Well, you’ll notice I only saiddiscussions," so what are you disagreeing with?
I didn’t say he was ever offered the part, I only said Spielberg wanted him, which he did.
No, I read it more than one place in the entertainment press. He wanted to add an American character and condense three books into one. it just never got beyond the spitballing stage. You can call his ideas “suggestions” if you want to. Rowling rejected him specifically because he wanted to cast “I see dead people” in the lead. I’m postive about that, although it’s been so long I doubt it’s citable anymore.