Actors that portray their characters well

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Hi

Which actors in the HP films do you think that portray their respective characters the best?

My list:
I think Umbridge in the film is excellent - she really gets that sickly sweet feeling across but yet is still horrible at the same time!

Richard Harris: He has that calm that Dumbledore in the book has. Michael Gambon acts more Gandalf-like than Dumbledore-like. However this has been discussed fully in another topic

Luna Lovegood - the Irish actress that plays her is very suitable - she looks so dreamy and if she has walked everywhere by accident!

Who are your favourites?

hussey

+1 for Richard Harris, he was amazing just perfect.

Snape was great in the first two, really horrible to watch and you hated him

Cathmandooo

I didn't hate or fear Snape enough in the films. He generally made me laugh, good actor but not a match for the scary character in the book.

I'd say the same for Umbridge but I did like how upbeat but secretly evil she was played in the film. In the book when Harry was made do the lines it sent shivers down my spine, the film just didn't capture the feeling of the pen digging into his hand (but perhaps thats the scenes fault rather than the actress).

Luna Lovegood would be spot on, just perfect and exactly how she should be.

Seamus was how I pictured him also.

It's hard to remember at this stage what my initial reaction and expectation was to the characters who have been there since day 1. Dudley always annoyed me, he wasn't what I had in my head at all.

Peter Pettigrew was played very well and true to form of the book.

Black Swan

Emma Watson plays a grand nerd witch apprentice as Hermione Granger in HP, and is said to be a bit of a nerd in real life?

"She achieved eight A* and two A passes in her GCSEs (exams English school pupils take in their last compulsory year of secondary school).

Attended The Dragon School, a renowned preparatory school in Oxford, between September 1995 and July 2001. She then went on to attend Headington School, a private all-girls school, between September 2001 and July 2006."

Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914612/bio

Attended the "Dragon" school and she's a witch? What a craic!

flazio

David Thewlis as Remus Lupin for me. That tired look but that care and admiration for Harry as one one of the Marauders was beautiful to watch. Apart from Daniel Radcliffe's little "HE WAS THEIR FRIEND" wobble, everyone put in a great performance as their character in that film (Yes even Gambon as Dumbledore was wonderfully sparkly). Gleeson as fake Mad Eye was good, and I'm sure the classroom scene where Mad Eye singles out Seamus Finnigan for the gum was a nice nod back to the Irish education system.

dazf

I believe Alan Rickman as Snape is great!!!

lostanddribling

Evanna Lynch as Luna is excellent!:D and alan rickman, maggie smith and that one who plays mrs. weasley are all great too!oh yeah, and ralph fiennes FTW!!

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Oh some really good ones!

I agree - the actress that plays Mrs. Weasley is excellent - she really gets the strict yet loving attitude across

eVeNtInE

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Scarinae

I think Seamus is awful! He comes across as such a pikey

I remember thinking the Weasley twins seemed really wooden when I saw the first film, but they have greatly improved. In fact, a lot of the young actors were pretty bad in the first film, but have got a lot better - I thought Emma Watson was a complete overactor in the first one too, but she's much better now.

I actually really liked Kenneth Branagh's Lockhart... I had imagined Lockhart being a bit younger when I read the book, but I didn't mind it so much when I actually watched the Chamber of Secrets

claire h

Beyond the first movie, Emma Watson, definitely. So perfectly Hermione.

I think most of the Weasleys are very well cast - be interested to see how Ginny develops in the upcoming movie.

mach1982

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Emma Watson plays a grand nerd witch apprentice as Hermione Granger in HP, and is said to be a bit of a nerd in real life?

"She achieved eight A* and two A passes in her GCSEs (exams English school pupils take in their last compulsory year of secondary school).

Attended The Dragon School, a renowned preparatory school in Oxford, between September 1995 and July 2001. She then went on to attend Headington School, a private all-girls school, between September 2001 and July 2006."

Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914612/bio

Attended the "Dragon" school and she's a witch? What a craic!

And she is the only one of Trio that is going to University to finish off her education , just like Hermione went back to Hogwarts to get her NEWTS.

Patricide

Best portrayel i think was hagrid. Harris's dumbledore was fantastic also. Luna was pretty much EXACTLY as i had imagined her. Umbridge and mrs weasly were also great.

Am i the only one who thinks that Danielle Radcliffes harry is possibly the most agrivating character in all time movie history?

Crumble Froo

im still annoyed that daniel radcliffe doesnt have green eyes. he's nothing like i imagined.

ron, particularly in the first film, was awesome. he's waht made me keep watching it (i dont generally like films, and ive just realised that ive not seen the latest one.. ive not seen umbridge or luna, so can't comment on them).

dumbledore was great in the earlier ones, and snape and mcgonagall were perfect, i thought. twins were nothing like i'd imagined them really.

flazio

Crumble Froo wrote: »

im still annoyed that daniel radcliffe doesnt have green eyes. he's nothing like i imagined.

ron, particularly in the first film, was awesome. he's waht made me keep watching it (i dont generally like films, and ive just realised that ive not seen the latest one.. ive not seen umbridge or luna, so can't comment on them).

dumbledore was great in the earlier ones, and snape and mcgonagall were perfect, i thought. twins were nothing like i'd imagined them really.

They tried to fit 11 year old Daniel Radcliffe with Green contacts but he suffered a reaction to it, so rather then get rid of Radcliffe and spend thousands of dollars that they didn't have yet auditioning another kid with either natural green eyes or could wear the lenses without a reaction, they decided to let that one smal piece of canon pass.

Overheal

Definitely Alan Rickman as Snape in the top slot. Though to be fair he gets easily the best supporting character out of all the books.

Emma Watson for Second. Age 19? I'd hit that. And oh yeah she can act. >_>

James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps for their role as Fred and George Weasley. They get almost no screen time but whenever you see them you end up grinning. Funny pair.

All in all though its hard to think of many actors that havent fit into their roles. I like Brendan Gleeson well enough, but he didn't play the Mad Eye Moody I had in mind. Draco is a pain to watch on screen most of the time too.

Toots

Overheal wrote: »

Draco is a pain to watch on screen most of the time too.

+1, he's really annoying. I know he's meant to be annoying in the books, but that's more you're supposed to dislike him cos he's the 'baddie' not because he's useless.

DancingQueen:)

I like Ron
he just makes the character
Cant wait for the new film xx

mach1982

flazio wrote: »

They tried to fit 11 year old Daniel Radcliffe with Green contacts but he suffered a reaction to it, so rather then get rid of Radcliffe and spend thousands of dollars that they didn't have yet auditioning another kid with either natural green eyes or could wear the lenses without a reaction, they decided to let that one smal piece of canon pass.

They could , once the series is finished go back and digital change his eye to green.

Handsome Bob

I really like Rupert Grint (the best of the trio IMO), Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman. I've read the books again recently and I could just perfectly imagine them all as their characters.

I am a bit underwhelmed by Daniel Radcliffe. Then again it could always be worse, thank god Spielberg didn't muscle his way into this franchise as we would have had Haley Joel Osmond (of "I see dead people" fame) as Harry Potter. I think Spielberg also wanted an American setting rather than a British one. Seriously WTF like?

Patricide

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I really like Rupert Grint (the best of the trio IMO), Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman. I've read the books again recently and I could just perfectly imagine them all as their characters.

I am a bit underwhelmed by Daniel Radcliffe. Then again it could always be worse, thank god Spielberg didn't muscle his way into this franchise as we would have had Haley Joel Osmond (of "I see dead people" fame) as Harry Potter. I think Spielberg also wanted an American setting rather than a British one. Seriously WTF like?

As far as i remember he wanted to set it as an american high school....hogwars would just not be the same...However id actually prefer haley joel osmond. Not that i actually like him as an actor but jeus christ danielle radcliffe is TERRIBLE!!(not to mention totally unlikeable)

WesternNight

Alan Rickman, without a doubt.

Of the kids, Rupert Grint.

And yeah...I'd happily chop Daniel Radcliffe from the cast. I just can't make myself like him as an actor.

Stench Blossoms

I think Helena Bonham Carter plays Bellatrix Lestrange very well.

afatbollix

back in the first film the director made radcliff watson and grint write an essay about there characters... watson wrote a 8 page essay radcliff wrote 2 pages and grint dident bother.... its just what there characters would of done :P..

saying that they best actors are clint, watson, Evanna Lynch( luna ) umbridge and up till the new movie dumberdore...

Ron DMC

afatbollix wrote: »

back in the first film the director made radcliff watson and grint write an essay about there characters... watson wrote a 8 page essay radcliff wrote 2 pages and grint dident bother.... its just what there characters would of done :P..

That is classic if it's true.

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Was the actor of Dumbledore acting different in this movie because he knew that Dumbledore (the character) was gay?

I felt like he was acting a bit homo and un-Dumbledore-ish like in the HP6 movie ("Harry you need to shave" etc.) - it's so not what Dumbledore in the book would do.

No offence to gay people, just an observation.

Patricide

back in the first film the director made radcliff watson and grint write an essay about there characters... watson wrote a 8 page essay radcliff wrote 2 pages and grint dident bother.... its just what there characters would of done ..

Thats classic haha.

Lockstep

Alan Rickman as Snape is fantastic, really captures the feel.

Gambon as Dumbeldore; exactly how I pictured Dumbledore allright.


Don't get me wrong, I love Evanna Lynch (comes across as quirky and in a world of her own) but the girl who played Lavender Brown was more how I pictured Luna Lovegood.

Love Hagrid as well. Robbie Coltrane suits him well.

pagancornflake

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I love Evanna Lynch (comes across as quirky and in a world of her own) but the girl who played Lavender Brown was more how I pictured Luna Lovegood.

Luna is hawt

Lockstep

L-L-L-LUNAJACK

Tableman

Alan Rickman as Snape is perfect (He is great at playing assholes!)

Rupert Grint is good as Ron

Emma Watson is perfect as Hermione

Helena Botham Carter is exactly as I imagined Bellatrix

Really, I think they did a great job at casting. Gleeson as Mad-Eye, Broadbent as Slughorn, Colthrane as Hagrid. All really suited to the roles.

The one that I really dislike is the girl who plays Ginny, She is nothing like I imagined her and her acting was awful in the last film

DancingQueen:)

Tableman wrote: »

The one that I really dislike is the girl who plays Ginny, She is nothing like I imagined her and her acting was awful in the last film

+ 1, i really don't like her

Degag

Surprised no one said Fiennes as Voldemort. I know he doesn't have alot of screen time but i think he's amazing in the role.

emeraldstar

Degag wrote: »

Surprised no one said Fiennes as Voldemort. I know he doesn't have alot of screen time but i think he's amazing in the role.

Yeah, he's great

Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Brannagh and the Weasley parents are/were all great in their roles.

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are terrible.

youngblood

Imelda Stauton as Dolores Umbridge was exactly as I had pictured her before Imelda had even been cast as Umbridge.
It was uncanny.

insert-gear

I think the weasley twins weren't all that great, but I also just didn't like what they did with their characters.

Thought Lupin wasn't right at all, but maybe thats just because the third book was my favourite and they tore it to shreds in the movie, massive gaping plotholes and unnecessary rewriting.

Sirius was woeful, not like in the book at all. He should have been a more handsome brooding type (oh how I wished it would be Johnny Depp)

Dudley was also a fail.

Dursley wise, Fiona Shaw who plays Petunia is an amazing actress, Ive seen her in plays, but her hair should have been blonde.

I think Lockhart, Snape and Hagrid would probably be the best potrayed, as well as mrs. weasley.

Slugs

I dunno. For movie the movies apart from the first 2 have been a complete fail. Radcliffe needs to go. He's too old, and just isn't convincing. Grint is fine given Ron is meant to be huge. And Watson can stay given she's the only eye candy.

Just going slightly OT: was anyone else really dissappointed with the 6th movie? I thought it was a complete anti-climax.

Patricide

Slugs wrote: »

I dunno. For movie the movies apart from the first 2 have been a complete fail. Radcliffe needs to go. He's too old, and just isn't convincing. Grint is fine given Ron is meant to be huge. And Watson can stay given she's the only eye candy.

Just going slightly OT: was anyone else really dissappointed with the 6th movie? I thought it was a complete anti-climax.

6th movie for me was better than any that had gone before it. Maybe your views of the movies have been tainted by age. Try watching the first too movies now, there terrible(in my opinion at least) I think every movie has been a logical step forward. Everyone will have there different opinions of course. I think david heyman did the best job though and im glad they kept him on.

Slugs

Have to disagree, I think the movies have just lost everything as time went on. the 6th movie was a complete fail, and spent so much time on the love triangle that it came out like a twilight wannabe.

Patricide

This is true, but the actual style the films are in with heyman i think is great. If he would focus less on the love story and more on the actual story i think his movies could be perfect.

degausserxo

Slugs wrote: »

Have to disagree, I think the movies have just lost everything as time went on. the 6th movie was a complete fail, and spent so much time on the love triangle that it came out like a twilight wannabe.

I agree in terms of certain charachters, really. I liked Emma Watson in the first one; she totally emulated Hermione in terms of bossiness to the point of obnoxiousness. But as they got on they totally changed her.. and her hair! One thing I cannot stand about her though is her eyebrows.. they move.. constantly.. even when she's not meant to be saying anything/expressing any sort of emotion. Look out for it next time you watch one of the movies, and it'll annoy you whenever she's onscreen!

As for the rest of them, I like the obvious ones, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, blah blah blah.. but I thought that Ralph Fiennes was brilliant as Voldemort; pretty terrifying! I liked David Tennant as Barty Crouch too, he had the creepo bit down to a T!

Mr Trade In

Jason Issacs was fantastic as Lucius Malfoy, evil and arrogant.

Richard Griffiths is great as Uncle Vernon.

coldwood92

Emma Watson

RoRoCullen

RUPERT GRINT AS RON.
Alan Rickman as Snape.
Evanna Lynch as Luna!
and
Gary Oldman was amazing as Sirius!

norrie rugger

coldwood92 wrote: »

Emma Watson

Complete over actor and very wooden, at times

fleeflyfloflum

My hands down favourite so far has been Imelda Staunton as Umbridge, never have I seen an actor adapt so well from a book. She was precisely what I had invisioned, it was perfect.

Others, I like McGonagall, Trelawney, Sprout, Filch (hes bleh, but thats just like in the books!), oh and Nearly Headless Nick is very accurate imho too.

I agree with whoever said the 6th Movie was dire, the replacing the

funeral

with the wand thing made me soooo mad!

Washington Irving

I can't think of his name at the moment, but I think the guy who played Slughorn was quite good. I know the Slughorn in the movies doesn't look the way he is described in the book, but his personality is captured well IMO.

pix1e_head

Gary Oldman as Sirius...he's exactly how I imagined him when I was reading the books!!

Dan Dare

SAULGOODE9 wrote: »

I can't think of his name at the moment, but I think the guy who played Slughorn was quite good. I know the Slughorn in the movies doesn't look the way he is described in the book, but his personality is captured well IMO.

Jim Broadbent is the actors name. I thought he was perfect as Horace Slughorn.

Raedwald

Evanna Lynch has the character spot on, from the moment i heard the airy dreamy voice just knew she had the character nailed.

I think the actor who portrays malfoy has grown into a good actor and neville as well.

Aodan83

Thought Umbridge and Slughorn were very good. Think Alan Rickamn is brilliant as well, he really has the whole sneering look of derision thing down to an art like. Ralph Fiennes got Voldemort pretty well . Preferred Richard Harris as Dumbledore, but Gambon does a very good job in the role.

All the young actors were fairly poor in the first film or two, but they have gotten much better, especially Watson as Hermione, she was very rigid in the first movie especilly, but she has gotten better, and shes pretty good lookin. Think Rupert Grint as Ron is the best though, seem like they might be the closest in terms of actual personalities, especially if the essay stroy is true, and he does look right for the part. Still not gone on Radcliffe as Harry though, hes just not how I imagined Harry would be somehow. Same goes for Ginny.