Sirius/Remus was canon.... sort of

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

From the livetweet of a cast interview earlier today. http://twitter.com/#!/SnitchSeeker/status/54594602379919360



ETA: But then they later tweeted A thousand sorries, but just listened to the audio again, & Thewlis said he played Lupin as gay because of Cuaron, without JKR's knowledge.

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[majorjune.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay so this Cuaron guy tells the actor that Lupin is gay...without JKR's approval? Seriously?

I seem to remember reading a few years back that when they first started filming PoA, that they decided to treat Lupin's "werewolf affliction" as if it was something akin to AIDS....

I can't remember if Thewlis decided to do this on his own, or whether Cuaron suggested it; so I don't think there was an outright decision to play Lupin as "gay" as such, just that AIDS is usually associated with homosexuality (altho it is not exclusive to that group).

Apparantly Jo was fine with this particular "spin" on the character, perhaps because they weren't doing it as "gay" per se...