Now that the fifth movie has come out, the casting to pick up the actress to do Lavender Brown's role has already started and after reading Deathly Hallows, I'm intrigued with how the movies will portray the "19 years later" epilogue, and who will they cast to do the roles of the grown-up characters. Will they include cameos of known actors and actresses? Will they put new and unknown people at it?

In case that there were going to be cameos,Who would you cast for that epilogue?

 

They could just make Grint, Radcliffe, Watson and others look older with make-up. Would be alot easier and cheapier... What do you think?

 

Yeah, probably they could do that, but that solution usually looks like crap. How will you make a 18 year old who already looks younger than he is, look like a 40 year old ( and I mean believable)...

 

When they start to film the scene the actors are 21. Making them look 15 years older is as much a problem as keeping them 17. So I, too, doubt they would replace the actors.

Another option is that they simply scratch the epilogue and instead create a new end with just some celebrations after the final battle.

 

Any editor, for movies or books, would have the epilogue burnt. I think the movie would be best without it, mostly because it would disrupt the flow of the movie.

But if they do it, they'll keep the same actors. It's not like they'll have to age them a lot, like the Doctor in the season three finale of Doctor Who.

 

No, they would do some form of the epilogue, and making 20 year olds fourtyish isn't too difficult with modern makeup; it's done alot in high school theatre to make kids look much older and with CGI much anything is possible. It would be incredibly hokey and an absolute nightmare to write and film.

 

Also remember that Witches and Wizards have a much longer lifespan than Muggles, so it wouldn't have to be Fourties as what we would normally encounter.

Having them look mostly the same with merely a few creases around the eyes, mouth and perhaps wrinklier, calloused hands would do it. Just chop and change the outfit so that the now-older characters come off as more "wise."

Also agree about the Epilogue being scrapped, Kyp.

 

I can see them cutting the epilogue. The end of the penultimate chapter with all the clapping headmasters just felt like it was written for the big screen and seems like a typical hollywood ending. Much like the throwing of the hats at the end of the philosophers stone movie.

 

Do wizards and witches really live longer in HP? When is that mentioned?

 

Albus is said to be over 150 years old, moody was well over ninety, if i'm not mistaken.

I thought it was common knowledge? or am I imagining things?

 

Well, you have Dumbledore, who's lived until his 150's and died of an unnatural dead, so theorically he could have lived more. What we don't know is if it was an isolated case or the normal lifespan for witches and wizards. But assuming that Moody and Aberforth (who's Dumbledore's brother) would be almost that old too, we could say that they have a rather long lifespan...

Anyway, I agree that it would be better to cut the epilogue, but on the original topic, I believe that it's always more difficult to make teenagers look like middle-aged people people, than making middle-aged people look younger. It doesn't look good and you always can tell.

For example, Alan Rickman is in his 60's and he's doing the role of a 38 yer old. But I actually wouldn't be able to believe Radcliffe (for example) doing the role of Snape or an adult James Potter. Even with make up, it's never that good. As for CGI and other digital efects, that, I don't know. If they've cut Ralph Phiennes' nose, I suppose they could add a few wrinkles, but still...

 

And even with Dumbledore being 150, there are still wizards and witches alive that were old by Muggle standards when he was a boy.

Madam Marshbanks is one example, and Bathilda Bagshot is another.

So 200 would be a good estimate for the life span of the oldest wizards.

 

You can do anything with prosthetics/CGI nowadays.

 

The only problem with make-up is that no matter how good it looks, the actor has to pull it off, and the Trio doesn't have that good of a track record. Let's face it, the core students weren't picked based on their acting ability, it's how much they look like their roles, and it shows.

 

Yeah, they won't have much trouble making them look older.

But as for possible casting of the characters....

Harry Potter- Andy Dick

Ginny Potter- Rosie O'Donnell

Ron Weasley- Larry the Cable Guy

Hermione Weasley- Paula Abdul (the drunk/drugged up version)

Hmm, yup, those seem appropriate.

Edited.

 

It's easy to make people look older, it's making people look younger that's the problem.

 

Awww, poor Doctor. The 900-year-old version didn't even make sense, though, I thought they should have done the same thing they did with the Master in the 80s, with the rotting flesh and whatnot.

But anyway.

I've honestly never heard of wizards living longer, and I've read the books over and over again. I'm still wondering if maybe that isn't just fanon. Can someone cite when specific ages and lifespans are mentioned in the books?

 

Dumbledore=150 years old

Marchbanks= Said she tested Dumbledore for his OWLs, so she much have at least 20 when she did that. Putting her at 160+ years old.

Aberforth= Younger brother. How old? Not sure, but he was alive for when Dumbledore was conversing with the greatest minds in the world when Albus was in school still. So he has to be around 130ish-140ish years old.

Bagshot= They said she lived through a lot of the historical stuff she wrote about. So she must be pretty old.

Grindelwald= As old as Dumbledore and still alive at the prison until he was killed by Voldemort.

It's never specifically mentioned, but the evidence speaks for itself.

 

Okay, I just looked it up on Wikipedia, which says that Dumbles was born in the 1840s. So you're all right, and I live under a rock. Thanks for enlightening me.

 

We got Dumbledore's age at 150 from an interview with JKR.

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm