Of all the new characters joining Hogwarts in it second year, perhaps the most noticeable was the flamboyant best-selling author and celebrity wizard Gilderoy Lockhart, brought in by Professor Dumbledore to become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Several actors were considered for the part, including Hugh Grant, whom Chris Columbus had directed in Nine Months. But what Kenneth Branagh came in to audition, it was immediately clear that he was Lockhart. David Heyman recalls,"He was perfect. Ken is the consummate actor. And yet he was comfortable playing the narcissist and the buffoon. His performance was heightened, but it had real truth."
The Emmy-winning actor/director Kenneth Branagh arrived on the British theater scene in the early 1980s and quickly established himsel... (查看原文)
