The Great Recasting Blogathon 2012: HARRY POTTER (2001-2011 series)

This blogathon hosted by Rianna at Frankly, My Dear and Natalie at In the Mood requires participants to select a post-1965 movie and completely recast it with pre-1965 actors. I got really excited and immediately chose HARRY POTTER, because there is a such a great variety of character, you know?

I walked straight into a nightmare. What on earth was I thinking?! There are several reasons recasting Harry Potter with classic Hollywood actors is problematic:
1.) HARRY POTTER, and everyone in it, is terribly, terribly British.
2.) There are a bunch of child characters.
3.) There are a lot of freaks. Like a midget charm professor. And twin teen-age red-heads. And Ogres and giants (and half-giants) and freaky evil snake-men without noses.
4.) There aren't that many really glamorous characters. Hollywood was basically run off of star power, but HARRY POTTER isn't exactly an MGM rom-com musical, now is it?

However, I have managed against all the odd to compile a list of recastings. Some of these I'm quite proud of - picking goody-goody Freddie Bartholomew as Malfoy was genius. Others...? Well, let's just say I'm not too attached to the idea of Mickey and Judy as Ronny Howard's side-kick pals. So please, feel free to criticize and rearrange to your heart's content. I welcome your input!