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Departments => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Parker on February 03, 2006, 02:09:41 AM
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Saw this over on Aint It Cool news. Way too much info for me to type, so I'll just cut and paste.
BBC announced major casting news for the upcoming HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Luna Lovegood, the dreamy Ravenclaw, will be played by an unknown, Evanna Lynch, who beat out 15,000 girls. You can see a picture of here!
Nymphadora Tonks, the shape-shifting witch, will be played by Natalia Tena.
Professor Umbridge, the incredibly evil Ministry teacher, will be played by Imelda Staunton, as has been rumored before.
Bellatrix Lestrange, one of Voldemort's Death Eaters and for those who read the books, has a much more sinister role, will be played by Helen McCrory.
Finally, the role of Mrs. Figg, Harry's next door neighbor, has been given to Kathryn Hunter. Does that mean the Dursley's are back for Harry Potter 5?
Here's a link to the actual article:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22363
I don't know about you all, but I don't recognize a single name here. I even went over to IMDB to check them out--drawing a complete blank. Anyone have an opinion on these? Know anything about them?
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Mugglenet (http://www.mugglenet.com/) has a little bio on each of the actresses if you scroll down just a bit. If you scroll down a little further, you can see a photo of the guy they've cast for Magorian (the centaur).
Heh. Of course the Dursleys have to be in the movie. How could anyone possibly consider cutting out "Dudley Demented?"
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Evanna Lynch will have to be nerdied-up a bit to play Luna.
I remember Natalie Tena from "About a Boy" she played a punk-rocker chick with a foul mouth. I can see the part of Tonks working out with her.
Imelda Stauton looks too nice to play Umbridge, but that could work out.
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I've seen Imelda Staunton in a few things, and she could do a good umbridge. I don't think she looks like her physically, but effects and makeup aren't really a problem in these films.
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I hope these newcomers to the HP cinema world are better cast than the replacement for Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. I really feel that Michael Gambon does a dreadful job as Albus Dumbledore. :(
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I haven't seen #4 yet, but I thought Gambon made an awesome Dumbledore in #3.
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Well, he's not so bad in #3, but he's very "blah" in #4, in my opinion. My bro, who's read all the books about 7 times (and he's 21) thinks the same thing.
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Reading books makes him an expert on movies?
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lol. No. I should've added that he's a severe movie critic/junky to that descrip. He's *very* into films and filmmaking stuff. Almost to the point of a religious pastime.
He used to have a bunch of DVDs that he wouldn't let anyone watch because, somehow, letting anyone else watching them would be sacrilegious. Didn't matter that there might be hundreds or millions of copies out there, either. Also, he hates it when people use clips of movies for whatever reason--in classes or whatever. He feels like this is disrespectful or violating somehow. Yeah, it's a bit, um, worrisome, actually... But he's not as obsessed as he used to be.
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I did not think Richard Harris was a good Dumbledore. Not goofy enough.
Karen likes the new guy because he is more goofy.
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I'm going to have to agree with what Ookla said. I also don't think that he acted 'wise' enough, in the books Dumbledore is a mixture of wisdom and crazieness and Richard Harris didn't pull that off well in my oppinion. Micheal Gambon does that perfectly...ish.
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Well, in my opinion the new one is far too huffy and abrupt w/ Harry. Rather more peevish with everyone than he ought to be, I think. So I guess I have the opposite opinion. Richard Harris gave such subtle warmth and carefree confidence and sillyness to the character. I think the new guy comes off as more curmudgeonly. Huh. Well, acting is not a science--and neither is one's interpretation of it. To each his own, naturally.
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Rumors about who has been cast for James, Lily, and Grawp are up on Mugglenet (http://www.mugglenet.com).
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I believe they already have James and Lily, yes?
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lol. No. I should've added that he's a severe movie critic/junky to that descrip. He's *very* into films and filmmaking stuff. Almost to the point of a religious pastime.
He used to have a bunch of DVDs that he wouldn't let anyone watch because, somehow, letting anyone else watching them would be sacrilegious. Didn't matter that there might be hundreds or millions of copies out there, either. Also, he hates it when people use clips of movies for whatever reason--in classes or whatever. He feels like this is disrespectful or violating somehow. Yeah, it's a bit, um, worrisome, actually... But he's not as obsessed as he used to be.
Just so you know, this sort of description makes me LESS likely to respect his opinion on any matters movie related.
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Just so you know, this sort of description makes me LESS likely to respect his opinion on any matters movie related.
I agree with E. Hey that rhymes!.
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haha. I suppose. The thing is, he's mellowed out a lot the past two years. And HP never was a series of movies that he felt were "hallowed" or something. So he'd talk about them openly, not try to avoid hashing over the plot and acting and all that like he used to with more "artsy" films.
But he does love the books enough to be very interested in how they're translated into cinema. It just so happens that we agreed on the Dumbledore thing. Go figure.
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I believe they already have James and Lily, yes?
As adults, sure. But not as 15-year-old students.
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Ahhhhhh. Right. I suppose following the link would have been helpful lol.
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This is probably the last notification you'll get on this similar subject before people start hiring hitmen, LCD, conduct yourself a little more intelligently and in accordance with the FAQ (http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1080380396) or some extreme editing and deletions will start happening.
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it wasn't a threat. It was a warning. Just letting you know how annoyed people are getting. You'll notice I did some work with another one of your posts.
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Yes, I see.
The entire post went away. Thank you E for censorship.
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Read the FAQ dude.
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woo woo! I'm an oppressive censor for telling people they should read the FAQ before they act retarded on a message board!
Am I supposed to feel bad now?
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SE, you are being perfectly reasonable.
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woo woo! I'm an oppressive censor for telling people they should read the FAQ before they act retarded on a message board!
Am I supposed to feel bad now?
Yes, because you didn't use the GL FAQ graphic. There's nothing that says lovin' like Hal Jordan punching something.
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E, you definitely have my thanks to add to the bunch! I was definitely hating where things were going in that thread. :P
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I think everyone should have their own read teh Faq graphic. I'll need to think of something clever
maybe ninja monkeys threatening someone or something.
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Well there's always the:
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and you could somehow make it look like a ninja and put FAQ somewhere on there, problem is, it's not threatening...kinda cute actually