Recasting Harry Potter for HBO Max - Philosopher’s Stone - PART 1 

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Blame the director not Gambon... There's no way Gambon would've done that without the director asking for it.

Nothing more nerdy than that sentence

Benedict Jones Except Gambon didn't do any research for his role. He literally didn't read the books the movies were based on. I mean they're children's books, how hard can it be to read a couple of books for a role you get paid millions of dollars for?

@@kikkomaki5385 Agree that he should of read the books but at the same time there would have been at least a hundred people on set, if they didn't want him to shout it, they would've asked him to re-shoot it... as you say he was being paid lots for the role so he would've had to reshoot it.

They actually aged her up in the beginning of the films, too ;D

I thought Emma Thompson sounded like a great umbridge

Same for hagrid as well, he's a great actor and I'm sure he could pull it off again (:

@@sonnyfox60 the original umbridge is still alive and I honestly adored her as umbridge

@@sonnyfox60 Exactly what i thought. But she doesn't look the part I suppose.

Y e s. People seem to forget the fact that Severus is supposed to be young and heartbroken. Still foolish. As much as I absolutely loved Alan Rickman (who I still miss so much) if we ever saw a remake, I'd absolutely want it to be Adam Driver.

Yessss! Lily James, Lupin, Sirius, Snape, Wormtail... they're all supposed to be on the younger side. I enjoyed the actors in the movies but the casting always frustrated me

i think the main problem here is that olivia colman is like, 10 years older than adam driver... which makes her a bit unlikely even as as an older sibling of lily who is the same year as snape

Adam Driver is already 37.

Yayyyy brought it to 300 likes!

Perfect casting

So that means James Potter was ~20 when he died? Not that I know but that seems off doesn't it?

Alard Tech Yes, James and lily were supposed to be in their early twenties when they died. That’s why it was so sad, they were supposed to be so young

@Norma Jinete Wow I had no idea they were so young. It's been years since I read the books so maybe this calls for a reread! I do have to say though, it would have been a little odd to have the parents be cast as being in their early twenties in the movies. I think the older actors drilled home the parent/mentor image.

My thoughts exactly! This would be correcting the ages actually

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Trisha Reddy i agree:(

@IamVeryFrozen James Potter died at 21, it would be cool if they really took some young actors to let the tragedy sink in

Right, which means a young Snape is also a good plan.

they should cast daniel radcliffe for the role of james potter

Amelia Jones i think the point of snape is that he DID outlive everyone. The cost of that, also ages him. (I also think adam driver can pull that off at his age)

Ahhahaha! 😅

😂Dumbledore said calmly

JK Rowling had Robbie Coltrane in mind when she created the character and wanted him to be cast so badly :)

*I shuddn’t av sed tha*

Robbie Coltrane just passed away 😭😭😭😭

Same with Snape

Nick Frost. Done.

Agreed

So true

Say it, don't spray it

Tru

That kid that played the red-bush in the school play is a great shout for Ron

Rowan NO! Just no

Omg yes

Lmao yes even in the first scene when he’s a baby

Sodium Chloride lmao

AHAHAH

I agree; the scenes when Snape gets into fights with Sirius, reminds him of how useless he is in OOTP and other examples of the maruaders' and his own more immature behavior, Snape's overall pleasure in taunting Neville and other students and his obvious favoritism of the Slytherins, and hatred of Gryffindor house, such as when he refereed Quidditch in the PS were pure jems and could be portrayed better with a younger actor. Alan Rickman was awesome of course, I just think this would bring out Snape's other side more accurately and it would be interesting and even fun to see. I think they should have an accent trainer if they're using an American actor though, Snape with an American accent just seems wrong to me.

@@inanemme5603 I think this could be no problem for Adam Driver! I remember him with different accent! In blackkklasman he speak really different from Star Wars for exemple. I'm not American so I couldn't recognize the accent but I can tell it was very different and fitted the role perfectly!

if the show were to be instantly made and released tomorrow, and take 7 years to finish, Adam Driver would be 5 years older than Snape at time of death

@@BobTheTesaurus realistically, Adam driver would be around 10 years older than Snape, if a series gets made. It's not that difficult for an actor to play someone 10 years younger. And it would be an improvement from Alan Rickman who was in his 50s.

He would HAVE to master that accent though!

DarthCaedus biiiiicthh 🤣🤣 her animagus is cat, she has 9 lives

DarthCaedus I just know that I will find this comment again someday when she passend and cry really hard over this

Maggie Smith is immortal

DarthCaedus Maggie Smith is immortal

Both Maggie Smith and The Queen of England have the same powers

Ovni all of the series he died at 38

I thought because of the nose

from the moment I saw him he reminded me of snape

Fuck me he looked older

@@zillaquazar Because Alan Rickman was 55 in the first movie. Harry's parents looked older, too in the Mirror of Erised. They were 21 when they died.

I agree with this completely!

Yes, yes and yes.

Wait, what...? Snape would be older than Harrys mum, right? So hed be in his 40s... right?

@@MisaoM No he's the exact same age as his mum.

Elvina Dhludhlu Snape is 31 in Philosopher’s Stone

lmaoooo I searched that video of his famous line as Ren too

Especially from the SNL undercover boss video

Lol now I’m just imagining Kylo ren teaching a class of teenagers

More...More!! MORE!!!

😂

Akash Adrian Mehta I was about to say, I’d want to see at the very least, cameos from members of the original cast!

Rupert grint as arthur weasley

I like that. Also, I made it to 69 likes.... Nice.

@@swolby9230 nice

@@g04tzy69 Damn right

Are you honestly telling me Lily and James were 19 when Harry was born?

@@WasKE395 Yes, they were, according to the books' timeline

@@WasKE395 Lily and James were 21 when they died

WasKE395 James and Lily were 20 when Harry was born i believe, they died when they were 21

19 when they got married, 20 when Harry was born and 21 when they died

Lol. But on a serious note I actually think cockney dumbledore would be good, part of Dumbledores is that he doesn’t seem the type to be the most powerful wizard. So a cockney accent will make him seem more colloquial and blue collar and a lot less all powerful being

Aussie Dumbledore, actually

@@shirubionicle he’s from London, not Australia

@@sonnyfox8407 oh shit, my bad

When I first saw Adam watching Star Wars that’s the first thing came to my mind he would make a good snape not because of the nose and all but the whole body structure screamed out a young Snape

Sick Google search bruh

I'd honestly throw myself out the window if Adam Driver would be cast. Something about that actor that just... ugh. lol. In my opinion at least.

@@rev31089 You're just the type who doesn't like popular or well liked celebs. My sister is the same and she doesn't like Adam Driver too.

S. Ali I do like well liked celebs. I just think Adam is boring and something more about him just irks me.

Legit funny because Hermione hates her with passion

Maybe the original cast can be the 19 years later version!

AnushkaZara I thought about that too and that’s genius

Just realized it sounded like I called myself a genius 😂

well, shes about as crazy

Netflix already have Witcher. I think Harry potter streaming show would be perfect for Warner Bros HBO max.

WHAT THERES A LOTR SERIES!?!?!

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Nothing can top the original

I always thought Netflix should do a Narnia series but in modern day with: The Magicians Apprentice - A Short Film The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - Full Length Film The Tales of the Golden Age - Two Season TV Show The Horse & His Boy - Full Length Film (This will have a post credits scene off the 4 kids retuning to England which wasn’t in the first film) Prince Caspian - Full Length Film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Full Length Film The Silver Chair - Full Length Film The Last Battle - Full Length Film

YEAH i feel like harry having green eyes was such a big part of the books lol

Do you mean you think Harry should have Lily's eyes in a jar?

@@zingzangspillip1 Ha ha. That seems more like something up Snape's alley:) But seriously, it's mentioned over and over again but their eyes aren't even the same color in the films.

this was a big deal for me, in the books they mention it ALL the time, and they were supposed to be green, they even mention it on the movies, while the actress of Lily had BROWN eyes and Daniel had BLUE eyes, AAAAAAAAA

They did try. Daniel Radcliffe couldn't wear contacts without having a terrible reaction. Not sure why they cast young Lily as a brown-eyed girl.

Or Nick Frost, either 1 there would always be an 🎬 Actor to portray the Character

I want whoever is cast as Dumbledore to be a delightful quirky wizard, as he is in the books. He needs to look like Merlin, not like a reprobate who lives under a bridge. I was appalled when Gambon's had dirty fingernails, that stupid string cinching his beard, his dirty-looking costume (plants could sprout from the hem), and obviously was oblivious as to HOW Dumbledore should be...his rage-y attacking Harry about the Goblet of Fire, just about everything he did was wrong. I want the new Dumbledore to be magical and more like Chris Columbus' and JKR's ideas of him... a classic wizard. And all the Marauders-era characters are in their 30s when Harry gets to Hogwarts. They shouldn't be played by "old guys'. You're right! Simon Pegg would be a hoot as Peeves.

Plus he's gay.

NO. NO. NO. TOTALLY THE WRONG CHOICE. AND I AM A FAN OF MR. FRY. BUT NOT AS DUMBLEDORE.

Yeah, he's 36 now, that's even older than the character, he'd do well

I loved alan rickman as snape but I was always confused because he was like 40 or something

@@ssssSTopmotion he was 55 in the first film

Osman Yousif Yes! Alan rickman was to charming to be Snape! He should be more hateful

@@sevde9832 Then Adam Driver would be perfect age wise as Snape since he;s younger than Rickman, I do miss Rickman.

Bryn Kasson yes!

Amazing

Except to me the man who played hadgrid in the originals the more “rrr” tone of his voice to me was better then Nick Frost

When he said it and showed the pic of Nick, I started pissing myself laughing, but once I calmed down I though 'yeah, he'd actually be perfect'

Agreed! Adam Driver as Snape is amazing too

I don't doubt that Coleman's talented enough to play Dolores Umbridge, but that would be such a waste of her charm. Even casting her as Petunia would be pushing it, tbh.

@@WreckNRepeat I actually think her charm would add to Umbridge - have you seen Colman in Fleabag? Her character in that has shades of Umbridge, superficial charisma/sweetness (like Umbridge's kittens and ribbons) that peel away to reveal an absolutely horrible, selfish core. It's played for laughs in Fleabag but I think Olivia could bring a really poisonous edge to Umbridge that's even more scary because she pretends to be so 'lovely'

Holy shit, that's a great idea!

@@hoblerone7882 her girlish giggle in Fleabag... so insidious. Ugh, perfect.

I agree think Lena Heady would be a better Petunia and cast Coleman as Unbridge.

Well IKR!

and daniel radcliffe for james potter, and rupert grint for arthur weasley.

@@panicpowerhouse8158 bruh that would most definetly not work

@@lloydsummers8061 Yep I know.

Lloyd Summers He just had an idea.....

lol bring a few M-F bombs to Harry Potter

I mean, funny, but I actually love that idea. He has the presence of Mad Eye.

Omg i live for this

I read that with his voice

Okay but that would be really good

Right he is in his early 30s when Harry starts school. Harry Parents died at age 21. McGonnagall was also not as old as she was in the movies. If we ever get a series i would want them to consider that. I also would want more quidditch. We never really saw them win the cup in 3rd year or we never got to see the world cup.

Kuro Neko actually snape is like 45 by the end of the books so what like 37 38 at the start

@@rokkfel4999 snape is actually only 21 at the beginning of philosopher's stone so he would have been around 39 by the end of the series (sorry for my bad english, i'm a vietnamese)

@@rokkfel4999 Actually he dies at 38 in the books, and we meet him at 31 I believe. He was born in 1960 and the last book takes place from end of summer of 1997 through beginning of summer in 1998 (not counting the epilogue)

MINH DUY HOANG He was definitely older, otherwise he would have been 10 when Harry was born.

Pegg and Martin Freeman (casted in the next one) should swap.

Obviously if Frost is Hagrid, Pegg has to be Fang. Right? Its the only logical choice. That or Flitwick

Just commented something similar.

@@tierk4328 he is American.....

@@tierk4328 He is American...

@@dvg4868 I have no clue what your on about :)

Marie Lastname same also Snape is 31-37 in the story

Ani Searle omg yes yes yes

If Cillian plays Lucius then it better be a series on Lucius as protagonist cuz you know im biased when it comes to Cillian Murphy. Xppp

I AGREE

He could have been an amazing older Tom Riddle, except the fucker had to go and die and resurrect looking like a motherfucking reptile, so I guess I'll settle for Cillian playing Lucius

Benedict Cumberbatch would be great!

Not Bonnie Wright she was a terrible Ginny!!!

Both were terrible though...

Yeah definitely, though I wouldn't be too mad if James Newton Howard did it, because the music he composed for Fantastic Beasts really captured the magic and wonder of the wizarding world

Cyclonado Thunderclaw maybe both? Just PLEASE don’t let Alexandre Desplat go near them again. I love Alexandre’s work, but his style didn’t really fit the wizarding world.

TheMissingLink which themes did Alexandria do?

Isn't he retiring though? I mean he is 87 now

@@TheMissingLink1 what? Lily's theme is absolutely fantastic. Idk, Alexander Desplat I thought did amazing, and Shape of Water has proved he can do some very emotional fantasy feeling music when hes told to. In my opinion though, it should be a new composer. Franchises live by embracing the new, not relying on the old

Same

Same lmao

I would love for Ian McKellan to play him

As an American I can only detect the really obvious British accents yet I noticed in that Batman scene his accent was rather cockney not as regal sounding as I imagine Dumbledore having. I agree. And as someone else pointed out, he’s 87, he really couldn’t commit to a decade of films. As much as I’d love to see an Ian McKellan or Patrick Stewart, they’d really need someone more in their 50s or 60s with the stamina to do a long running series.

Do you know what acting is?

@@ssssSTopmotion of course but I don’t think you realise that not all actors are good at accents. Samuel L Jackson always sounds like Samuel L Jackson, Michael Caine always sounds like Michael Caine.

Where exactly does it say in the books what Dumbledore’s accent is?

Younger vs. Rickman perhaps? Indeed, I think Adam Driver is mistaken for younger owing to Star Wars, when he played a character under 30.

@@lisakaz35 Not that much younger, Kylo Ren was 29/30 at the beginning of TFA. The character of Rey was 19 however.

@@Sarah-kc3fb Yep. Though Driver has to be told at some point that Kylo was younger than him.

@@lisakaz35 yeah fair enough. He would definately be a perfect snape though, especially with the right makeup / mask etc.

He is killed by nagini not Voldemort

The feeling of wonder is my favorite thing in the first two movies, I agree with that entirely.

Eh. Voldy was always a bit of a two-dimensional psychopath, even with his backstory.

@@ohwowitsthatguy9154 True, but removing his backstory made it even worse. At least with his history, we know why he turned out to be such a two-dimensional baddie.

Anna Minor 100%. The wonder and the exploration I felt watching the first movie and reading the first book was incredible to me. I honestly don’t know how to explain it but it was so uplifting, liberating even

YES YES YES

Couldn't name a more iconic trio

Hagrid should be played by eminem. I think he'd be perfect for the role

No i wanna play Hermione

Molly weasley: Vin Diesel. *We’re a family Ron*

its mostly for accent purposes. it would make sense that the series would have a British accent rather than an American one. The accent in the movies seems like a detail but it is as important as the writing or actor's delivery. It adds layers of depth and ambiance to the general atmosphere and feeling of immersion of a story. So If the actor is American but has a nice Oxford accent that would also be valid. (I'm not British btw).

Yeah, but Americans are generally worse at accents lol

I cannot comprehend the mandate that 'the entire cast has to be British'. People, it's called *acting*. If the actor can master the accent, that's all that matters. The wrong nationality can be good, or can be bad (e.g. Sophie Turner's American accent as Jean Grey).

Colleen Hysell Spot on. It’s like the people that cry about gay roles going to straight actors. Grow tf up

@@bangchanswebbrowsinghistor5145 I agree that having uniform accents is important. I was bugged in the Star Wars sequels that most of the characters had American accents (including Finn, even though John Boyega is British), except for Rey, inexplicably. Why was she allowed to sound posh and British, but Boyega had to pretend he's American? Was it because Rey was a thinly-veiled copy of Bastila Shan? We'll never know I guess. But it also bugged me about Kingdom Come Deliverance. The accents are totally randomized there. That said, Adam Driver is pretty good at accents. I've heard him do Southern, Texan and English, and he's solid in all of them. So I think he can pull it off. My first reaction to seeing him as Kylo Ren without the mask was "THAT'S SNAPE WTF". He even has the same dry sense of humor as Snape. So I can totally see it.

Yea and grabbing people’s noses.

Wahhhh let's all laugh at me the comedy poltergeist.

YES PLEASE

Omg yess!!!

THIS

LOL. I wish wish wish he can reprise Ben Solo someday. No force ghost to me = not really dead.

oof

Well acted shit story tho

doesnt have that amazing accent AR had sadly /: it was one of a kind

@@yourboylads9626 Turn to page three-hundred-niiiinety-four!

@@FramboiseLFC (Sexy Voice Voices)

@@yourboylads9626 dont doubt adam drivers ability, I bet if asked he could

Omg thank you so much for your comment, I just let out the most undignified laugh.

Saame

Don't Know Drew sorry to burst ur bubble but they wont do this.

Tox Tricity Pessimism isn’t realism

Brolik dont think i dont want it to happen its just like i dont think thats logical.

I don't know about that....you should see the new Master from series 12. The guy playing him is really good.

@@jordentaylor2455 The switch is so intense imo. I love it.

@@jordentaylor2455 "Spy........MASTER."

DID YOU MISS ME DID YOU MISS ME DID YOU MISS ME DID YOU MISS ME

Hiiiiiii. Tbh I think Moriati and the Master would get on well and take over the world. Evil duo

eyyyyy well we're getting a disney+ percy jackson series!!

Not Netflix tho, I would prefer HBO to handle Harry Potter, considering what they did with game of thrones in terms of special effects and scope

@@CK-js1ww YES! HBO doing a HP series with 10 1h eps/year would be great! They could really follow the books and explore the worldbuilding without doing random scenes and weird romances like in the movies. No other studio would be able to do this as good as HBO, so either that or well animated are the only options.

Or we should get a tv series about ten all amazing silver trio, Neville, Ginny, and Luna

They would make Hermione black, and probably going to show that intense sexual relationship Dumbledore had with Grindelwald

Okay, gotta say: That last one is great. But isn't it even the case that Stephen Fry was originally intended to play a role in the films? Possibly even that of Ludo Bagman?

Fry should play Dursley!

Somebody has watched Blackadder recently 😆 but I do agree with you for Fry and Laurie, not sure about Atkinson tho

I see a cunning plan forming here! Tony Robinson as Mundungus Fletcher!

David Vayne bit old but worth it

Not the movies, please. We can leave those in the past where they belong.

And we could restore McGonagall's actual age if we based her on the books and not the films. According to the books she's only middle-aged. Nothing against Maggie Smith's portrayal, but technically she was too old to play McGonagall.

It needs to completely rely on the books.

Back in the day, JK made sure the films stayed true to the books and that all the actors were British. It makes me so fucking sad that we can’t trust her with that sort of thing anymore.

They'd 100% hire her to create a leftist dreamscape with no anchoring in the original material. 😍

Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!

Nathan Griffith ReAlLy? No WaY! 😂😂

@Nathan Griffith Bill Nighy*

Hayley Louise same with alan rickman and snape!!

this video isnt about playing better

@@nikonijn as much as I love Alan as Snape, and no one could compete, I really could see Adam as the perfect Snape too. he actually makes more sense as the character now then Alan Rickman did, due to Adam actually being the right age of snape 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@floechen1991 ain't that deep bruv

Hayley Louise yeah true, if snape had been younger then they would've had to cast the marauders so old either lol

OOOHHHHHH!!!!! I LIKE this!!!

I think he killed it as Sirius. Sirius is meant to be a different kind of Dumbledore. The kind that relates to Harry more. He's like Dumbledore but less Headmaster. More well _cool_

Yeah but the temper... "Sir, dementors are coming..." "Bring... ...EVVVRYONNNNE!"

exactly!!

Too distracting. He just couldn’t be anyone except Sirius to anyone who saw the original movies. Multiple times.

too old? Alan Rickman was in his 60s playing a 30s something character so I don't think driver too old

@@dorinachan113 ya but Snape is actually in his 30s in the book

@@dorinachan113 they mean if we're talking canon in the series. Alan Rickman was also too old. snape was only 31 at the start of the series.

@@roseofthegarden_ Well he looks pretty young

@@jmlarker9352 Why? (Besides the accent hehe)

Oh my God I just spat 😂😂😂

I love it!!!

😂 😂 😂

This might be my favourite comment ever

Agreed, but he is too young.

No they actually died when they were 21, a couple of years after they left Hogwarts. But that is still really young, so yeah Adam Driver is not to young. Because Snape would be 31 in the first film. 😊

They left school at 18. Died at 21. So it was 3 years.

Actually, Adam Drive is even too old. He's almost 37 (and he looks older!) and Snape is 31 in the first book.

Naurore25. Rickman was 55 in the first movie. But with a little make up he looked mid 40’s. They could easily age driver down.

Mana Ch Yup, but I guess the actors fit way to well for the roles that JK had to use them

He's still way younger than Alan was

Kira-Rey From Nowhere Yeah but Alan and all of the others cast as Marauder era characters were waaaaay older than they were supposed to be

@@hannahc2265 That's what I meant lol. Alan played Snape perfectly and nobody could ever beat him in terms of acting, but in terms of age, he was wayyy too old which wasn't realistic for the character. He made Snape look old enough to be Harry's grandfather rather than his father's old rival at school. But If they were to reboot Harry Potter, I would scream in delight if Adam was cast as Snape because as well as being a superb actor, he is actually the right age. Plus it helps he has the hair, the nose, the posture, the aura, even the really deep voice. All he needs is a very convincing British accent and then I'm down for it 😂😂

@@hannahc2265 to be fair, when they first casted snape not all the books were out and there was no confirmation on the marauder-era people's ages. it turned out that james and lily were like 20 when they had harry which is pretty young for parenthood. snape is ~31 in the first book which is younger than one would have assumed without access to that knowledge

timelord ricknmorty Except that Rowling worked with them in the casting process. She didn’t have final say but she did have the ability to release any info that might be pertinent to those decisions

I've only seen him in one episode of Doctor Who, and he carried that episode, so yeah, he'd be great!

exactly!!

Icelandic Sand oh you’ve missed out on a lot of good movies then. you should watch the cornetto trilogy (shaun of the dead, hot fuzz, at world’s end), pegg is all of them

He'd be amazing.

I loved him in Star Trek.

i dont think i could see anyone else ever replacing any of the original cast🤣

but I can see

Or McGonagall

@@dids3384 ikr, fuck this video idea...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

adam driver could, him and kaylo are similar anyway