Sunday, December 04, 2005

Bringing Mad-Eye to Life

A fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times presents all the facts you need to know about Mad-Eye Moody, the former Auror, played by actor Brendan Gleeson.

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Bringing Mad-Eye vividly to life in the new film is burly Irish actor Brendan Gleeson, 50, a former teacher who has given memorable performances in such films as Braveheart, Michael Collins, Artificial Intelligence: AI, and Gangs of New York.

Did you teach the same age students as Harry, Ron and Hermione?

I did, actually. It was all boys from about 12 to 18. You know, that interesting time of life! You kind of make great friends with some of the kids too. It is a time in their life they prefer to forget, but if you like them to begin with, it kind of helps.


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You can read the full article by clicking on the link below.

A New Lesson Plan

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