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Recasting the Harry Potter Movie Cast

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Been thinking about this a lot since the new Harry Potter series was announced. While I honestly wouldn't mess too much with the kids themselves, a few of the adult actors in the original Harry Potter films were, I believe, miscast. Below is my fan casting for a few of the different adult characters, but feel free to share which actors you might have preferred to see in different roles! Below is my list, and if you don't see a name then I feel the casting was already good enough. I tried to keep my cast the right age for the movies timeframe of 20+ years ago, although I didn't limit myself strictly to British actors. So without further ado, here goes:

Tom Baker as Albus Dumbledore
Glenn Close as Minerva McGonagall
Liam Neeson as Severus Snape
Pierce Brosnan as Remus Lupin
David Bowie as Sirius Black

Who would you have wanted to see cast differently in the classic Harry Potter films? Post your fan castings below!
 
Have you seen any recent photos of Tom Baker? I'm not sure what's going on with him healthwise (other than he's elderly), but he looks like a walking skeleton.

As for the others... yikes. The actors in the movies were 15-20 years older than they should have been, due to Rowlings' insistence on Alan Rickman playing Snape and therefore Snape's classmates had to all be in his general age range.

A TV series would be a chance to remedy that. Now... race-swapping Snape? What's the point? And don't say Snape was never described in the novels. He was. And from what I've read on FB fan pages, people will complain that the animosity between Snape and the Marauders is race-based, when that's nowhere near the reason for it.
 
Generally really liked the casting, my big exceptions are I would have wanted, preferred Anthony Hopkins as Moody or maybe Voldemort or probably John Hurt (though he was of course good in small role as Ollivander) as Voldemort.
 
Wow--with JK Rowling producing, this show must be aimed at a particular audience many of whom declared the original series of books satanic and demanded they be banned from school libraries.
 
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hmmm...hard to answer this one, becuase, of course, the most perfect actors were cast and indelible in the role. But they did it pretty well for the Star Trek reboot, so here goes...


John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore
Dame Helen Mirin as Minerva McGonagall
Tilda Swindon as Severus Snape
George Cluny as Remus Lupin
Tom Hanks as Sirius Black
 
HIjol said:
hmmm...hard to answer this one, becuase, of course, the most perfect actors were cast and indelible in the role. But they did it pretty well for the Star Trek reboot, so here goes...


John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore
Dame Helen Mirin as Minerva McGonagall
Tilda Swindon as Severus Snape
George Cluny as Remus Lupin
Tom Hanks as Sirius Black
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According to the novels, the Marauders are supposed to be younger than 40. As in Sirius Black was only 36 when Bellatrix Lestrange killed him. :vulcan:

Not that I've got plans to watch this thing, but it would be nice if there was one thing rebooters did right when they have the ability to do so. Fandom is STILL arguing about the age of the actors playing the Marauders and Snape in the movies.


I would not describe the nuTrek casting as "pretty well".
 
Timewalker said:
Have you seen any recent photos of Tom Baker? I'm not sure what's going on with him healthwise (other than he's elderly), but he looks like a walking skeleton.

As for the others... yikes. The actors in the movies were 15-20 years older than they should have been, due to Rowlings' insistence on Alan Rickman playing Snape and therefore Snape's classmates had to all be in his general age range.

A TV series would be a chance to remedy that. Now... race-swapping Snape? What's the point? And don't say Snape was never described in the novels. He was. And from what I've read on FB fan pages, people will complain that the animosity between Snape and the Marauders is race-based, when that's nowhere near the reason for it.
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There is absolutely nothing about Snape that requires him to be white. And I don't see what's so important about the characters ages, it has the same amount of impact on the story as Snape's race, none at all.
 
JD said:
There is absolutely nothing about Snape that requires him to be white. And I don't see what's so important about the characters ages, it has the same amount of impact on the story as Snape's race, none at all.
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You know how audiences would interpret the Snape vs. Marauders part of the storyline, if the showrunner decides to go this route? It would become mired in race, just as other reboots have, and as The Handmaid's Tale did.

Regarding the latter, I agree that there are valid reasons to have a more diverse cast. But holy crap, it sparked so much animosity and people screeching about things that were so not the point.

Change for the sake of change... :rolleyes:
 
The people making shows and movies like this shouldn't limit their casting choices because of what a few people on the internet might think.
 
JD said:
The people making shows and movies like this shouldn't limit their casting choices because of what a few people on the internet might think.
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x 1000

I mean, if I'm being honest, even if I weren't on the anti-Rowling train, I probably wouldn't have much interest in this project simply because I've read the books multiple times and I've seen the movies multiple times and this version isn't going to be offering anything new. However, if anything, adding a little diversity to the cast would have been a point in its favor in my opinion.
 
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Timewalker said:
I've been seeing photos of a black actor who was apparently cast as Snape. If this is inaccurate, please confirm who actually has been cast.
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No clue. Haven't really been following the shows development. So I was looking for more information.
 
JD said:
There is absolutely nothing about Snape that requires him to be white.
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Historically speaking, when English writers use the term "sallow skin" it's in reference to a light-skinned ( typically white or at least European ) individual.
 
Set Harth said:
Historically speaking, when English writers use the term "sallow skin" it's in reference to a light-skinned ( typically white or at least European ) individual.
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I've always associated it with a sickly, yellowish appearance. Which tracks with Snape. My Googling seems to confirm this. Gray and brown are also used in describingthe term. It's also used, possibly pejoratively, to describe people from Southern Europe and Asia. So not typically white, light-skinned or European.
 
Set Harth said:
Historically speaking, when English writers use the term "sallow skin" it's in reference to a light-skinned ( typically white or at least European ) individual.
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I know he's described as white, I just mean in terms of his deeper character, his backstory and how things play out in his story arc.
 
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