The Harry Potter movie opens Friday -- and if that's news to you then you clearly (a.) don't have kids, (b.) haven't watched TV in the last month, and (c.) don't pick up a lot of magazines or newspapers.
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However, Page 2 does realize that not everyone has been swept up in the Potter phenomenom. So, as usual, we're here to help.
We're going to explain the Potter saga in terms that all of our readers can understand -- in other words, sports terms. But to do that, we'll need some help from you.
We're putting together a special version of Page 2's Casting Call -- although we're reversing our usual Casting Call procedure. In other words, we'll show you the actor from the Potter movie and describe his or her personality, and then we'll ask you to match that character with an appropriate figure from the sports world.
Below is our choice and the best nominations sent in by readers. Starting with the lead role of Harry Potter, vote for the sports figure you believe should play each of the seven main characters. Voting at left will take you to the next page of nominees.
Potter is the hero, of course. A sweet kid, self-effacing but not passive, an intense competitor. Still not really hip to girls, though a number of the girls -- usually younger ones -- are crazy about him. Very empathetic, very loyal. His real parents were wizards -- they were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort trying to protect Harry, who was only a year old -- but his "foster parents," the Dursleys, are ordinary humans ("muggles") who are just horrible to him.
Next week, we'll run the winning cast of athletic celebrities as selected by you.
Who should play Harry Potter?
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Greg Maddux
Page 2's pick.
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Jay Bell
He has all the looks, very intense. Yet he has the sophistication the young Squire Potter requires.
-- Chris McCollough, Stafford, Va
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Doug Flutie
The "magic" Flutie is 5-foot-6 and a pro quarterback, if he's not the little wizard that could who is?
-- Laura Whaley, Bluntstown, Fla.
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Daniel Snyder
He's got the clueless little kid look and he already gets enough TV time and closeups already.
-- Jason, Spopeke, Va.
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Steve Nash
Has the wide-eyed look and there's definitely something unnatural going on with his many, many hair changes.
-- M. Kimrey, Burlington N.C.
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