For the record...

[rj_anderson]

And in response to a couple of appalled comments on my previous post, I never suggested Rowan Atkinson should play Snape. I just said that in this particular pic, Rowan Atkinson's hair looked like I think Snape's would if he took proper care of it. Not the same thing. :)

On the other hand, look at the sketch of Snape drawn by J.K. Rowling herself, and tell me that her version doesn't look a lot more like Atkinson than he does like Alan Rickman...?!

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I rather like the idea of Atkinson as Snape -- he certainly can play the sarcastic bastard with an unholy glee (Blackadder 2, basically), so why not.

Of course, my mental Snape-image seems to reset to Roger Delgado (the original Master) whenever I'm reading the books. Must be the influence of the chapter illustrations.

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Much as I adore Delgado (not just the original, but the best Master), he is so far from the description of Snape we have in canon that yeah, I'd have to say that's a symptom of Creeping GrandPre'ism. :)