or Glenn Close as Umbridge
Tilda Swinton as Madame Maxime
Liam Neeson, Clive Owen, or Pierce Brosnan as Lupin
Angelina Jolie as Bellatrix Lestrange
Judi Dench as McGonagall
Keith Richards as Mad Eye Moody
Christoph Waltz as Voldemort

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I always thought Ian McKellen would have been a better choice for Dumbledore... also heard that Gabriel Thomson was considered for Harry and think he probably would have been more suited (much as I love DR ;) )

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i give you Martin Shaw:-

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/a...-857103489.jpg

Give him Dumbledore's robe and beard and I think we'd be well on our way!

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I could see Brain Cox as Mad Eye Moody. I don't mean the physicist,:lol: but Brain Cox the actor.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...w_1438205c.jpg

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You might be on to something there. Which is kinda scary, given that I remember watching him in The Professionals (showing my age a bit there!):

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...2_1975131b.jpg

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I'm with Martin Shaw for Dumbledore, he'd be great.
It's easier with naming the adults but hard looking for another "Harry".

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I think Alyson Hannigan for Ginny, almost anyone for Ron (sorry Grint lovers, but I'm just not a fan), Alex Pettyfer for Cedric, and Landon Liboiron for Harry

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Benedic Cumberbatch = James Potter

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Karen Gillian would be a fantastic Ginny in my personal opinion!

I also think Benedict Cumberbatch would've been a great Sirius Black, Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort.

Kate McGrath could also be a cool Bellatrix.

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Stephen Fry should have been Dumbledore.

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Yes! What a good idea!

And Martin Freeman for Lupin?

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How about Toby Stephens as Sirius? (Or as anything really - he should just be in it!)

I still think Anna Chancellor would be a perfect Bellatrix. Did you see her in Pride and Prejudice playing Caroline Bingley? http://austenonly.files.wordpress.co...77_640_360.jpg

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Johnny Lee Miller as Lucius Malfoy
Robert Carlyle as Voldie or Snape
Ewan McGregor as Lockhart
Ewan Bremner as Pettigrew

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Hmmm... Trainspotting 2: Hogsmeade?

:rotfl:

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Eileen Atkins for McGonagall? http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...s_2189959b.jpg

And how about Tony Robinson for Wormtail?

I really can't choose between Brian Blessed and John Rhys-Davies for Hagrid - both would be excellent.

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Kelly McDonald and Shirley Henderson had a run, thought I'd give the guys a go.

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That's one scary looking woman... a bit too scary!

Good call!

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Absolutely!! I harkened on to this idea a couple months ago and fell in love with the idea of Adrien as Snape... I love Alan in the role, he's one of a kind and unparalleled in many ways - my only critique of him in the role of Snape ever was that he was too old for the role. Adrien would be a fantastic pick for adultSnape.

HA!! You don't even have to put him through 5 hours of makeup everyday, he comes already made up! :D

I, too, would have loved to see Ian McKellen play Dumbledore but I don't think he would have taken the role in a million years after playing Gandalf. He looks like the epitome of Dumbledore to me, a spry old man, lots of wrinkles and white hair with major intensity and an infectious smile. He would have been perfect.

Never heard of him before but having just looked him up he looks a lot more like the Harry I see in my head than Dan does - but even Gabriel still is missing something for me.

:rotfl: OMG! This is hillarious! I don't see him as James, personally (Benedict's face is a little to long and narrow and he doesn't have the boy-next-door quality I imagine James having; Benedict is a little too amazing-looking :D) I would love to see him in the HP movies, though. :agree:

tee-hee!! I see him as more of a Slughorn - which is weird because I never imagined I would cast Stephen Fry as Slughorn in my life! :D

My "In A Perfect World" casting choices based on looks alone (mostly roles I disagree with the film casting on):

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I always thought Judi Dench would make a perfect Delores Umbridge (and she'd have a blast playing that character, too). I would also consider Jane Horrocks as Rita Skeeter, Frances Tomelty as Molly Weasley, and Jent McTeer as Narcissa Malfoy. Brenda Fricker would be a good Pomona Sprout. Clive Owen for Sirius, Tom Wilkinson for Mad Eye Moody, Charles Dance for Dumbledore. And this is a stretch, but she could do it with her talent - Vanessa Redgrave for McGonagall. It is hard to think of any young un's to case as the kids...

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How about Eileen as Sirius' mother? :lol:

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I think with our fantasy re-casting we should keep to JKR's request for British only actors -- sorry JohnnyD and Adrien!

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o0o0o0o that would be good!

Why? It's fantasy casting, not real life casting. Fantasies, at least my fantasies, are not restricted to nationality. I see no reason to arbitrarily impose JKR's request for British-only actors on my totally unreal, it-would-never-happen-in-a-million-years, pipe dream fantasy re-cast of the movies.

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Adrien Brody, though not British, looks so much like I envision Snape that it's hard not to put him up. And as Goddess Clio points out, this is fantasy casting, not real casting.

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OK! ;) In that case my fantasy location for Hogwarts is the Smoky Mountains.:whistle:

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I am inclined to agree - as a Brit I find it very hard to think of any non-Brit's in a main role in HP.(with the exception of Kingsley... of course..)

Given the book descriptions of Mr Weasley have him as a small rotund wizard I was wandering about Toby Jones.....

And I fervently agree with whoever said Christopher Ecclestone as Voldemort and Mark Strong as a senior deatheater...

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For the sake of harmony I rescind my earlier championing of that dastardly American Adrien Brody from this thread, but retain him for my personal fantasy casting session.

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Definitely! At the very least, we need a school there.

Adrien Brody works for me, Brit ir not. I really like Richard Armitage as well.

And can we now have Ian McKellen for Dumbledore? Please....

Definitely!!

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If I were remaking the films for real, I would turn up at Ian McKellen's door with a VLCB (Very Large Cheque Book) and refuse to take "no" for an answer.

Adrien Brody certainly looks the part for Severus. Even if he is a Merkin.

However, for further consideration in the role, I submit: Mads Mikkelsen

He wouldn't make a bad Lupin either ...

Someone earlier in the thread suggested Tom Hiddleston for Lupin; however, does any agree that he'd be a damn fine You-know-who?

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Yes, he'd be good. :) Tom can do dark. (Canon Voldy has about as much personality as spaghetti, so you need a charismatic actor like Fiennes - or Hiddleston - to bring him to life.)

Yeah, but it's a British setting. So in this fantasy scenario your any-nationality fantasy cast would be able to do a decent British accent ... right? ;)

:lol:

I've always liked the notion of Adrien Brody for Severus. :) He has the NOSE. :D And the thin, pallid look. I imagine he could do a good English accent. Preferably a Northern one. :)

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It's your fantasy remake, you can set the castle anywhere you want. That's my point.

The whole point of recasting the movies to me, though, is finding the ideal actor to play the role regardless of nation of origin, whether they're Irish, Canadian, American, South African, Australian... I don't think that's anything to fuss about, personally. This is never going to happen in real life so why get so riled up about an American playing a leading role in the HP series? I didn't hear anyone complaining when Sam Worthington, an Aussie, was playing the lead role of an American soldier in Avatar. Or when Guy Pearce, also an Aussie, was playing King Edward VIII in The King's Speech. Or when Johnny Depp, an American, was playing an English pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean. And these were actors who were actually cast in actual movies. We're talking about casting actors in a completely make believe remake of the HP series. Why arbitrarily limit yourself to such a small pool of actors?

Also, from the words of the person who started the thread (Peakes):
(my underlining)
This thread was never intended to be a British-only recast. If that's a restriction you want to impose on yourself than go ahead, whatever floats your boat, but please don't impose that restriction on everyone else.

What an interesting guy! I see him more in a Snape role and less in a Lupin role, he's got a great mysterious quality to his looks that I think would be great for Snape.

My fantasy cast is primarily based on looks (which actor I think has the right "look" to be that character) and not so much on acting ability (as I have made an argument for Steve Buscemi as Mad Eye Moody) but yes, in my fantasty recast the actors would play the role with the perfect accents, the perfect read on all the lines, the perfect physicality, the perfect make up, the perfect wardrobe, etc.

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Well, they already sort of broke the "Only British" cast rule when they cast Evanna Lynch as Luna since she's Irish.

Have we ever seen any Scottish actors in the HP movies? May JK just meant "No one from outside the UK, but can still use Irish and Scottish actors."

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Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) and Bill Nighy (Scrimgeour) spring to mind, there are probably some more...

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Scotland is part of the UK as is Northern Ireland. "British" also extends to the Republic of Ireland as it is part of the British Isles.

And before Evanna there was Richard Harris who was Irish.
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The girl who played Cho Chang (I can't remember her name!) was Scottish. :cool:

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Not to forget David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.) who's Scottish, too :relax:

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Gwyneth Paltrow for Narcissa?
David Suchet for Slughorn?
Damien Lewis as Lupin?

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And Alan Rickman is Welsh-Irish so we have Wales covered also.

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Stephen Fry as Slughorn but as he was written in the book not as played in the movie.

Tony Robinson as Argus Filch.

Jean Marsh as Bellatrix. She made a fantastic evil witch in the film "Willow".

And doesn't everyone want Peeves written into the movies, so who would you have?

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How about the actor who was cast, but we never got to see? Rick something or other, sorry having a Senior Moment.

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If anybody watched the old school Doctor Who, they would understand where I'm coming from when I say Tom Baker as Dumbledore.

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I was going to suggest Tom Baker as Dumbledore. :lol: So it isn't just me who could see that working.



Rik Mayall. :)

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I'm not imposing any restrictions on anybody! I merely note that many posters on here are "purists" who spend a lot of time paying homage to the author's "vision" and complaining that the film-makers don't pay enough attention to the author's "vision".

My view - anybody who can visualise some of the mainstream Hollywood names mentioned on here in an adaptation of HP must have a very strange take on the author's vision.

Carry on!

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Hehe, I bave to admit that envisioning anyone in Harry Potter without a British accent (apart from the continental European chars, ofc) would sound plain wrong to me :)

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Great suggestion. :tu:

Dumbledore has a dark side, as revealed in DH. Baker would convey that extremely well, as well as Dumbledore's outer eccentricities.

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Assuming that JKR wanted an all-Brit cast only because she wanted the accent right (not sure if this is true), I'd say we can ask actors to fake accents. I mean Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Brad Dourif etc managed quite well in LOTR, didn't they?

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Another Dumbledore for discussion... Maurice Micklewhite. I hadn't considered him before, but it turns out he does good beard:

Of course, you know him better as Michael Caine!

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If that's true about accents, they still got it partially wrong seeing how the each member of the Weasley family seems to speak with a different type of British accent.

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Remembering Brad Dourif as Grima in LOTR I reckon he could do a good Filch.

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I always assumed she wanted to restrict it to an all British cast with British locations and a British crew so all the money that went to making the movies would stay in Britain and support the British economy. I can very much imagine an outraged country if an all British cast was flown to Hollywood for filming. :no: The movies were bolstered by being able to visit real locations with real British architecture and not something that was created on a sound stage.

Anyway, back to the point.

LOVE that suggestion!!

As for a request for a casting of Peeves, this is absolutely a place where I could imagine an irritating as hell actor like Gilbert Godfrey as being perfect but I don't know if I could stand Gibert Godfrey in the HP movies - I can hardly stand him during those 30 second long Aflac commercials. :p Granted Peeves would only be in the movies for about two minutes...

I just watched Kings Speech again last night - what about Geoffrey Rush as Mad Eye Moody?? :D I think he'd have a lot of fun in that role!

(P.S. Happy 4th of July!!!)

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That's rarely a consideration.

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I have Game of Thrones on my mind, and I thought Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would be a good Lockhart...Hmm or Lucius Malfoy.

And then Jack Glesson as Draco? He's to old to play him from the beginning, but he'd be a good Draco regardless.

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Hmmm....Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Lucius Malfoy, Lena Headey as Narcissa Malfoy and Jack Gleeson as Draco...

Wow, GoT gave us the perfect Malfoy family casting!

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is too beautiful for Lucius, personally. I never pictured Lucius as a hunky man-god. I imagined him to be a thin, chinless Ministry brown-noser who has to rely on his powers of persuasion and ingratiate himself with the right people through bribery and negotiations because he didn't have devilish good looks to fall back on. :shrug:

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is hunky, though. :)

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Lena would be a great Narcissa! When I first read your post I was going to disagree with you, but thinking back on her performance on GoT....It fits!

:lol: I wasn't think practically when I said Nikolaj for Lucius ( I was pretty much thinking, what other blond guys are in HP), but I can still see it. I guess it's more on how he speaks that sold me to the idea. Nikolaj can voice Lucius in an animated movie! :yuhup:

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Paul McGann as Lucius Malfoy. I can see him going from arrogant to snivelling.

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David Threlfall as Snape

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Mattew MacFayden as Remus Lupin and Harry Lloyd as Tom Riddle.

And a risky one: I love Gary Oldman's work in HP, but I think David Tennant would be an excellent Sirius.

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You know what, I can totally see that. :tu:

But not with his native Scottish accent. I adore it, but Sirius is not written as Scottish. :)

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That is a really, really good choice actually. One of those: I wish I had thought of that ideas.

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Hugo Weaving as Lucius.

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I agree with your first two picks, especially Matthew MacFayden, could totally see it!

However Tennant? A risky pick indeed...he doesn't seem to have enough of that cool guy/bad boy thing to pull off Sirius Black.

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I get Hugo Weaving and Jason Isaacs mixed up all the time; they look really similar to me. They're like the older version of Shia LeBouf and James McAvoy - they're like the exact same person :lol:

I have a hard time seeing Matthew MacFayden as Lupin, personally. I'm forever tainted by his tepid Darcy and have a hard time separating him from Tom Quinn in Spooks/MI-5. (I haven't watched that show since its about 8th season and I just looked Matthew up on IMDB and saw he's in an episode in season 10!!! EEP!! I want Zoe to come back, though. I miss her.)

I agree, he's more of an adult Lupin for me, personally. The way Sirius is described in the books I always got the impression he was built more like a jock and was more "typically" good-looking and for me David Tennant is good-looking in a much quirkier way.

Okay, what about Rowan Atkinson as Peeves? Or Filch? Or ( :scared: ) Snape?? :lol:

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Or James :lol:

He doesn't seem "scary" enough to me to be Peeves or Filch. I can't see him as Snape.

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Tom Cruise as Kreacher... Jac Kreacher.

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Jude Law as Narcissa Malfoy. (Make that Tilda Swinton)

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Tilda Swinton has my vote for Narcissa.

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Well I've seen some ideas and I find them amazing:

Robert Downey Junior as Sirius Black would be stunning but he should get the screen time he deserves, if not there would be no sense in casting him, he always steals the show and giving him the sreentime sirius had in the films would be stupid.
Obviously I go for Ian McKellen as Dumbldore, the guy is perfect!
Michael Fassbender as Voldmort actually made my mind explode! That choice would be some of the best casting ever made in history.
David Wenham as Remus Lupin really was a great idea!
A for the old cast I'd say that warwick Davis and Alan Rickman should absolutely remain they were unforgettable and I must say that the Weasleys were perfect in every sense, unfortunately the kids have grouwn up but there choice was stunning.

Now as for my ideas I have some:

Firstly the most hilarious is Tom Cruise as Ludo Bangman, I'd really have a laugh with that!

Colin Firth as Hagrid

Samuel Jackson as Kingsley

Hugo Weaving as Snape

Ewan McGregor as Lockhart

Not regarind casting: I'd have Christopher Nolan as director ;)