Christian Coulson Petition

The fight to bring back Christian Coulson to portray Tom M. Riddle Jr. in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

As many of you should know from reading my blogs, I am an avid Harry Potter fan. Today as I was researching more information about the story line I ran across a very interesting website that I did not know existed. It seems that the Warner Brother Studios, who own the rights to filming the Harry Potter series, are planning on slighting an actor who has already given a portrayal of a character on the big screen. Christian Coulson has already had the honor of playing the teenage Tom Riddle Jr. in the Chamber of Secrets movie. Now the studio is say that he is too old to play the character in the Half-Blood Prince as he nears the age of 30. What filthy hypocritical assholes! They have actors sometimes ten years older than their characters play young roles. Why on earth are they going to refuse the right for this actor to reprise a role he wants to come back to? The site I ran across is a petition to sign asking the studios to give Mr. Coulson another chance at the role. Of course I signed it; I’d be an idiot not to. I’ll leave the link for anyone who wants to sign it as well. I was number 1,676 to sign out of the 2,500 needed. I hope that all of you who read this entry will take the time to add your name to the list. I also will leave after the web address the comment I left on the petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fans-for-chris-coulson

The man has a fierceness that captures the essence of the arrogance his character exudes. After seeing him perform in the Chamber of Secrets, I can’t imagine anyone else portraying the roll of the teenage Tom Marvolo Riddle Jr. now that he has placed his interpretation of the role on film for millions of people to enjoy. Continuity is an important must now that we have delved farther into the series. Ten years from now, these will be classic movies that people will hearken back to, wondering why the studios acted foolishly by switching actors; that is, if they make the switch. I can’t see how the fact that he is a few years older will impact his ability to perform a role that he has had the satisfaction of playing once before, given that he was a total of six years older than the age of the character he was playing at the time. He still looks as young and has had more experience from acting to add to the sublet charms his character posses. For the studios, this is just another several hundred million dollar profit they will be making on the Half-Blood Prince. But to all the millions of fans who are willing to spend their hard earned cash, it truly is a magical experience to see their favorite series projected onto the silver screen. Why ruin it by making this mistake? It is true that not everyone will always agree with how a book is turned into a film, but fans will most definitely boo a major decision like this. I beseech you, as well as do the many millions of other fans out there, to do the right thing. Bring back Christian Coulson to the films! He is a worthy actor of this recognition. On this note I leave you with: “Do what is right, not what is easy” as Dumbledore would say.

Thanks for reading; hope you sign. Cheers!