# Mr. Bean to play Lord Voldemort?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212 "2004-01-07T14:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/41 "2004-01-08T13:23:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\* > **Sirius Black** I’ve always thought an emaciated Johnny Depp, who is far too pretty, but I can picture him easilydoing this. > \*\* Isn’t Gary Oldman playing Black? (Checks IMDB for the Prisoner of Azkaban) Yep, at least in that one. And David Thewlis is playing Lupin. See [here for a still from the production](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0304141/Ss/0304141/C517-30.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Thewlis,%20David). And what’s this about Rowling insisting on only “English” play roles in the films? Maybe we can get SAG to only allow Americans to play American roles then and chase out all those Brits and Aussies doing barely passable American accents? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/42 "2004-01-08T13:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*And what’s this about Rowling insisting on only “English” play roles in the films? \*\* Well, Richard Harris was Dumbledore so that can’t be right, can it? ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/43 "2004-01-08T13:46:07Z")
It looks like Rowan Atkinson will **not** play Lord Vol… erm, “he who’s name must not be spoken”: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid\_3376000/3376933.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_3376000/3376933.stm) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/44 "2004-01-08T14:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Well, Richard Harris was Dumbledore so that can’t be right, can it? \*\* Oh, come on. You know they’ve owned your asses for centuries now! Just kidding! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/45 "2004-01-08T15:16:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by everton \* > \*\*Which movie was that? \*\* The Secret Policeman’s Ball ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/46 "2004-01-08T15:24:59Z")
You’re right, he was in that. To nitpick, however, [the Secret Policeman’s Ball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083043/) wasn’t actually a Python movie, it was a benefit gig for Amnesty International that some of the Python guys happened to appear in. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/47 "2004-01-08T18:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jeanster \* > \*\*Umm, no. Actually he turned 49 this week. He was born in 1955 according to [this](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000100/). \*\* Yeah, but you’re forgetting that Britain is on the metric system and in an earlier time zone than we are, so he’s older… in other words :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Astra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Astra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/48 "2004-01-08T23:26:05Z")
Er, Cervaise, I assure you I am not a coffee table. All I’m saying is that the same rumor went around before, on many of the same entertainment sites that are publishing it now. My “grain of salt” remark applies to the entire IMDb. The information for movies that have been released is usually solid, but for movies in production or pre-production, the site is hit and miss. I can’t tell you how many times I have had to explain to someone that the cast lists for movies in production are usually user-submitted and that is why X is listed in the role of Y when X hasn’t even been approached for the role in reality. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/49 "2004-01-09T00:21:45Z")
Ah. Yes. The data on the movie pages is user-submitted and sketchily vetted, and not a hundred percent reliable, especially for movies in pre-production (it’s gotten a lot better lately, though). That much I agree with. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/50 "2004-01-09T03:15:33Z")
Voldemort is sort of like Mr. Bean though. Spoilers for Books 4 and 5: -An incredibly elaborate year long plan all designed to get Harry to touch a single random object. -An incredibly elaborate year long plan to remove a single object from a shelf… when it turns out that just blasting it with a single reducto curse that any 4th year can learn would work just as well. That’s some class act bumbling, that is. ---
**Author:** ![green\_ambrosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@green\_ambrosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_ambrosia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/51 "2004-01-10T12:48:51Z")
im confused. is anyone here from AUStralia… when is the third darn movie coming out, they were supposed to do it near christmas like lord of the rings… but i havent heard one damn thing about it yet… do any of u guys know why…? green [ambrosia@hotmail.com](mailto:ambrosia@hotmail.com) thanks y’all. 😛 _green ambrosia_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![green\_ambrosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@green\_ambrosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_ambrosia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/52 "2004-01-10T12:50:54Z")
oopsies, [greenambrosia@hotmail.com](mailto:greenambrosia@hotmail.com) :p:p:p:p:p ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/53 "2004-01-10T13:24:34Z")
The third movie is not scheduled for release until July 2004. They changed the schedule established by the others to give more planning time/a longer break between films. As it is, they’re planning on starting principal photography for movie 4 (Goblet of Fire) in June this year. ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/54 "2004-01-10T19:14:40Z")
Azkaban is going to be released in the U.S. & the U.K. on June 4th. (My birthday! Yay!) According to IMDB, it will be released in Australia on the 10th. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/55 "2004-01-10T19:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*As it is, they’re planning on starting principal photography for movie 4 (Goblet of Fire) in June this year. \*\* And probably with different actors as the kids since the current ones, perfectly cast as they are, are unfortunately getting a tad too “90210 Character:Actor Age Discrepancy” for the roles. Since Daniel Radcliffe has such a huge fan base, I pity whatever actor takes over for him. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/56 "2004-01-10T21:06:44Z")
Actually I read that Radcliffe is signed up for GOF. (I believe he’s about thirteen or fourteen, which is JUST the right age for Harry). ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/57 "2004-01-10T23:12:10Z")
Yep. Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are all signed to play the Trio again in GOF. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/58 "2004-01-11T03:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > And probably with different actors as the kids since the current ones, perfectly cast as they are, are unfortunately getting a tad too “90210 Character:Actor Age Discrepancy” for the roles. Dude, they’re at most only 2 years different to the ages they will be playing, in fact Emma Watson will be 14 as she is filming GoF, which is precisely the age she should be. Rupert Grint is the older, at 16 in August, and then Daniel Radcliffe will be 15 in July. They’re well within the age range they need to be. The real risk is that the movies are catching up with the books, and who knows _when_ Book 7 will be released? ---
**Author:** ![green\_ambrosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@green\_ambrosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_ambrosia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/59 "2004-01-11T03:40:06Z")
🙂 THANKS EVERYONE 🙂 😛 _green ambrosia_😛 ---
**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:** [January 11, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/60 "2004-01-11T04:10:06Z")
BTW, who else would you cast in _Harry Potter_? I’d like to see Ewan McGregor as Bill Weasely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212.md?page=4)