# Dream Harry Potter casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136 "2004-06-07T18:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/21 "2004-06-08T01:45:22Z")
I was just looking at the OotP page over on [imbd.com](http://imbd.com) and someone suggested Gabriel Byrne as Lord Voldemort. I think hed be perfect. Also, the same message boards say that only European actors can be chosen for the parts, apparently this is what JK Rowling wants. There was no evidence sited to back this up, does anyone know if its true? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/22 "2004-06-08T01:50:56Z")
> [@Delly](#): > > I was just looking at the OotP page over on [imbd.com](http://imbd.com) and someone suggested Gabriel Byrne as Lord Voldemort. I think hed be perfect. > > Also, the same message boards say that only European actors can be chosen for the parts, apparently this is what JK Rowling wants. There was no evidence sited to back this up, does anyone know if its true? I thought I’d heard the same thing (but only British actors, not European). Gabriel Byrne’s played Satan before, so he might have some idea how to play moldy Voldy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/23 "2004-06-08T01:53:15Z")
Also, according to the same messageboards\*, Tom Felton (Draco) wants to go to University so he might not be signing on for OotP, and from [mugglenet.com](http://mugglenet.com) Alan Horn (Pres of WB) had to appeal to Emma Watson (Hermione) to get her to return for Goblet of Fire, it would be a pity to see her go, shes definately the better actor of the three. Im going now, and Im not posting in a HP thread for at least 12 hours! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/24 "2004-06-08T03:11:32Z")
> [@N. Sane](#): > > I would rather see Kate Winslet playing Tonks! Same here! And definitely Ewan McGregor as Bill Weasley How about: Mad Eye Moony: Liam Neeson Kingsley Shacklebolt: Samuel L. Jackson (too bad he’s not British, though) Kate is a hell of a lot prettier than Gwyneth. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/25 "2004-06-08T03:19:41Z")
> [@AmericanMaid](#): > > Since the release of “Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban” has sucked me into the Potterverse, I’ve been thinking about future movie casting. Granted, I had never dreamed of casting Gary Oldman for Sirius (I though Daniel Day Lewis would have been excellent). Anyone else want to play? > > New characters in “Goblet of Fire”: > Rita Skeeter – either Jennifer Saunders or Helena Bonham Carter. > Ludo Bagman – Sean Bean. > Viktor Krum – ?? > Fleur de la Coeur – I’ve heard a rumor that Kate Winslet is up for this role. > Bill Weasley – If they go the Kate route, Ewan McGregor could fit this role. > Charlie Weasley – I don’t think they’d bother having both older Weasley brothers. > Madame Maxime – ?? > Karkarov – Anthony Hopkins (to be cool for his grandkids). > Barty Crouch - ??? > Barty Crouch Jr. - Christopher Eccleston > Mad Eye Moody – already cast. Played by this guy: [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322407/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322407/) Totally not how I pictured the character. > > New characters in “The Order of the Phoenix” > Tonks – I thought the actress who played Scarlett in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” would have been perfection – but she’s dead. How about the chick who plays Bubbles in “Absolutely Fabulous”? > Kingsley - ?? > Bellatrix Lestrange – Helena Bonham Carter (if she doesn’t play Rita). > Umbridge – Dame Judi Dench > > I’m trying to figure out a way to cast Colin Firth. Sigh… Helen Mirren or Judy Dench as that Ministry Bitch ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/26 "2004-06-09T12:11:00Z")
Kate as Tonks definitely works for me! Has anyone heard whether they’re going to keep the Barty Crouch plot in “Goblet of Fire”? Because if that gets axed or tinkered with, there would be one less Barty to cast. I had heard that John Malkovich would be playing Voldemort. Could just be a rumor though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/27 "2004-06-09T12:27:51Z")
IMDb reported that a while back, but I think posters here debunked it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Audience](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Audience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Audience)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/28 "2004-06-09T16:55:39Z")
Wasn’t Jeremy Irons already in as Voldemort for #4? If not then he definately should. Also, I always pictured Anthony Hopkins as Moody while I was reading the book. It’s a shame they couldn’t get him. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/29 "2004-06-10T00:25:24Z")
Whatever happened to the rumor that Rowan Atkinson was cast as Voldemort? Was that debunked? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/30 "2004-06-10T00:41:27Z")
> [@AmericanMaid](#): > > Kate as Tonks definitely works for me! Has anyone heard whether they’re going to keep the Barty Crouch plot in “Goblet of Fire”? Because if that gets axed or tinkered with, there would be one less Barty to cast. I had heard that John Malkovich would be playing Voldemort. Could just be a rumor though. Don’t they kind of have to? Because it’s pretty essential to the plot-the false Moony being the one who puts Harry’s name in the Goblet. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/31 "2004-06-10T00:50:07Z")
Parker Posey as Rita Skeeter. Even though I think she’s very, very beautiful (lovely features, lovely face)…Kate Winslet is way too old to play Fleur. I also think Fleur is depicted as being very tall and slim and I think Kate Winslet is only medium-sized and hourglass shaped. When I think Fleur I think Leelee Sobieski (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136/32 "2004-06-10T01:12:24Z")
Alyson Hannigan as Tooks? She knows the magic casting but hates to be made up extensively, though. Not good for a transformer. As long as we’re in the Buffyverse, how about hubby Alexis Denisof as Barty Jr.? I forget how old Jr. is supposed to be, but that handsome classy unhinged type is his forte. Going to the equally improbable theater world–Faith Prince or Donna Murphy as Rita Skeeter. Krisitin Chenoweth as Fleur. Taye Diggs as Kingsley. David Garrison as Barty Senior. And back to the Brits, there must be a place for Rowan Atkinson somewhere. He’s terrific. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-harry-potter-casting/249136.md?page=1)