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Oldman Axed from Harry Potter Film?
Actor Gary Oldman looks unlikely to reprise his role as Sirius Black in the next Harry Potter offering, after reports he has been mysteriously axed from the wizard franchise. Oldman, who has appeared in the last two movies adapted from JK Rowling's popular children's books, has yet to be signed for a third term - even though filming for Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix has already begun. The actor's manager, Douglas Urbanski, tells British newspaper The Sun, "You will be shocked to learn there are no plans for Gary to appear in the film. To say we are puzzled is an understatement at the very least! We are left with no choice but to pursue other employment for him." Vanessa Davis, spokeswoman for production company Warner Brothers, confirms no deal has been reached, but insists there is still time to resolve the confusion. She says, "With any film the priority is confirming the cast who will be on the set from the outset."
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Aaaah, thank God! Apparently the rumor has been axed already two days ago and IMDB just is being slow on the uptake again. Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eiluned for pointing that out! x_x; God, that would have been HORRible! Just when it had finally been confirmed that the original cast would be reprising the lead roles. I mean, there has been so much talk about how the main cast would be way too old by the time cameras would be rolling for OotP blablabla, so there was always this slight twinge of fear that the producers would totally lose it and recast the main cast. People have been known to do a lot more retarded things than that. Wouldn't it have been terrible now to either somehow, totally inexplicably, write out Sirius or replace Oldman?!? God, I don't even want to imagine it. Of course, there's always the slight possibility that there has been a development lately, but I'm willing to bet my shinies on IMDB just being slow. It has to be! O.O
Actor Gary Oldman looks unlikely to reprise his role as Sirius Black in the next Harry Potter offering, after reports he has been mysteriously axed from the wizard franchise. Oldman, who has appeared in the last two movies adapted from JK Rowling's popular children's books, has yet to be signed for a third term - even though filming for Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix has already begun. The actor's manager, Douglas Urbanski, tells British newspaper The Sun, "You will be shocked to learn there are no plans for Gary to appear in the film. To say we are puzzled is an understatement at the very least! We are left with no choice but to pursue other employment for him." Vanessa Davis, spokeswoman for production company Warner Brothers, confirms no deal has been reached, but insists there is still time to resolve the confusion. She says, "With any film the priority is confirming the cast who will be on the set from the outset."
[source]
EDIT:
Aaaah, thank God! Apparently the rumor has been axed already two days ago and IMDB just is being slow on the uptake again. Thanks to
eiluned for pointing that out! x_x; God, that would have been HORRible! Just when it had finally been confirmed that the original cast would be reprising the lead roles. I mean, there has been so much talk about how the main cast would be way too old by the time cameras would be rolling for OotP blablabla, so there was always this slight twinge of fear that the producers would totally lose it and recast the main cast. People have been known to do a lot more retarded things than that. Wouldn't it have been terrible now to either somehow, totally inexplicably, write out Sirius or replace Oldman?!? God, I don't even want to imagine it. Of course, there's always the slight possibility that there has been a development lately, but I'm willing to bet my shinies on IMDB just being slow. It has to be! O.O
