Actor David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada today for the International Festival of Authors, and gave his reaction to the news from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling regarding Dumbledore. The actor said that he was surprised, because while he was filming “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” director Alfonso Cuaron had the idea that Lupin was gay,”and he described my character like a ‘gay junkie’ .” At this link you can watch a short video interview with the actor who discusses his reaction and more. David Thewlis will be in Toronto again tomorrow to promote his new novel “The Late Hector Kipling” before returning to England to complete work on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
VERY INTERESTING!!! Just goes to show it is a mark of a great writer when even the director of the movies had it wrong! Although I could totally have seen a gay Lupin too…. :)
Getting married and having a child with his fag hag hanger-onner who won’t give up doesn’t make Lupin any less gay. Devastated from the loss of the love of his life, he gave in to Tonks one time and then tried to leave her after she revealed she was pregnant, but then Harry badgered him to go back to her. Poor Lupin, he’s the most tragic figure of the series. An outcast in so many ways.
I wonder if Jo knew Cuaron’s thoughts on Lupin (because he was actually quite vocal about it when the movie came out) why she didn’t correct him like she corrected Kloves and Yates about Dumbledore. Maybe Lupin’s just open for interpretation. Getting hastily married and having a child doesn’t necessarily make him completely straight.
@Melynda: Well, Jo surely most know that there’s a huge chunk of the fandom who has thought all along (and still thinks!) that Lupin is gay. My guess is that she probably never intended him to be but has still graciously left some room for interpretation. But who knows?
Aaah, I love Thewlis (even though he’s not exactly how I picture Lupin)...he’s always a class act. This was a funny little clip and his impersonation of Alfonso was hilarious.
Oh no, the Remus/Sirius shippers WILL NOT REST! lol. I can see Remus/Sirius myself, but I really love Lupin and Tonks together as a couple.
Maybe Lupin is bi…? Haha, I don’t think that he would’ve bi in the books, but a lot of people in fandom have made him that way. Nothing wrong with that, at all.
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VERY INTERESTING!!! Just goes to show it is a mark of a great writer when even the director of the movies had it wrong! Although I could totally have seen a gay Lupin too…. :)