I think a lot of it is whether or not we already have an idea in our heads of how these characters would look like, and how they would act-- for me, I only had wild & crazy in mind for Bellatrix, and calm & composed & blonde for Narcissa, so when I saw the actresses they'd cast it was easier for their faces to fill in all the rest of what was missing in my head. The stronger the idea I had of a character, I think, the harder it is to convince me that this or that actor would have fit them.
I also think that once we see a character on-screen, to a certain extent we get attached to how they play their character, so it is understandably upsetting when suddenly they're played by someone else.
there are some times where the second actor gives entirely new ideas about the character and we find ourselves actually starting to be glad about the replacement
Thissssss. I'm a little bit surprised, actually, that Doctor Who hasn't made its way to the conversation yet. On one hand yes, the regeneration thing does make for a nice, built-in excuse about why eleven different actors have played him so far. On the other hand, one can't help but notice that every time someone new plays him, he changes quite a bit. There's room for playing with personality and quirks, I guess, and again you can account for Time Lord regeneration rules for that, but at the same time I can't help wondering-- if you put Eleven and One side by side, would you ever get to a point where you thought, "Yes, this is the same character."?
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Date: 2013-04-01 01:22 pm (UTC)& blondefor Narcissa, so when I saw the actresses they'd cast it was easier for their faces to fill in all the rest of what was missing in my head. The stronger the idea I had of a character, I think, the harder it is to convince me that this or that actor would have fit them.I also think that once we see a character on-screen, to a certain extent we get attached to how they play their character, so it is understandably upsetting when suddenly they're played by someone else.
there are some times where the second actor gives entirely new ideas about the character and we find ourselves actually starting to be glad about the replacement
Thissssss. I'm a little bit surprised, actually, that Doctor Who hasn't made its way to the conversation yet. On one hand yes, the regeneration thing does make for a nice, built-in excuse about why eleven different actors have played him so far. On the other hand, one can't help but notice that every time someone new plays him, he changes quite a bit. There's room for playing with personality and quirks, I guess, and again you can account for Time Lord regeneration rules for that, but at the same time I can't help wondering-- if you put Eleven and One side by side, would you ever get to a point where you thought, "Yes, this is the same character."?
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