Now, that’s a bit harsh. It didn’t come across as prideful that he’d never read the books, more like he was excited to get to work along such great actors, and also answering that no, he hadn’t read the books.

Also, it’s very interesting what he said about how the HP “machine” works.

Also, I like how the title of the article is that he hasn’t “yet” read HP. Ever the hopeful Hufflepuff, aren’t ya, Sue?

Hmm, for someone who is meant to be playing a character from a book and not to have read it seems downright short sighted to me.

Oh well i guess we will have to wait and see, but i don’t think I’m looking forward to seeing him in this part.

Isn’t this the same dude that played Eyeball Paul in Kevin and Perry go large? :S

Well, that’s alright, I mean. He’ll prolly pick up the book. :/
I still think he’s perfect for the part
He’ll porlly change his mind about some of his opinions once he starts shooting LOL

I’m not surprised that he hasn’t read the book, and he isn’t too young for the role – He’s at least 40 yrs. old – and many of these wizards seem to have started having children in their early 20’s, so he’s actually about the perfect age to be Luna’s father (I prefered enjoying my 20s before having children). If I hadn’t had children who were interested, I never would have bothered to go out and buy and then read the books. At my age, you initially think they are children’s books. I’m very glad I found out otherwise (and I have read them more than once). The actors are hired for their skill and suitability for the role, it doesn’t really matter that much if they hadn’t read the book. Perhaps he will and will get more insight into the character, but Xenophilius is really not that hard to get a handle on. I’m sure he’s a fun character to play.

It will be interesting to see what he does with hes caracter.

Though he has not read the books, I am more than certain that he will fill the shoes of the character perfectly. Remain optimistic…and let us hope that he will eventually decide to expose himself to these marvelous books.

To be fair, Rhys isnt the kind of man to read harry potter, he’s an actor and a job is a job.

I think it’s disgusting the way so many people are slating Rhys. He’s says he’s not a “big fan” Who cares if he is a huge fan or not?! It’s not a pre-requisite to be one to act in the film. And as for not reading the book, that’s hardly a crime either, especially as the scripts deviate from the books. And this doesn’t make him ignorant! I bet lots of the other actors haven’t read the books!! My mum always told me, if you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all.

I think Rhys is perfect for the role! He’s got a quirky charm which can lend itself well to the role of Mr Lovegood.

I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be too disastrous if he didn’t read the books. Xenophilius, while being very interesting and delightful and such, is not the most complex of characters. It would be far worse if he were playing, you know, Dumbledore… :|

I actually think he will do a good job. He’s great at playing quirky characters. I don’t think you have to read the HP books to play this character.

I would hope as an actor…acting out Jo’s character, he would want to research his part in order to portray Xeno accurately

He sounds good enough for me, but he HAS TO READ THOSE BOOKS PLEASE!!!! It really annoys me when people with big roles don’t read the books (yes, I’m talking about you, Michael Gambon) while actrors with the smallest roles ever read them (like the actress cast to play Hermione’s mom). I guess his role isn’t major, but still, it’s bigger than Hermione’s mother’s role which isn’t even in the books.

I hope that I could read the deathly hallows ….. though he says that he should not be very a fan of harry potter, good interview …. rhys is brilliant for xeno lovegood :)

I think he’ll do fine a Xeno. He was my favorite in Little Nicky. (Yes, I liked that movie.) I’m sure they have a least suggest he read the parts of the book in which his character is involved. If not, oh well. No the end of the world.