The Many Faces of Albus
Jan. 4th, 2003 05:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vulgarweedWe've all seen the rumors, right, for this role left vacant by Richard Harris's tragic but hardly untimely death. Harris's Stand-In Gets a Star-Turn! Digital Necromancy With a Dead Man's Face! Ian McKellen! Michael Gambon!
Yeah, maybe.
Answer me this, who would you WANT to see?
Here are my picks, straight from pulledoutofmyass.com, where all the best knowledge is found.
Christopher Lee Yeah, yeah, Count Dooku, Saruman, whatever. Fact is, though, this disconcertingly sexy 80-year-old, no matter how good he was as Dracula, or as Flay in Gormenghast, will always be Lord Summerisle to me. Can Lee play paternal and jovial? Definitely. Is there something extremely powerful, a bit creepy, and even downright eldritch about Dumbledore? Absolutely. (Could I see someone rather like Lord Summerisle maturing and mellowing into someone like Headmaster Dumbledore in a hundred years? Yes, actually. "Don't ask about pagan ritual sex and blood sacrifice, dear boy, that's all in the past for me and you're too young to need to know about it yet." Hee. Have an apple!
Peter O'Toole. Chronically underrated. Chronically brilliant when given room to stretch -- see The Ruling Class. Lawd yes - (and that should make all those who insist on turning Dumbledore into a sort of God/Christ figure happy. NOT!!) And if the role calls for twinkling, nobody does it better.
Sean Connery Does this really need explaining? Assuming he takes the trouble to actually act, that is - he's a dream when he does, a nightmare when he doesn't.
Michael Palin I woulda gone for John Cleese, but since he's already being shamelessly wasted, uh, I mean, cast in the franchise, let's give Palin a go. He too can twinkle.
Ian McKellen I love the man, but is he really going to be so eager to put on a long white beard again? We can't disregard this huge advantage, though: as Saturday Night Live viewers all know, he can also do Maggie Smith's part if he has to.
Yeah, maybe.
Answer me this, who would you WANT to see?
Here are my picks, straight from pulledoutofmyass.com, where all the best knowledge is found.
Christopher Lee Yeah, yeah, Count Dooku, Saruman, whatever. Fact is, though, this disconcertingly sexy 80-year-old, no matter how good he was as Dracula, or as Flay in Gormenghast, will always be Lord Summerisle to me. Can Lee play paternal and jovial? Definitely. Is there something extremely powerful, a bit creepy, and even downright eldritch about Dumbledore? Absolutely. (Could I see someone rather like Lord Summerisle maturing and mellowing into someone like Headmaster Dumbledore in a hundred years? Yes, actually. "Don't ask about pagan ritual sex and blood sacrifice, dear boy, that's all in the past for me and you're too young to need to know about it yet." Hee. Have an apple!
Peter O'Toole. Chronically underrated. Chronically brilliant when given room to stretch -- see The Ruling Class. Lawd yes - (and that should make all those who insist on turning Dumbledore into a sort of God/Christ figure happy. NOT!!) And if the role calls for twinkling, nobody does it better.
Sean Connery Does this really need explaining? Assuming he takes the trouble to actually act, that is - he's a dream when he does, a nightmare when he doesn't.
Michael Palin I woulda gone for John Cleese, but since he's already being shamelessly wasted, uh, I mean, cast in the franchise, let's give Palin a go. He too can twinkle.
Ian McKellen I love the man, but is he really going to be so eager to put on a long white beard again? We can't disregard this huge advantage, though: as Saturday Night Live viewers all know, he can also do Maggie Smith's part if he has to.
