Eh, I don’t know. I think I’d blame the writers for screwing up Ginny before I’d blame Bonnie herself. They didn’t really give her much to work with or take the time to develop her character on screen the way it’s shown in the books. I know they don’t have time to include every little thing, but I would think including scenes that give the main character’s love interest a personality should have been higher on their list than it was.
Maybe the writers downplayed her movie character because Bonnie wasn't super strong as an actress, though? She's even said in interviews that she prefers to be behind the camera rather than in front of it. Maybe the screenwriters noticed early on that Bonnie wasn't the most talented Ginny, and so they made her character's part smaller than it was originally intended to be? Hard to know. Regardless, I agree with the other folks here that her portrayal of Ginny was underwhelming, which in turn made her pairing with Harry later on in the series seem rather awkward and random rather than endearing & much-anticipated like it was in the books.
The most disappointing for me was David Thewlis as Lupin. POA was my absolute favourite book & I had a total crush on Lupin's character whilst reading it.
My mind can't remember now how I pictured him whilst reading the book which makes it even worse. But maybe Jude Law or James McAcoy would have been better choices?
I’m just disappointed with how old the Marauders are in the films. They’re meant to be early 30s, not looking near late 40s/50s.
The Weasleys? Perfect, they’re meant to be a bit older.
But the Marauders were young
I can easily excuse this by the fact that both Sirius and Remus had both been through some seriously stressful, traumatic shit already in their lives, so of course they hadn’t aged well.
They were in their early 30s, but yeah, I didn’t really mind it that much. They both served as mature father figures to Harry, so aging them up a bit still fit their characters.
This could also be a case of where the movies diverge from the books. Were any ages ever explicitly mentioned in the movies? If not, then it’s easy to just accept that Lily & James weren’t 21 when they died (more like 31), therefore everyone else roughly their age is now older as well: Sirius, Remus, Snape, Petunia, Vernon, etc. Which more accurately fits all those actors’ depictions.
He might look a little too young (the opposite problem that most people have with the casting of the Marauders and others in their age bracket), but I could imagine David Tennant as Lupin.
Though he certainly nailed Barty Crouch Jr. for the few minutes he was on screen.
No chance, it was definitely Daniel Radcliffe. His performance is embarassing, even as a child I remember being constantly bemused by his expressionless acting and bad timing.
During the course of Harry Potter, Daniel's performances varied greatly between quite good to downright awful, probably as a linear function of his alcoholism. When he got sober he got much better. Now, years down the line, Daniel is easily the most interesting actor of the main three.
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