# The Marauders (alternate casting)

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**Created:** [April 14, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marauders-alternate-casting/578329 "2011-04-14T03:36:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marauders-alternate-casting/578329/1 "2011-04-14T03:36:02Z")

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when it comes to movie adaptation, i find this character set in the harry potter books fascinating. i was practically praying that my choice of actor for sirius black would be psychically followed by the producers but it was not to be. but if we were to cast black, lupin, james potter and pettygrew as a set who will it be:

hogwarts-brooklyn:  
sirius black - robert de niro  
(deceased) james potter - al pacino  
remus lupin - james gandolfini  
peter pettygrew - joe pesci

director: brian de palma

hogwarts-southern california:  
sirius black - bruce willis  
(deceased) james potter - andy garcia  
remus lupin - samuel jackson jr.  
peter pettygrew - cheech marin

director: quentin tarantino

for an elderly quadruplet, the actors of prisoner in the iron mask:  
sirius black - gerard depardiu  
(deceased) james potter - john malkovich  
remus lupin - jeremy irons  
peter pettygrew - gabriel byrne

director: richard attenborough