Jim Sharkey wrote:
I've always wondered if she didn't create Snape's visuals with Rickman in mind.
He's just too perfect a fit.
What's fun about the movies is watching these fine English actors hamming it up
and having a good time. Emma Thompson in particular cracked me up.
I've been very partial to Rickman since GalaxyQuest (I'll admit I'm a
dork). Whether or not Rowling wrote the character with Rickman in mind,
I'm sure it was probably somewhere between Rickman and McKellan that I
saw in the part.
Dame Maggie Smith, I thought, was another brilliantly cast actor.
It is amazing that the filmmakers were able to tie together and contract
such a great cast for the movies. There aren't as many great,
classically trained actors in work outside of Shakespearean
performances, and here they are doing "kid's movies".
Of course, I still find it amazing that the books have pushed kids to
read several thousand pages of text.
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