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New Interview with Fenrir Greyback Actor Dave Legeno
HBP FilmThere is a short new interview with Dave Legeno, who will be portraying the villainous werewolf Fenrir Greyback in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. UK tabloid The Daily Star has an article where the cage fighter turned actor mentions his role as the loathsome werewolf in the sixth Harry Potter film, and talks briefly about working with actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter). In what is described as a “gruesome fight scene,” he says: “Daniel will be taking his own 17 stone monster in this film – me.” The fighter, known as The Legend Killer for his giant-slaying ways, added: “He is a lovely guy but let’s just say he will have his hands full when I get hold of him.” You can see the scan of this article, here courtesy of Snitchseeker.com
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Sorry, I don’t know how or why the quoted comment from Andrew was deleted.
Andrew said: I hope he knows he’s not a werewolf…As for the post being in italics … I have no idea how that happened.
Sorry, I don’t know how or why the quoted comment from Andrew was deleted.
Andrew said: I hope he knows he’s not a werewolf…As for the post being in italics … I have no idea how that happened.
Sorry, I don’t know how or why the quoted comment from Andrew was deleted.
Andrew said: I hope he knows he’s not a werewolf…As for the post being in italics … I have no idea how that happened.
as people have mentioned in previous posts – there is an encounter between Harry and Fenrir when Harry is chasing after Snape after the Lightning Tower scene (in Flight of the Prince). Fenrir jumps on Harry and Harry manages to do the petrificus totalus (or whatever) curse on him. I wouldn’t be surprised if they extended it. That whole chapter is scene after scene of Harry throwing curses and death eaters and Malfoy throwing them at him, with Snape blocking them and throwing them off – except to knock Harry back a few times. It’s an exciting chapter – I hope they do it right.
What a large and really frightening looking guy. Just add some mangy hair and pointy teeth and he will be perfect for Greyback. Just don’t let our Dan get hurt accidentally.
And as for the pediphile thing, OH Defintely! Even DD on the Astronomy Tower wants him out of the castle. And to think he hurt Lupin. At the Malfoy Manshion, his drooling over Hermione is just sickening.
Hey guys. I just wanted to point out that I do not see any correlation between Greyback and paedophilia. Yes. Greyback does seem to have a preference for children (cf scenes in Hogwarts). However, this seems to be an act of pure evil rather than a sexual preference. As far as I interpret it, he preferably tries to pass his actual state of being a Werewolf on to children in order to establish some kind of “Werewolf-Society”(IIRC). And PLEASE do not jump to conclusions about Paedophilia and paedophiles without being informed. I do not want to defend peadophiles, I think it is a terrible crime and adults taking advantage of their superior position compared to children should be punished. HOWEVER, those people suffer from a serious illness (on whether that is a fact or dependant on the point of view I do not want to elaborate) and noone should judge hastily. Furthermore, Greyback would not be likely to be a paedophile even if he felt sexually attracted by Hermione (for instance). For the sake of lazyness ( :-) ) I joust quote wikipedia: “paedophilia (Commonwealth usage) is the primary or exclusive sexual attraction of adults to prepubescent children. A person with this attraction is called a pedophile or paedophile.[1]” ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedophilia ) Given the fact that Hermione is about 17-18 years old, I doubt wheter one would call her prepubescent.
Again: I do NOT want to defend anyone or any sexual preference. I do not want to take a particular position. I just think that pronouncing that character a paedophile is not justified.
No offence intended. AD
I’d like to say something about the pedophile thing. Sexual assault (i.e. molestation and rape) have nothing to do with sexual orientation. It is about power and pedophiles (in the way the word is commonly thought of, as in, those who do touch children) ARE monsters, and a pedophile may be of any sexual orientation.
Now, as to Greyback himself, I think that he may be an analogy for child molesters. It is said that he especially tries to bite children (i.e. he ATTACKS them) and DD even says he can’t believe Draco brought him to the school where his friends were and there’s his treatment of Hermione at Malfoy Manor.
To clarify, I don’t actually think Greyback was a pedophile and I don’t think he was attracted to anyone that we know of. I just think this is a metaphor as Voldemort is a metaphor for Hitler (well, not really a metaphor, more like a representative figure, he was really a metaphor for intolerance.)
Just to make quell some worries – these fight scenes are ridiculously choreographed. I’ve worked on film fights and they are choreographed down to the second. Yes, accidents happen, but the production crews take extreme caution to make it so that the probability of an accident happening is very minimum. A fight choreographer is there on set while it is being filmed and they rehearse the fights for a very long time (the more intense the fight, the longer the rehearsal period) – for example in Star Wars Episode 3 when Hayden Christiansen and Ewan McGregor had their final battle with each other they rehearsed for weeks first with padding all around them and other people doing it extremely slowly before they moved on to doing it in front of the blue screen where they would perform in the same manner as on camera. Each fight sequence is done with extreme practice and skill to make sure no harm is done to anyone involved.
Orson Wells once stated that nothing shall die for the art of film (and he meant nothing, down to a fly) and that goes for injury. Things happen (bumps and scratches) but just because this guy was a professional fighter doesn’t mean he is going to go out of control and accidentally hurt someone. It just means he’ll get the choreography quicker.
He looks terrifying! He’s perfect! Fenrir always gave me the creeps!
That sounds terrifying!! I’m sure he was just joking. I hope… ;p
Hi guys, first timer here. With no Bill Weasley in this film, do you think another character will be bitten by Greyback? I think it would be Neville, seeing has he has taken on many of Dobby’s roles in the films?
matner77 i think that you’re right about Neville filling in for Bill or they might not do it at all. I hope they redo how the werewolves look like they did with the dementors.
matner77 i think that you’re right about Neville filling in for Bill or they might not do it at all. I hope they redo how the werewolves look like they did with the dementors.
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Andrew your flippant comment is well noted.
However, I refer to the acting technique known as “Method Acting” utilized by almost all actors. The goal of which is to “get totally into a role” by utilizing ones personal experiences. Since Legeno lists on his resume “Cage fighter, bouncer, debt collector and wrestler” ... my concern was that in getting into the character of Greyback he might inadvertantly cause harm by unharnessing some actions from his previous experiences. Many actors use this technique quite successfully, they can tap into their experiences without relinquishing control. But, even the most experienced and respected actors have been known to “lose touch with reality” when getting into character occasionally. I have personnally seen and have heard of many “accidents” (major and minor) on set that are the result of lack of control on a method actor’s part.
So, given Legeno’s bombastic words and his inexperience as an actor, I believe my concern is valid. IMHO. I KNOW that all the production people are and will be very careful in protecting everyone from harm … But accidents do happen.
Dave Legeno does look perfect for the role. We will see if he has the acting chops for the role. (Seriously, no slight or pun intended) I hope that his menacing stare translates on screen.