Why Haven't These 76 British Actors Been Cast in a Harry Potter Movie?
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
Special thanks to casting director Suzanne Goddard-Smythe.
Video: Emma Watson poses for Patrick Demarchelier.
Georges Biard (Connery); Aashish Rao (Craig); Tony Shek/Flickr (Knightley); Snarky1/Flickr (Weisz); Urbantog (Stewart); gdcgraphics/Flickr (Law); Caroline Bonarde Ucci/Flickr (Gervais, Mirren); Asim Bharwani/Flickr (Bale); jmb1977/Flickr (Laurie).
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