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06-02-2009, 10:46 PM
| | |  Rhys Ifans talks Xeno Lovegood & Harry Potter films
Actor Rhys Ifans was interviewed on BBC Radio in Wales last week, where he talked about working in Deathly Hallows as Xenophilius Lovegood. Although the entire interview was in Welsh, an English translation has been received, thanks to Mynwy, which can be read here: Quote:
I can't reveal much about the new Harry Potter film, which I don't understand because the book is out anyway, but I had to sign a clause that I wouldn't.
However, I play Xenophilus Lovegood, a wizard who is the father of Luna Lovegood, one of Harry Potter's friends. That's all I can really say because I haven't read the book!
There's been so much money thrown at the project, with there having been [six] other films. They're filming up in Leavesden near London in an old Rolls Royce airplane engine factory.
It's an enormous place, so you walk about and see things like a zoo full of owls, so if you need an owl for a scene, you pick up the phone and someone comes across with an owl. It's a like a machine. I've never been - in America - with an employer of so many people.
I'm not a big fan of Harry Potter but it feels like a privilege to get called up with people like Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon so it's an honour that they thought of me to play a cross-eyed wizard.
Photos of Rhys during the interview can be seen here: 
For anyone interested, Rhys's interview can be heard here, where he begins talking at 13 minutes in about his other roles; he discusses Harry Potter 20 minutes into the segment.  | |
06-03-2009, 08:58 PM
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he looks a little weird.. just like Loony's father i guess
it's ok, but he havent read the books! well not a big deal
He's fine.
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06-03-2009, 09:34 PM
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I hope he at least reads the bits of the books with Xeno in now he has the part!
I think he'll be good for the role.He's always done kooky things and you don't get much weirder than Xeno!  | |
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06-04-2009, 04:50 AM
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Still not really what I imagined as Xeno, but I'm sure he will make it work XD
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06-04-2009, 11:48 AM
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good interview
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06-04-2009, 07:44 PM
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I am sure he will do fine.... best of luck to him!
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06-05-2009, 04:47 AM
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I think he would be great for the Xeno's character, especially with his eyes; however, he really does need to read the book, at least the last book. I think it should be a requirement, right? | |
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06-06-2009, 06:03 AM
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Sounds like the perfect Xeno
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06-07-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MissRastaban  That's true - I've seen both of his appearances on 'Top Gear', as well as 'Have I got News for You' and 'Room 101'. All shows where he's been very amusing about his attitude towards interviews/journalists.
I just hope he was telling the truth when it came to Dumbledore. Otherwise I can't imagine why his interpretation, especially in the earlier films, is so different to the books, when he knows how important the character is to the story and the fans. I know some people prefer him to Harris, which is fair enough, but in my opinion, JKR wrote a self controlled, quirky old man with a good sense of humour hiding vast inner strength. That self control and strength is what Voldemort feared, not an ability to start shouting and panicking at the first sign of trouble. I just can't see how Gambon's performance can have been inspired by the books.
Sorry, a bit off topic! Back to Rhys Ifan. I don't know enough about him to judge fairly, but from what I've seen, he plays groovy, cool characters or stoners. Apologies if I'm wrong. Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith etc are strong character actors who can submerge themselves in their parts - become their parts. I hope Rhys Ifan is that sort of actor, who won't just play a variation of the character he always plays. Unless that character suits Luna's father, of course! Different strokes for different folks; he's more of a Dumbledore to me than Richard Harris was. I think too many people judge Gambon's portrayal based on one scene - which I believe was misdirected, ergo down to Newell. If you were to do the same for Harris, you could argue that he was far too frail to have done CoS.
You have a point; Xeno is pretty much type-casting.
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