i still think everyone will play their chacters through all the movies (hopefully they are all great!)

Thought it was to early to be speculating after all the trio havent decided if they are going to do it yet.

And err why would an american actress be replacing her when the cast is all brittish? isnt that a rule the cast must be form the UK?

I really hope everyone stays for the rest of the movies! I mean come on it's only three more. And just think if Daniel wasn't Harry or Tom wasn't Draco... Not cool.

The trio won't be making that decision until the autumn. Pre-production should start sometime after that, as filming starts at the beginning of 2006 for OotP.

It's scary to think how old they'll be by the OotP release in 2007. Tom - 19 Dan - 18, Rupert - 18 v.nearly 19 and Emma 17.

^ That's for ye Kaz.

Mmm well I honestly hope everyone stays in for the rest of the films... It won't be the same without them.

Oh and those ages are just going on it being a summer release. If it was a November one then Rupert would be 19 and Tom, 20.

I think from now, when watching the films, we'll have to disregard the ages. Because they will start to look too old. I already disregard the ages and just watch the films without thinking it's year so and so and just focus on the adventure. After all, they could never have made the films with them being the right age for every film, it'd be impossible.

I honestly probably wont watch the other movies if it doesn't have the original group from the movies... it wouldn't be the same at all!

lol thanx emm

Same here, I believe all the original actors will stay until the last movie ever for HP...I mean if they change Dan, Emma or Rupert it just wouldn't be the same!!!

Once you get to a certain age, you can play parts younger/older than your own age. It's hard for a 15 year old to play an 11 year old, but someone who's 19 can get away with playing a 15 year old. Especially Emma. She always looked younger to me....

Jeeez, how could they do that? *mumble mumble* Unless she didn't speak. Then it would be fine....

Yeah I agree...

Yeah so long as you don't focus on the fact that they're meant to be 15. People often say they can look younger, but not that younger and not that effectively. Emma's got the least to worry about. It's Tom and Rupert and their physical maturing that WB need be concerned about.

lol Make up these days is great. If you're suppose to look younger they can make it happen. Have you seen Clueless? Stacy Dash played a teenager and she was 30! I think it's more of when the trio decides they want to really have a life. lol 3 more films means about 5 more years of their lives on screen.

^ But she didn't look like a teenager. Like Saved by the Bell, none of them looked like real kids either.

Yeah, 3 more films will roughly mean 5 years. In total HP will have taken up around 10 years eventually. It's already heading on 5 now, since 2000.

And Drew Berrymore (sp?) looked 14 in Riding in Cars With Boys. I just still hope they stay on. Tom Felton was what 16 when he made PoA when he played a 13 year old and he looked the part... a little... right?

Well, I'm certainly very glad that Romola Garai is NOT going to be Lily (my part, touch wood!) However, I did send in my audition letter, and it looks like I'll have to re-send it in at the time, if casting has not started. Does anyone know when it will start?

Well Alan Rickman in my opinion doesn't look 59 playing Snape. lol (or it could be cuz I hold a soft spot for him and choose to ignore his age lol) Alot also has to do with a hair style. If they give them haircuts/styles you'd usually see on kids that'll also help with making them look younger. (I'm a video production major lol) If they make up terms (the trio) that'll keep them on then that'd be best. Like the Friends cast was kinda all or nothing. Demand (ask) more of their time now...so they will be done sooner. It can be done. (not shootin this movie drives me crazy cuz I know how i'd have done it) lmfao!

Is that the new deal with the newspapers, report the rumors until we get the real news? So much for journalistic integrity...

OMG! He's that old? He doesn't look it...but I still hate Snape.

[QUOTE=Marcella_Riddle] This is not true. Casting for OotP has not started yet and there's no reason to believe that any future actors won't be British - unless stated otherwise in the books.
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We Americans have no chance *curses under breath*!

Snape is supposed to be about 35 in the books (when Harry starts school) I think the movies have him at about 40... But definitely younger than our Alan... but Alan is just one of those men who age gracefully anyway. My heart dropped when I first found out how old he actually was. I'm like "NO! it can't be! He look so (much) young(er)!"



Um... er... what was the topic? Ah, the American actress replacing Lily... this makes no sense to me. Lily is from the UK. An American maybe able to fake the accent but the real thing is much better.



As for replacing the trio... I really hope it doesn't happen... they could have gotten away with it if they did it earlier (for POA or even GOF) but now everyone is used to Dan, Rupert, and Emma... not to mention the rest of the cast... and there will not be a good reaction if a major character (or characters) is replaced.



I imagine it will be like Star Trek though *gets on geek glasses* We Trek fans will watch the latest movie and show that is related to the Star Trek world... just because it is... it has been a while since that series has produced anything that is 'good' but we continue to support it out of respect and love of the original concept.



I think Harry Potter fans will see the movies anyway... but WB could lose revenue when it comes to video purchases... I know a lot of Trek fans who have seen but have not and will not buy the travesty that is Nemesis. *puts away geek glasses* *grins*

Make up does do wonders, ever seen Casper? With Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman? At the end Casper came alive and the guy who played him, Devon Sawa, was actually 20 and he played the part of a 12 year old, granted it was only for maybe 10 min, but it still worked. Stacy Dash shouldn't have played a 16 year old(possibly 15, they had their permits in the movie), but she did pass for older teens. It is possible. My dad predicts the end of the Potter Movie Franchise if they change the main characters.

i dont think they should. and as far as Geraldine for OotP, i would understand if they replaced the characters. juz those 2 tho, coz i mean in ootp, james and lily are in their teens. anyway, i think it's harder for male actors to pass for a character younger than their real age. it's easier for girls coz they can just dress and talk a certain way and they're magically younger! for guys tho, you just can't hide puberty in the first 2 movies, the 2 boys had squeaky voices, and in PoA, their voice just got deeper, and they were way taller, and just grew. Emma Watson didn't really change much, coz like I said, girls can play it off better...

I think he looked as if he was older than the rest - as did his Slytherin pal played by Josh Herdman. But then he looked older in CoS too. Like I said, it's just something you have to try and disregard.

Well this lady plays 21-year-old Lily so that's who Romola was rumoured to be replacing, not young Lily.

In PoA he's meant to be about 33/34 having been born about 1960 (remember he's the same age as Lily/James). Alan DOES make Snape look older, but definitely not 59. I'd say Snape looks about 50 in the films. Even though they plaster him in make-up it still doesn't hide the fact that he's aging now (please don't hate me guys!) and the fact that he appeared to have been tucking into alot of pies in one particular scene where he catches Harry in the corridor. He looked far more rounded in the stomach area.

He definitely (Snape) doesn't look as young as Lupin/Sirius in the films and they're meant to be the same age. But, nobody could act the part aswell as Rickman could, so he's the best choice they could ever have made, in that respect.

Changing them isn't an option. Like Selena said, it's all or nothing. All of them stay or the films don't continue. That's the better option than trying to replace them because it just wouldn't work.

That wouldn't be 'replacing' that'd be casting different roles. Obviously they need to cast a 'young Lily' 'young Lupin' etc...

But yeah, I agree age is definitely more of an issue for the boys rather than the girls. Especially Tom and Rupert. Dan is still relatively short at the moment and still has his boyish charms about him - although those are quickly fading, he looked sort of ruggid at the DVD launch - but it'll definitely be harder for them than Emma.

^lol Emma you are a huge rickman fan if anyone is alowed to say he is ageing you are.. but i think he is doing it gracefully.. even if he does make Snape look older i cant se anyone else doing it. but uin the same breath lilly and james in the films look way to old after all they were 21 when they died the look middle aged in the films.