British actors/actresses: "purebloods" vs "mudbloods"
Just read a hilarious account on Vanity Fair trying to explain why 76 of Britain's finest actors/actresses did not receive their letters from Hogwarts.
Will Nov 19 get here already?
Why Haven't These 76 British Actors Been Cast in a Harry Potter Movie?
by Nell Scovell November 16, 2010
The first installment of the final Harry Potter film will be served in theaters this Friday, stuffed for the holidays with our favourite [sic] character actors. J.K. Rowling insisted on having authentic British actors portray her authentic British wizards, which meant craft services for all of England for the past ten years.
But not every high-end British actor made the cut. A look at the rejects reveals many actors involved in other high-profile franchises were either too busy-or not invited-to board the Hogwarts Express. In other cases, it appears that “purebloods” were perhaps punished for fraternizing with Americans “mudbloods.”
Here is our list of the famed British actors who couldn’t even buy their way into Hufflepuff.
James Bond actors
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
Sean Connery
Timothy Dalton
Judi Dench
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Diana Rigg
Robert Carlyle
Tim Pigott-Smith
Gerard Butler (had a small part in Tomorrow Never Dies and is perhaps holding out for the title role?)
Exception: John Cleese
Lord of the Rings actors
Ian McKellen
Andy Serkis
Sean Bean (also in Bond)
Christopher Lee
Ian Holm
Dominic Monaghan
Hugo Weaving
Billy Boyd
John Rhys-Davies
Pirates of the Caribbean Actors
Orlando Bloom (also in Lord of the Rings)
Ian McShane
Keira Knightley
Jonathan Pryce
Exception: Bill Nighy (his character was killed off in Pirates before he jumped into the final Potter.)
Batman Begins actors
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Cillian Murphy (Irish, but still)
Liam Neeson (Ditto)
Tom Wilkinson
Exception: Gary Oldman
Other High-Profile Franchise Actors
Ewan MacGregor (Star Wars)
Colin Firth (Bridget Jones)
Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones)
Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four)
James McAvoy (X-Men)
Clive Owen (Bourne)
Rachel Weisz (The Mummy)
Richard Attenborough (Jurassic Park)
Brits married to Americans (i.e. “Mudbloods”)
Kate Beckinsale (Len Wiseman)
Paul Bettany (Jennifer Connelly)
Helen Mirren (Taylor Hackford)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Michael Douglas)
Brits who spend too much time on American TV (i.e. “Mudblood TV’)
Alfred Molina
Hugh Laurie
Tim Roth
Patrick Stewart
Alex Kingston
Jeremy Northam
Rhona Mitra
Minnie Driver
Michael York
Too Creepy in Former Roles for a Children’s Movie
Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lector)
Brian Cox (also Hannibal Lector)
Jeremy Irons (Humbert Humbert, Dead Ringers, and pretty much everything he’s ever been in)
Alan Cumming (those eponymous perfume commercials)
Ben Kingsley (Don Logan in Sexy Beast)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Too Funny to Blend In
Rowan Atkinson
Sasha Baron Cohen
Steve Coogan
Ricky Gervais
Joanna Lumley
Simon Pegg
Jennifer Saunders
Too Serious to Blend In
Daniel Day-Lewis
Why not???
Eileen Atkins
Simon Callow
Tom Conti
Rupert Everett
Martin Freeman
Richard E. Grant
Derek Jacobi
Jude Law
Michael Sheen
Terence Stamp
Kristen Scott Thomas
Emily Watson
Will Nov 19 get here already?
Why Haven't These 76 British Actors Been Cast in a Harry Potter Movie?
by Nell Scovell November 16, 2010
The first installment of the final Harry Potter film will be served in theaters this Friday, stuffed for the holidays with our favourite [sic] character actors. J.K. Rowling insisted on having authentic British actors portray her authentic British wizards, which meant craft services for all of England for the past ten years.
But not every high-end British actor made the cut. A look at the rejects reveals many actors involved in other high-profile franchises were either too busy-or not invited-to board the Hogwarts Express. In other cases, it appears that “purebloods” were perhaps punished for fraternizing with Americans “mudbloods.”
Here is our list of the famed British actors who couldn’t even buy their way into Hufflepuff.
James Bond actors
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
Sean Connery
Timothy Dalton
Judi Dench
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Diana Rigg
Robert Carlyle
Tim Pigott-Smith
Gerard Butler (had a small part in Tomorrow Never Dies and is perhaps holding out for the title role?)
Exception: John Cleese
Lord of the Rings actors
Ian McKellen
Andy Serkis
Sean Bean (also in Bond)
Christopher Lee
Ian Holm
Dominic Monaghan
Hugo Weaving
Billy Boyd
John Rhys-Davies
Pirates of the Caribbean Actors
Orlando Bloom (also in Lord of the Rings)
Ian McShane
Keira Knightley
Jonathan Pryce
Exception: Bill Nighy (his character was killed off in Pirates before he jumped into the final Potter.)
Batman Begins actors
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Cillian Murphy (Irish, but still)
Liam Neeson (Ditto)
Tom Wilkinson
Exception: Gary Oldman
Other High-Profile Franchise Actors
Ewan MacGregor (Star Wars)
Colin Firth (Bridget Jones)
Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones)
Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four)
James McAvoy (X-Men)
Clive Owen (Bourne)
Rachel Weisz (The Mummy)
Richard Attenborough (Jurassic Park)
Brits married to Americans (i.e. “Mudbloods”)
Kate Beckinsale (Len Wiseman)
Paul Bettany (Jennifer Connelly)
Helen Mirren (Taylor Hackford)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Michael Douglas)
Brits who spend too much time on American TV (i.e. “Mudblood TV’)
Alfred Molina
Hugh Laurie
Tim Roth
Patrick Stewart
Alex Kingston
Jeremy Northam
Rhona Mitra
Minnie Driver
Michael York
Too Creepy in Former Roles for a Children’s Movie
Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lector)
Brian Cox (also Hannibal Lector)
Jeremy Irons (Humbert Humbert, Dead Ringers, and pretty much everything he’s ever been in)
Alan Cumming (those eponymous perfume commercials)
Ben Kingsley (Don Logan in Sexy Beast)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Too Funny to Blend In
Rowan Atkinson
Sasha Baron Cohen
Steve Coogan
Ricky Gervais
Joanna Lumley
Simon Pegg
Jennifer Saunders
Too Serious to Blend In
Daniel Day-Lewis
Why not???
Eileen Atkins
Simon Callow
Tom Conti
Rupert Everett
Martin Freeman
Richard E. Grant
Derek Jacobi
Jude Law
Michael Sheen
Terence Stamp
Kristen Scott Thomas
Emily Watson