While promoting her stage work in Henrik Ibsen's drama,
John Gabriel Borkman, which has its U.S. debut Friday night in New York's
Brooklyn Academy of Music, British actress Lindsay Duncan (
Alice in Wonderland,
Rome,
An Ideal Husband,
Starter for 10) was
asked why she was never cast in the
Harry Potter films. Note that, as shown in the image below, Duncan's costars in
John Gabriel Borkman are Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) as Borkman, and Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley), who plays Rickman's on-stage wife. Duncan portrays Mrs. Borkman's twin sister, Ella.
Quote:
Duncan says she has never been considered for a part in the Potter movies. "No, and I'd like to know why. Thank you for putting that question out into the world!" she says with a laugh. "Not that I'm bitter, just curious. I have to say that most of the people in my age group have been in Harry Potter, but not me."
Ibsen's
John Gabriel Borkman opens Friday night at BAM, and runs through February 6, 2011. Tickets can be purchased
here.
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Quote of the Week - Lindsay Duncan 
Quote of the Week 
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I wish life was fair and love was easy 
