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Hardy Enjoyed Playing Cornelius Fudge

To promote the new BBC drama about the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher titled Margaret, Robert Hardy did an interview for the Daily Mail. The 83 year old actor was cast as "Willie Whitelaw, the deputy leader in the Thatcher government"; but he does mention his role as “Cornelius Fudge” in the last four Harry Potter films:

"I loved my time as Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, but my character has now been erased! I knew it would happen, because he's quite a good part in the book, but there was no way they were ever going to fit everything into one film...All three producers rang me up, separately, on the same day to give me the news - so I was told three times. They said, 'We're so sorry, we're having to cut the book by half,' so that was the end of that. I was very sad, because of the amusing and wicked people I worked with, like Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon and Maggie Smith, who is an old friend. It was such fun to film, and there were so many laughs on set that it was hard to come up with a sober face just before they shouted, 'Action!'"

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Another one of Mr. Hardy's well-known roles was also mentioned in the article. He portrayed the vet "Siegfried Farnon" in the British television show All Creatures Great and Small from 1978 to 1990.

Are you still recognised as Siegfried?

Lots of people all over the world still watch reruns of All Creatures, which is nice. I'm getting a mass of fan mail from Germany at the moment, which obviously means it is being repeated over there.

In the interview, Mr. Hardy talks about his first encounter with Margaret Thatcher shortly after her husband died. He mentions his two marriages and three children. At his age, Mr. Hardy still likes to work as long as it is conducive to his health. For example, he declined a part in a film when he was told the production budget only accommodated for business class tickets for his flight to New Zealand.

Hmmm, so it wasn’t only the younger wizards who couldn’t keep a straight face on the set. But I’m also sad he isn’t in Half-Blood Prince.

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Thanks to MuggleNet

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by bets @ 15 Feb 2009 - 11:41

well thats a bummer..sounds like he had a lot of fun though