# John Malkovich as Voldemort? NOOOOOOO!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046 "2004-05-01T22:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/1 "2004-05-01T22:31:36Z")
[Story](http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=EBED0E76-E576-4040-81CF-FE9D560A4E78) Am I the only person who thinks that Malkovich is one of the most overrated actors in movies today? When I read the (false rumors) that Rowan Atkinson would play Voldemort or that Leonard Nimoy was being considered for Dumbledore I actually could see it sort of, but I can’t see this one. I always pictured Rufus Sewell, James Frain, or somebody else young, dark, and English. But I just honestly can’t see One-trick Malkovich tackle the role even if it is a villain in a children’s book (besides which, I thought that Rowling specifically wanted English actors in the series). Your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/2 "2004-05-01T22:36:39Z")
Hey, Malkovich is pretentious and theatrical, that’s just as good as being British! 😉 I kid, I kid. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/3 "2004-05-02T00:19:34Z")
I, too, would rather John Malkovich not appear in the HP movies. Because then I might be convinced to actually go and _see_ the movie. And I really haven’t liked either of the _Harry Potter_ movies they’ve made so far. (Haven’t read the books, either, and based on the movies, I don’t plan to any time soon.) ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/4 "2004-05-02T01:58:37Z")
WTF! He can’t play him! He looks NICE! Voldemort can’t look nice! He is EVIL. They better do a lot of makeup on him, including the slits for eyes, almost like cats eyes. If he has blue eyes instead of red I will LOSE IT. I don’t like who is playing Sirius Black, or Remus Lupin for the 3rd movie. They are both supposed to look handsome in a sort, and neither of them look it. Grrrr. I don’t like this casting. :mad: If they screw up teen James, Sirius, and Remus, I swear, I will go crazy. :mad: Can you tell I am a Potter freak? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/5 "2004-05-02T02:08:56Z")
No, **flamingbananas** , I didn’t have a clue. Malk looks nice? (For some of the movie, by the way, it’ll be his voice only). Onscreen, he’s usually quite cold and distant, I can’t think of any actor who comes across as less friendly. Maybe Alan Rickman, but sometimes he uses it to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/6 "2004-05-02T02:13:37Z")
Well from the picture he looked nice…they shouldn’t put nice pictures for such an evil guy…_fights losing battle_ What movies was he in again? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/7 "2004-05-02T02:13:54Z")
I think it’s a good choice. He might overact it abit, but so did Kenneth Brannagh. He’ll do a good job. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/8 "2004-05-02T02:16:23Z")
You need to overact it. It’s VOLDEMORT. The most evil guy in the wizarding world. People don’t repeat his name. Better overact it, then make him seem nice. I hope he looks scary. He better look scary. If he doesn’t…_blood pressure rises_ ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/9 "2004-05-02T02:19:13Z")
Umm…guys? This link was posted in another thread: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv\_film/newsid\_3670000/3670139.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3670000/3670139.stm) Apparently it’s just a rumor. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/10 "2004-05-02T02:19:31Z")
You do realize that probably 90% of this film’s budget is spent on the special effects, right? Given the way they’ve tried to adapt every word Rowling wrote, I don’t imagine they’ll try something radically unusual. By the way, overacting doesn’t make people scarier, it makes them look silly. That’s why it’s called overacting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/11 "2004-05-02T02:28:08Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Umm…guys? This link was posted in another thread: > > [CBBC Newsround | TV FILM | Warner Bros kill Voldemort rumour](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3670000/3670139.stm) > > Apparently it’s just a rumor. Egg-sellent… So that’s the second Voldemort rumor. According to scripture there will be another, and it will be the worst yet. I’m guessing… COREY HAIM! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/12 "2004-05-02T19:09:29Z")
Quoth **flamingbananas** : > [@](#): > > They are both supposed to look handsome in a sort, and neither of them look it. Which books were you reading? Sirius, at least after _ahem_ the relevant events, is supposed to look chilling and haunted, and nobody even wants to sit next to Remus because he looks like a tramp. Just because so many people developed crushes on the _characters_ doesn’t mean that they look handsome. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/13 "2004-05-02T20:44:25Z")
Well I like JM and I think he plays evil well, but I knew it had to be a rumor because whoever signs to play him now signs for rest of the rest of the series. Or you would think. I still havn’t read HP5. Is is any better than 4? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/14 "2004-05-02T20:51:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Just because so many people developed crushes on the _characters_ doesn’t mean that they look handsome. That’s Potter-mania for you, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/15 "2004-05-03T01:59:02Z")
I just read about this in [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com), and they normally have their facts correct, so it’s baffling that they would screw up so badly this time. Althuogh I like Malkovich, I like the fact that all the actors in the HP movies have been English (or Scottish, Irish, etc.) so I would hate if they changed the M.O. now. ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/16 "2004-05-03T06:06:41Z")
Bugger. It’s only a rumor? I was dusting off my libido at the mere _idea_ of Rickman and Malkovich in the same movie. If they threw Jeremy Irons into the mix I swear they’d have to give it an NC-17 rating. Rrowwrr. Any news yet as to who Voldemort will be? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/17 "2004-05-03T13:27:40Z")
> [@Heloise](#): > > I just read about this in [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com), and they normally have their facts correct, so it’s baffling that they would screw up so badly this time. > > Althuogh I like Malkovich, I like the fact that all the actors in the HP movies have been English (or Scottish, Irish, etc.) so I would hate if they changed the M.O. now. I started the Mr. Bean is Voldmort thread and it was explained to me that the ‘news’ on the IMDB is broken into two sections. The top section - Movie and TV News - is the gossip section while the lower or Studio Briefing is ‘news’. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/18 "2004-05-03T13:37:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Egg-sellent… > > So that’s the second Voldemort rumor. According to scripture there will be another, and it will be the worst yet. I’m guessing… > > COREY HAIM! That is just _pure_ evil! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/19 "2004-05-03T13:51:31Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I think it’s a good choice. He might overact it abit, but so did Kenneth Brannagh. Um, **Shirley** , you do realize that Brannagh was _supposed_ to overact his role. He was Gilderoy Lockhart, for the love of Mike! I can’t say how glad I am to hear the Malkovich thing is a rumor. I really don’t like him as an actor, and was dismayed when the other thread was posted. Great news! Snicks ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046/20 "2004-05-04T02:09:45Z")
> [@Granuaile](#): > > Bugger. It’s only a rumor? I was dusting off my libido at the mere _idea_ of Rickman and Malkovich in the same movie. If they threw Jeremy Irons into the mix I swear they’d have to give it an NC-17 rating. Rrowwrr. > > Any news yet as to who Voldemort will be? Actually Jeremy Irons wouldn’t be bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-malkovich-as-voldemort-nooooooo/243046.md?page=2)