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Who SHOULD have been Sirius?

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Flamesparrow · 25/04/2007 08:11

I was torn with putting this in film or books, but went with books because that is where the description was...

Was discussing with friends over the weekend that Gary Oldman (as good as he is) just doesn't have the appeal that we felt Sirius had in the book... I can't quite work out who I would have preferred though.

Suggestions?

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Dimpled · 25/04/2007 22:49

but cali - did you see him as the Doctor being all brooding and fucked up. I saw him in a new (shaggable) light them.

(Hmmmm, fucked up men.)

Caligula · 25/04/2007 22:48

Oh yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk, you can have him, I'd kick him out of the bed and into yours and you can give me Johnny Depp in return thank you very much

Dimpled · 25/04/2007 22:48

Mrs Who's dog is much better - much truer to the book.

Glad anna Friel is not tonks - she irritates me so much - esp as once read that if the scales go abouve 8 stone she doesn't eat until they go back down again.

themildmanneredjanitor · 25/04/2007 22:47

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Caligula · 25/04/2007 22:46

Christopher Ecclestone is hideous, no way could he be Sirius - Sirius was drop dead gorgeous when he was young, girls looked hopefully/ admiringly at him in exams. GO was never handsome, he's wrong. Am liking all the other suggestions made for him though, particularly Pruni's one and Johnny Depp. [Swoon]

I like the bloke who plays Peter, but when trying to cast Orlando Bloom, can only think of him as ... rat-like Peter.

Love the dog, the one they've got is crap, Mrs Who's one is much better

MrsWho · 25/04/2007 22:45

No idea, Anna Friel was supposed to but then it was changed to someone I hadn't heard of so I didn't remember it

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MrsWho · 25/04/2007 22:30

NO comments on the dog yet?

Dimpled · 25/04/2007 22:08

agree CE is fab and wonderful actor but do not think he has the 'edge' needed for Sirius - not naughty boy enough.

janeite · 25/04/2007 21:56

Ooh I like the CE as Sirius post-Azkaban but not before - too clean cut methinks. I reckon he still had an edge to him, even when young and handsome.

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MrsWho · 25/04/2007 21:39

yeah that was my main issue with Oldman , Actor should have been 40 max for Sirius.

I meant dark as in looks ratehr than acting CE is excellent actor.

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MrsWho · 25/04/2007 21:33

CEs nOt bad actually though I think Sirius is darker.

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MrsWho · 25/04/2007 21:26

Snuffles

How sad am I I just phoned my Mam to aske her the breed of dog so I could google it to put on here Though it has distratced me briefly from my Dalek time line

mamijacacalys · 25/04/2007 21:09

Agree with the consensus re Snape. (Alan Rickman is a general god anyway and should have a knighthood or something, perhaps he's still a bit too young for a K?!)

Must also vote emphatically for Robbie as Hagrid - superb.

Also spot on casting IMHO, FWIW:
Julie Walters, natch
Emma Thompson, natch
Ken as Lockheart, natch
The Fast Show guy as Mr Weasley
Zoe Wannamaker as the Quidditch teacher, Emma Thompson, natch
Richard Harris (thought he was brilliant in the Wild Geese and still cry at the end of that film although the plot is generally rubbish!) Agree that Gambon is good (natch) but not quite. I don't think even McKellern could really do it for me after the standard set by RH.
The snivelly guy who plays the caretaker.
Think Oldman as Black is fine.
The kids are great, but Hermione is the weakest casting whereas Ron is the best actor.

Nikki76 · 25/04/2007 20:45

I wanted Kevin Kline as Sirius Black and Brian Blessed as Hagrid!

MrsWho · 25/04/2007 20:43

Oldman as Sirius works for me , but think they should have made more of his character in the film (especially GOF) he is supposed to be in OOTP more though.
It was Snuffles I had the problem with the dog in the film is not bear like its too smooth , the dog should be bigger and fluffier (or at least straggly to match Sirius) there are some dogs near me that look exactly how I picture but have no idea of the breed to google a picture.

RubberDuck · 25/04/2007 20:04

Oh I quite like Voldemort. I was a bit taken aback at first, because he wasn't how I envisioned him at all, but somehow Fiennes just works... think he fits the part brilliantly.

janeite · 25/04/2007 19:15

I like Emma Watson as Hermione a lot, although I don't feel that she's at all as described initially, far too pretty.

Ken - thought he made a great Lockheart, though I don't usually like him.

Snape - drooooooooooooooooool.

Sirius - I like the madness in him but I still feel he should be better looking. Like the suggestion of that guy who played Rochester. Johnny Depp might have done it well too, although I know he's not English.

Lupin I felt needed to be a bit less "stiff-upper-English" and a bit more erm.... wolfish! Can't think who though.

DumbledoresGirl · 25/04/2007 19:14

MB! You are a happily married woman!

Does he ever play nice roles though? I only ever see Jason Isaacs playing the meanest of mean roles which is a bit offputting.

BTW, no-one has commented on the role of He Who Must Not Be Named - oh no, I am DG, I can say his name: Voldemort. ANy ideas who could play him if not Whatever his name is? Fiennes chappy.

LowFatMilkshake · 25/04/2007 19:04

I stil find Emma Watson quite wooden as Hermoine. where as DR and RG seemed to have grown in to thier roles.

Also her attitude towards always being know as 'that girl in harry Potter' is a bit off. DR's attitude is much better.

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