Prisoner at the time, I couldn't help thinking that he would make a great
Serious Black.
Oh well, I liked Oldman in the updated Dracula.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marwan Saidi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:55 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> This is true, in fact, I think that her quote was something
> along the lines
> of:
>
> "Grandpa, If you don't play Dumbledore I will never talk to you again"
>
> There was some Harry Potter special on last Thursday, maybe
> on A&E, and they had the clip of the interview with Harris
> where he told that story...
>
> As to Branagh... maybe, but Gary Oldman is perfect, IMO. Just
> crazy enough... In the same special above, he was interviewed
> and said something along these lines:
>
> "You know, my children love the Legos, and now they have a
> lego version of ME!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyons, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:44 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
>
>
> It was OK though - they were strictly digital, and it was
> taken directly from the book. I don't know whether it would
> have been honest to the spirit of the book to have changed
> that scene though.
>
> My only quibble with it was that they should have used
> Kenneth Branaugh for Serious Black - I think he would have
> worked much better than his playing that foppish professor in
> the second film.
>
> There was an interesting story about Richard Harris when he
> was first offered the part of Dumbledore. He said that he was
> going to turn it down until he talked about it with his
> youngest granddaughter. Apparently she was so enthusiastic
> about his playing the part that he said after that he
> couldn't turn it down without being a cad.
>
> larry
>
>
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