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Old 08-11-2004, 05:31 PM
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[img]http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/blotts_80.jpg' align='middle'> Kenneth Branagh to play Roosevelt in new drama - Gilderoy Lockhart actor

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Kenneth Branagah, who portrayed Gilderoy Lockhart in the film, Chamber of Secrets, is set to play Roosevelt in a drama TV movie to be shown in the US.

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Kenneth Branagh to play Roosevelt in new drama

Kenneth Branagh, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the film, Chamber of Secrets is set to appear in a TV movie drama to be screened only in the US. He will play United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The production will be screened on HBO and filming is scheduled to start in the autumn (fall).

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The film, to be shown in the United States, will focus on the life of America`s 32nd President in the years before he entered the White House.

Production is due to begin in the autumn, and the film is expected to air early next year on the US channel HBO, according to the Hollywood Reporter newspaper.

Branagh has starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rabbit-Proof Fence and he appears in the forthcoming Mission: Impossible 3.

He has also directed and starred in Shakespeare screenplays, including Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.
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He bears no resemblance--other than being male--to Roosevelt. But if I were an actor getting to choose (okay, so he probably didn't choose) a President to play, I'd choose either of the Roosevelts, as they were each, in their own way, interesting men. So, good for Branagh.
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Kind of an interesting choice for the part..
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Oh sounds interesting ...
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Well coolio!!!! gr8 4 him, rock on!!
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really? wow...this could be interesting!! you know...i've only seen him in harry potter as lockhart...so if i see this, it might be a little bit funny cuz i'll only see lockhart, not roosevelt. but oh well!
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I can't see him as that lol. Wow well hope all goes well?
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I can't see him as that lol. Wow well hope all goes well?
yeah he's not exactly a great choice as far as look a likes but i wish him the best

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wow congrats to him! im not sure he looks like roosevelt though..
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Lockheart...for president.... The diary didn't scare me, the basilisk didn't scare me but this...WHERES MY MOMMY??!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow. cool, but even though i am a great American History fanatic, icant think of him of anyone else but lockhart. i will watch it....
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