Based on many movies, we get all different descriptions of werewolves, good and bad. In PoA, we see Lupin turn into a rather tall, scrawney werewolve, is this how they will all look? My question is, based of past portrayals of werewolves, will Greyback look the same as Lupin, or have a bit of a Van Helsing twist?

What are your thoughts.

Well, I think he should look like Lupin. Whether or not he will i dont know but it would sort of throw things off if he didint. Plus I liked how the warewolf in PoA was really human-like and not just some huge wolf, so i hope they use the same sort of design for Greyback.

Well, I think he should look like Lupin. Whether or not he will i dont know but it would sort of throw things off if he didint. Plus I liked how the warewolf in PoA was really human-like and not just some huge wolf, so i hope they use the same sort of design for Greyback.[QUOTE]

This is word for word out of my brother's mouth. Although I like the Alterbeast(old genesis game) look, the human look was supurb. I agree with him and you one hundred percent.

hmm... I can't remember if Greyback actually transformed into a werewolf in HBP, otherwise it's obvious we won't see him in the movie as a werewolf.
But I do think he should look like Lupin, or maybe a little bit more meaner and bigger. In my opinion they should stick to the same type of wolf and there should be some resemblance between him and Lupin.

He wasn't transformed at any time (that we saw of course) during HBP. When he crashed Hogwarts with the rest of the Death Eaters, he was attacking without transforming. Hense Dumbldore's disgust. I can see him being scruffy, dirty and really scary loking. His character is actually one I would be excited to see. Agian, one of those reasons I fear HBP-the movie will have a serious high rating.

When he was described my first instinct was to think of the late Frank Silva who played Killer Bob in Twin Peaks:

Bob

He's now sadly passed on but if I were the director this is the kind of image I'd be trying to portray.

Oh, now there's a blast from the past Crickey, I was addicted to that show at one time, you know...I had Laura Palmer's diary, the soundtrack and everything. That guy who played Bob definitely gave me the heeby-jeebies. Actually, the whole series did - all those weird backwards-time things and moving pictures...*shudders*

Anywho, when I saw this topic posted I wondered who might be good for this role and I was at a complete loss, but yeah, I could have seen Frank being ideal for that. I heard he'd died though, sadly...but yeah, someone along that track would be brilliant.

I'm racking my brains here...it would have to be someone really thin and wiry, I reckon...a bit gaunt looking, but with really sharp eyes...erm.....crikey.... What about Jeremy Irons in a nice, long, haggard wig? Yeah, Jeremy Irons, I reckon...

Or that guy out of Pirates of the Caribbean...the one with the eye that kept popping out, you know? He's not British though, is he?

Jeremy Iron could be a good choice.

To continue in that type of actor/physique I can see Rupert Everett beeing Greyback. Daniel Day Lewis could be an interesting choice too although I'm under the impression he would say no to Potter movies.

Tim Curry doesn't fit the physical type of the other actors named so far but he could be a really interesting choice too cause under that funny face hides rage an craziness. Anybody who saw him playing Pennywise in Stephen King's IT know what I mean.

Funny you should say that Porthos because I always saw Tim Curry as a good Peeves!

I don't think Jeremy Irons could quite bring the... rawness to the character - maybe Brideshead revisisted has scarred me though?
I think you're right about the rangy appearance though, scrawny but athletic looking. And he also has to be able to look a few years older than Lupin.

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Hmm... Have bee doing some thinking and what do people reckon on:

Rhys Iffans
Robert Carlyle
Tim Roth

I think all have potential

Robert Carlye would make an amazing Greyback. Any one seen him in Trainspotting? Just acts crazy and everything!

Jeremy Irons would be pretty good too! He's good in Die Hard 3 also as Snape in chamber pot of Azerbijan!

I know Geyback never transformed, it was a retorical question on what you all thought he should look like. I still say that the Lupin form is better because it is more human like than Van helsing but tha transformation in Van Helsing was so much better when the skin melted off and stuff

We'll I always picture werewolves in their human form to still look like a wolf. As for greyback looking like Lupin, I don't think has to be that way. I mean a werewolf can bite a human man and they won't look like them but they would still be a werewolf.

The person that comes to my mind when I picture Greyback is Guy Pearce. I don't know if he is British or not but he looks like a wolf. If you don't know who that is, he was in the 2000 edition of The Time Machine. He sounded british but that could be easily be him acting. As for Irons, I don't know about him. He doesn't seem like the Greyback type.

Frank Silva looks like a werewolf and he does seem like the crazy type. I that picture, it looks as though he sent it in for the part.

i can really see Rupert Everett playing greyback but when i first saw this Forum i thought Christian Bale the main character from raign of fire i can really see him playing it but ive never see him being the bad guy so it would be nice to see him play something different.

Oh yea forgot about shaft haven’t seen it for ages and I have never seen American psycho but in your opinion could he play a blood sucking werewolf?

Guy Pearce would be a great choice and think he could be made to look a bit... weathered for the role. (Fact: Guy Pearce was actually born in England before his parents emmigrated to Australia when he was three. I learnt that from a Neighbours magazine I bought about 15 years ago! )

Bill Nighy would quite obviously be genius! What a legend...

Unfortunately, he's not English, but Christopher Walkin comes to my mind. He might be too old too. . .remind me how old greyback is supposed to be again? Ooh, we could have Collin Firth trying a different role other than his mainstay. Be good to see him as something unconventional. I'll have more thoughts once I figure out ages.

The more I thought about this (and started thinking Hugh Jackman), the more I'm convinced that Greyback probably won't even make it into the film. He doesn't really have too big of a role; so besides a mention (maybe) I bet they'll be cutting him. Even if they didn't, I dont' think the role is big enough to attract an a-list actor (or even b-list really).

you people are forgetting billl gets desroyed by grey back.
all demented face like.
i like either guy Peirce or hugh Jackman
yeah they'd be good

I'm not forgetting poor Bill at all, I just still think that Greyback is too small a part. Bill Weasley's role will probably be cut way short too. Unless they decide to make these next few movies into two-parters (which I'm rooting for, but not expecting). I think there'll be a lot of things like this that will be cut from the movie in order to make it fit into the neat-and-tidy time-slot.

ooh, wouldn't sean bean be good here too?

Well as for Greyback being cut, I don't think so. JK made it sound like he is going to have a bigger role in the next book. Bill almost became a werewolf and his face is deformed and eventually we will be introduced to Bill in a movie. So I don't think that he will be cut. The more that I think about it, Irons sounds like a canadate for the part. He plays a lot of bad guys and he sounds like he is the werewolf type.

I definatly know that Hugh Jackman won't play him because I think he was born in Australia and he is too big of a star to play the role. No one so far that has been casted has been a huge star like that.

Secretkeeper, where did JKR say greyback was going to have a bigger role in the books?

After seeing GoF, I feel more strongly that we won't see greyback in a film. I mean look how big of a part Ludo had in GoF, but he didn't even make an appearance (not to mention charlie, bill, molly, and the scads of others that couldn't be fit in). I think that we won't even be introduced to Bill because he (even his disfuguration) is not an integral part of the plot-line. If anything, In the cinema, I think that the whole seeing that Bill has been attacked will detract from Dumbledore's death. Just a difference between books and movies, they way people can intake a certain number of things in one medium but not in others.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if they could keep Greyback in there, but I'm just trying to be realistic so as not to get my expectations high.

passer

passerby- I remember reading an interview that she had on her website back when HBP was released. Someone asked if Bill will get even with Greyback in the final book and she said that we will see Greyback later on. So I took that as him playing a bigger role but I may be wrong.

If you really think about it, why would JK introduce a character at the end of the book and not bring him back after what he did? Sorry Mod's just backing up what I said.

I'm not saying that he won't have a bigger or more important roll in the book. . .I definately think he'll be in the book, but I don't think he'll be in the movie. Greyback has some importance to some sub-plots of the books, but not so much in the way they are taking the movies. . .

I really dunno. Hugh Jackman might do a good job...but I don't think he'll have that important of a role. They'll prolly just mention him at the end when Harry sees Bill all messed up. Like, "What happened to Bill?" and Lupin says "Oh, this DE, Fenrir Greyback, the one who bit me, he attacked him." Maybe not so blunt, but I don't think they'll put him in. Which is a total shame, 'cause I would have loved to see Greyback on the big screen.

If Greyback has been around long enough to have bitten Lupin when Remus was a child, he would be better played by a contemporary of Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, or Michael Caine (all of whom were knighted by the queen). However, these actors would have been at the level of the leads in the Potter films, not a small part like Greyback.

My choice would be CIARAN HINDS; Hinds' film credits include "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Statement," "Calendar Girls," "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life," "Veronica Guerin," "Road to Perdition," "The Sum of All Fears," "The Weight of Water," "Circle of Friends," "Rules of Engagement," "The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover" and "Excalibur." He also portrayed Julius Caesar in the HBO series "Rome".

He has a sense of menace that would be excellent for this character. Even though Greyback is just introduced in HBP, his leadership of the werewolves will play into the final book. His ravaging of Bill should be left in, since I'm hoping Bill will play a bigger role in the last film, not just because of his wedding but because he is a curse breaker, which could help Harry with the horcruxes.

to me since fenrir greyback has such animilistic qualities i would have to say Michael Sheen. He played lucian-the head lyken(werewolf) in Underworld and Underworld:Evolution. Since he already has experience in being a werewolf I think he would be perfect. He was also born in Wales so an extra bonus.

I doubt that Greyback will be cut. The producers like action. Greyback puts some action and suspense into the books, and they will try to exaggerate it when transferring it into the movies. I would not be surprised if they showed the part where Greyback attacks Bill...that would look cool in the theaters and they can show it on the trailers and teasers as well. Believe me, when it comes time, the directors will jump on the case!

As for who will play it, everybody you guys mentioned already would fit the job...they are just how I imagined Greyback...evil-looking, long hair, sharp eyes, and a face that makes you think "uhh...I gotta get out of here before he kills me!" hahaha...



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I, like Just the Droobles don't know who most of any of you guys are talking about. As for McKenzie Crook, he might make a good Greyback, but they would, as you said, definatly have you rough him up alot with make-up. I haven't seen much of his acting except for like two episodes of The Office, which I don't even remember.

Im not really worried who is cast for him

All that I care about is, that when he changes to a werewolf, it better look better than in PoA.

Lupin as a werewolf looked aweful

Im think Hugh Jackman as well. He looks like a werewolf already haha. I dont know who would fit it better, but he doesnt have a british accent and mostly all people in Harry Potter have british accents. Or does Hugh Jackman have an accent? I dont remember.

i think they should get hugh Jackman to Play the part of Greyback thta was a very good idea Spencer. and if Hugh jackman Can not do it then they should get Guy Pearce to play the part but i think Hugh jackman would be a better one with the Whole Accent thing going for him.

I think someone like Ewan McGregor would be ideal as Greyback and it maintains the british cast majority

well it would be awesome if they did the Van Helsing werewolfs but i also like the harry potter werewolfs aswell because i never saw a werewolf like Lupin turned into and that makes Harry Potter different then the other. harry Potter don't want to be the same as everyone else. and that makes is great.

Welcome Willy

I like Ewen McGregor, but I don't know if I'd like to see him dressed up as Greyback - Eurgh! He's always played such nice people and Greyback is foul. I guess he could pull it off though, he's a very clever actor.

Anyway, could you stop by the forum rules please (I have a link in my sig) as Posts as short as yours are generally not permitted. A bit more elaboration is always helpful to getting your point across and help promote healthy discussion.

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I've been going back and forth on this one (the possibilities are too good!), but honestly, I think either Jeremy Irons or Daniel Day Lewis would be great for Greyback. Both are phenomenal actors, and I think they'd do the part justice. The only thing I don't like is that Greyback doesn't have many lines in the book, which means he might not get screen time ! Let's hope not!

i think he shld luk a bit lyk lupin cz dats how PoA has portrayed werwolfs but i also tink that he shld luk a bit lyk a rabid dog


i tink he slhd luk a bnit lyk lupin i tink he shld also

-rabid dog - lyk foaming mouth nd dat
-a lil bit fatter cz he feedss more
-bit more wolf lyk

human form

-claws
-sharp pointyteeth
-dirty n scrawny

i tink he shld luk a lot more lyk a wolf in human form as well
scary

Hmmm. I was watching Serendipity (great film) the other day, and thought that John Cusack would make a great Greyback! He was kinda how I imagined him when I was reading the book. What do you think? Here's a pic of him.

i very much doubt that greyback will be cut because not only he is a part of lupin's background, he attacks Bill which sparks the talk between Molly Weasly and Fleur, and it sparks how Tonks feels about Lupin because she starts talking about how Fleur doesn't care about the fact that he might be slightly wolfish. i hardly think he will be cut, especially if J.K has said that we will see him again in the next book.

Anyways, i don't really know who could play Greyback but i guess Hugh Jackman isn't a bad idea because he would have some sort of idea about how to act as a wolf because he was Wolverine in X-men.
Way earlier in this conversation Bill Nighy was mentioned. I don't know if he would be a good choice or not but hey! if he can be made to look like he did as Davy Jones then maybe it's possiable!!
John Cusack . . . maybe i don't know.
One actor came into my mind when i was thinking about Hugh Jackman and that was Richard Roxburgh, the one who played Dracula in Van Helsing. What does everyone think? i am not sure but it was just an idea.



pictures of Richard Roxburgh . . .Google Images

And him as Dracula . . .Google Images

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I agree that Robert Carlyle would be incredible as Greyback. He is raw and can play a psycho so well.

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Welll I think that Greyback should look a lot different than Lupin from POA.Lupin was small and scrawny(great form tho! )and Greyback(from the books)seems very strong.Maybe a differnt colour too...