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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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October · 25/04/2007 09:33

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DumbledoresGirl · 25/04/2007 09:32

He looks a bit gaunt and haunted there - not how Lockhart should be.

RubberDuck · 25/04/2007 09:32

"They guy was pale and disheveled. Not big and burly."

He was pale, disheveled and sunken - but I always got the impression in his prime he was a strong presence and big man - that's why it was more shocking how he'd suffered in Azkhaban (yes, I know I can't spell that without looking it up).

Maybe Brian Blessed after a lot of crash dieting

Pruni · 25/04/2007 09:31

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October · 25/04/2007 09:31

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Pruni · 25/04/2007 09:30

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DumbledoresGirl · 25/04/2007 09:30

Absolutely WB.

October, who is that man? And you think they are better looking than Ken? Ken was great at the smarminess Lockhart specialised in.

October · 25/04/2007 09:30

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October · 25/04/2007 09:29

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WelshBoris · 25/04/2007 09:29

IMO Ian McKellen should have been Dumbledore from the begining.

October · 25/04/2007 09:29

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DumbledoresGirl · 25/04/2007 09:28

Ooh I fancy Ken too.

Toby Stephens would be excellent as Sirius I have to admit.

DumbledoresGirl · 25/04/2007 09:26

I don't get why everyone seems to have been in love with the character of Sirius. I don't see him as a very attractive figure actually. Gary Oldman was fine as him IMO.

The real travesty is Michae Gambon as Dumbledore. It should have been Ian McKellen. I can't see him without thinking Dumbledore, no matter what production I see him in.

October · 25/04/2007 09:23

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October · 25/04/2007 09:22

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Boco · 25/04/2007 09:22

I had a really big crush on ken when he was in a series with emma thompson years and years ago - but i can't really remember anything about it, except that it was set during the war, and abroad somewhere

[vaguely wanders off, don't know why i shared that]

Pruni · 25/04/2007 09:22

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October · 25/04/2007 09:21

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Pruni · 25/04/2007 09:19

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October · 25/04/2007 09:19

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WelshBoris · 25/04/2007 09:17

You don't think Ken is good looking?

October · 25/04/2007 09:16

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WelshBoris · 25/04/2007 09:09
LowFatMilkshake · 25/04/2007 09:08

Oldman only has the next film Order of Phoenix because Sirius dies. If you ask me the director made a big mistake leaving out the whole Snuffles thing in Hogsmeade - I would happily sit through a 10 hour film just so the entire book could be on film.

BTW I love Julie Walters as Mrs Weasley and would love to see more of The Burrow

Boco · 25/04/2007 09:07

God yes i swoon over snape too - and that confuses me as he really camps it up and still manages to be sexy.

Wb i'm following your small tanned ass around today