If eyes hadn't been shining out of the deep, dark sockets, he might have been a corpse. Through the years, a lot of us probably picture the movie actors when we read the books now, but what were the actual original descriptions of our favorite characters? And how do the movie versions match up? Albus DumbledoreĪccording to the books: In Prisoner of Azkaban Sirius is described as having 'a mass of filthy, matted hair hung to his elbows. Personally, I was way happier with having the same actor - any moments of recasting were always so jarring (I completely loved Richard Harris). All in all, though, most of the actors were not recast throughout the series, and their acting chops overcame any concerns about what they looked like. It’s true that some of the actors didn’t resemble their book counterparts as they grew older, while others looked exactly like Rowling’s original descriptions. But everyone always had the same concerns: they were getting too old! Or, they didn’t look like the book descriptions any more! Remember when the movies were first coming out, and people would always talk about recasting? That was the scariest word to me growing up, because I was so attached to the actors already playing the roles. They were auditioning actors for roles that would span years, and casting children in these roles with no guarantee what these children would look and act like as they grew older. The casting directors of the Harry Potter series definitely had their jobs cut out for them.

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