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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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WelshBoris · 25/04/2007 09:06

Oh yes Alan Rickman is Snape

Boco · 25/04/2007 09:05

Pruni i'm liking your suggestion - vey brooding

lemonaid · 25/04/2007 09:05

Viggo Mortensen

Blandmum · 25/04/2007 09:04

I think that Olman will come into his own in the later books where he (hopefully) will have a bigger role.

Best casting has to be for Snape and Lockheart. Stunning choices both!

LazyLineJobsworth · 25/04/2007 09:01

I was much happier with the Sirius choice than I was with the Lupin choice. Thewlis just seemed wrong.

LowFatMilkshake · 25/04/2007 08:58

I like Oldman - I think we would have warmed to him more if the films had actually included more footage of him in the Goblet of Fire as written in the books.

And I think Emma Thompson got Trelawney off to a 'T'

Pruni · 25/04/2007 08:57

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persephonesnape · 25/04/2007 08:42

I like oldman as well.

i think david tennant would have made a good sirius - maybe a little too young? but then who would be barty crouch jnr?

helena bonham carter looks fabulous as bellatrix lestrange ( from the brief glimpse in the trailer for OOTP)

Blandmum · 25/04/2007 08:30

Not Brian Blessed. They guy was pale and disheveled. Not big and burly. I think Oldman is good.

Don't think much of Emma Thompson as Prof Trelawny.

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Flamesparrow · 25/04/2007 08:18

Lupin I was slightly happier with (though not much)... Not seeing the Brian Blessed at all

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RubberDuck · 25/04/2007 08:16

(Professor Lupin is all wrong too - NO idea who I would have preferred to play him though)

RubberDuck · 25/04/2007 08:15

You need someone heavier set and more presence I think - like Brian Blessed.