The Wizarding World (of Harry Potter)

[mellificent]

I did a quiz! Online quizzes seem like an artifact of the old Livejournal days, to me. This one is about "secondary" Harry Potter characters - apparently everybody other than Harry, Ron, Herminone, Voldemort and Dumbledore are secondary, in somebody-or-other's opinion (even Snape!) - but anyway, this thing has something like 84 questions and I got

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[profrobert]

I also came away impressed with Katherine Waterston's range. She was the frumpy straight-woman here, and the sex bomb in Inherent Vice. She's someone on my radar of actors to look for.

I can't remember if you're a Doctor Who fan, but as I said elsewhere, Redmayne was basically playing Matt Smith's Doctor, maybe minus the menace. If you liked Fantastic Beasts, check out Smith's Christmas specials, which are stand-alones, so you don't need the back story or story arc to enjoy them fully.

[profrobert]

Huh, I always liked Matt Smith's Doctor, so maybe that sort of explains why I warmed up to Redmayne here more than I usually do. (In fact the "warmed up" metaphor is possibly a good way to describe what I've previously thought about Redmayne - he's prone to be sort of chilly.)

(I am not a superfan like Debbie or anything, but I'm a regular watcher of Doctor Who, just the same.)

I agree that Waterston was really good. A lot of young actresses have problems doing frumpy. I also liked the "Fine Frenzy" girl (whose name keeps escaping me) as her sister.

(This is Mel - I'm at work and I don't know my login.)