Tuesday, July 24, 2007

notable British/Irish/etc actors NOT in Harry Potter

with a great deal of help from IMDb, presented without bias (IE "yay" or "boo"):
natasha richardson
julian sands
helen mirren
judi dench
emily watson
clive owen
ian mckellen
anthony hopkins
liam neeson
hugh grant (i believe he was supposed to be in it as gilderoy lockhart, but had to drop out)
kristin scott thomas
sean connery (and all the other bonds)
elizabeth taylor (though she doesn't really do films any more)
rachel weisz
kate winslet
sean bean
christopher lee
samantha morton
jude law
daniel day-lewis
michael caine
jeremy irons
ewan mcgregor
emily blunt
gerard butler
christian bale
jeremy northam
albert finney
jennifer saunders
peter o'toole
brenda blethyn
ben kingsley
jonathan rhys-myers
jonathan rhys-davies
sacha baron cohen
tilda swinton
keira knightley
orlando bloom
sienna miller
bill nighy
cillian murphy
elizabeth hurley
vanessa redgrave
lynn redgrave