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Harry Potter casting news galore! Who is Luna? Is Vera Drake really Umbridge? What about Tonks and Bellatrix? All here!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here... ORDER OF THE PHOENIX is my least favorite Potter book, however I think it is one that can most benefit from a movie adaptation. There's a lot of fat to the book and a 3 hour streamlined version could be a better telling of the story. And who doesn't want to see Fiennes and Gambon facing off?
Our resident Harry Potter fantatic, Bean, sent in a full summary of what was announced today as far as the casting for ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, including a picture of the unknown girl. Here's the info! I'll be back below with my comments.
Ho guys,
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?
-Bean
That girl playing Luna looks good for the role. She's got a sort of weird-out, loopy feeling to her. Tonks was one of the girls in MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, a film I adored, but I can't for the life of me remember what she looks like. Bellatrix looks creepy enough and I'm not familiar at all with Mrs. Figg. All in all, interesting casting. What do you folks think?
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Reader Talkback
FIRST by Wheatnik | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:36:06 AM | Helena Bonham Carter should
have been Bellatrix by DOGSOUP | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:36:48 AM | first by ECUPirate71 | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:40:48 AM | Or Third by ECUPirate71 | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:41:10 AM | Looks good by Belvis | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:41:30 AM | Bellatrix by isildur29 | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:42:24 AM | I thought Harry Potter was the
best movie of 2005 by johnnyangel | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:45:45 AM | Draco Malfoy in drag? by TheJake | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:47:43 AM | Harry / Snape by madfigs | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:49:56 AM | I would like to state that
Miranda Richardson is fucking
sexy. by HypeEndsHere | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:50:47 AM | Cool by lilsimm53 | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:51:18 AM | Quint, re: Books by TheDarkShape | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:51:37 AM | so, how many people are going
to call "First" because of
this li by HypeEndsHere | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:51:58 AM | Just glad the Big Three are
staying intact. by zer0cool2k2 | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:52:16 AM | FIRST! by ThePhantomPenis | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:54:51 AM | Chuck Norris would be a great
Harry Potter ! by DarthQueefer | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:55:35 AM | Does This One Have A Lot Of
Buggery In It? by ThePhantomPenis | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:56:48 AM | Is This The One That Has All
The Buggery In It? by ThePhantomPenis | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:58:20 AM | Fourth by Mr. Shhhh | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:00:37 PM | I'm retarded by Mr. Shhhh | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:00:53 PM | I'm telling you....CHUCK
!!! by DarthQueefer | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:02:57 PM | HALF BLOOD PRINCE SPOILER
ALERT by Colonel_Blimp | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:04:37 PM | hehe, fourth by johnhawks | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:08:12 PM | LAST! by Kentucky Colonel | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:08:54 PM | Imelda Staunton by DocPazuzu | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:09:45 PM | Are there pictures of her
boobies on the Web, like
Fluers? by Kentucky Colonel | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:10:17 PM | I think Ginny is cute... by Kentucky Colonel | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:11:52 PM | I don't really think the
girl playing Luna looks
"far-off" o by Ribbons | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:17:32 PM | luna looks perfect by mrgreentheplant | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:18:00 PM | Yay! by YackBacker | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:32:28 PM | i should of played kingsley by blackthought | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:37:28 PM | I don't think they'll
recast Ginny... by pkn | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:45:14 PM | It's official... by tarontine | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:46:23 PM | Kelly McDonald should have
played Tonks by oisin5199 | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:47:44 PM | Umbridge by PwnedByStallone | Feb 2nd, 2006 12:57:08 PM | I don't like Tonks by luis1210 | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:02:07 PM | mrgreentheplant by PwnedByStallone | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:06:46 PM | The Weasleys by The Funketeer | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:12:29 PM | the scene I'm most looking
forward to by oisin5199 | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:22:16 PM | Helen McCrory by Mockingbird Girl | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:25:54 PM | scene I'm most looking
forward to (spoiler) by Shigeru | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:25:58 PM | I have to agree...OOTP is the
worst book of the series by beefywhore | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:33:58 PM | Ginny Weasley by boyrobin | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:55:10 PM | oisin! by Ribbons | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:55:47 PM | Still batting .900 by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 01:59:46 PM | Still batting .900 by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:00:59 PM | Winslett by samsquanch | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:05:24 PM | Winslett by samsquanch | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:06:32 PM | Thanks pkn by johnnyangel | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:08:51 PM | This one could be better as a
movie by skycrapper | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:11:38 PM | unrelated attempt at humor:
What if they called that
upcoming mo by YackBacker | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:18:41 PM | worst book... by JackLint | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:19:55 PM | Evanna Lynch is cute. by Holly_Wight | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:28:56 PM | Slightly Larger Picture by TrueLies | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:28:58 PM | Slightly Larger Version of
Same Picture by TrueLies | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:30:34 PM | Helen Mcrory and other musings by ljeaster | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:36:12 PM | i completely agree, recast
ginny: by newc0253 | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:37:13 PM | Evana Lynch by ljeaster | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:40:24 PM | JackLint by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:47:03 PM | Miranda Richardson by ljeaster | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:47:10 PM | JackLint by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:49:07 PM | WTF is wrong with you people? by Hairy Nutsack | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:55:29 PM | JackLint by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:57:15 PM | And I think Jenny is hot
enough. by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:58:32 PM | OK, Harry, server maintenance
required. by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 02:59:19 PM | "You know it is possible to
fall in love with someone who
is not by newc0253 | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:01:04 PM | At least it's not Liz
Hurley as Bellatrix.... by Anna Valerious | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:01:37 PM | maybe Quint meant to say Order
of the Phoenix is the longest,
mo by Avon | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:06:01 PM | " Harry Potter and a case of
Blue Balls" by Capt. Blackadder | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:08:07 PM | yes by BCfreeB | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:12:24 PM | And... by BCfreeB | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:14:07 PM | by StrangeCo | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:15:12 PM | err by blackthought | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:29:51 PM | Quint, you don't have to
ask us what we think.
We're goi by Lenny Nero | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:32:17 PM | Order is the BEST book,
without question by performingmonkey | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:37:56 PM | Keep the Ginny Weasley girl:
Gambon's the only one who
HAS T by FluffyUnbound | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:39:26 PM | Who da heck is playing
Kingsley Shacklebolt? by kwerky | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:41:58 PM | Goblet Rulz by PullMyFinger | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:47:08 PM | Nvrmind, found who Shacklebolt
is... by kwerky | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:47:36 PM | there's only one person
who should play Kingsley... by keyserSOZE | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:47:52 PM | Kingsley is being played by
Katanga?? by kwerky | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:52:27 PM | oh man, i didn't realize
Kingsley was in Layer Cake... by keyserSOZE | Feb 2nd, 2006 03:59:05 PM | spoilers: it's not a point
of whether the actress playing
gi by Colonel_Blimp | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:09:51 PM | My choice for Ginny Weasly by johnnyangel | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:11:57 PM | wtf! by johnnyangel | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:13:27 PM | "recast her before she ruins a
potentially touching and
involvin by newc0253 | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:15:09 PM | I don't know what je ne
sais quoi means by johnnyangel | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:18:58 PM | Wait there is a character in
HP named Luna Lovegood? by Thumper2k1 | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:23:32 PM | je ne sais quoi by Colonel_Blimp | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:42:57 PM | relax, we still have some time
for Ginny to grow up. by oisin5199 | Feb 2nd, 2006 04:59:07 PM | When's this due out
Thanksgiving 07??? A little
clarificat by R.C. the "Wise" | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:10:02 PM | Helena Bonham Carter should
have been Tonks! by wolverines claw | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:22:52 PM | Harry Potter movies have
become the equivalent of a TV
show movi by Orionsangels | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:23:05 PM | RE: When's this due out... by MrBlonde187666 | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:38:44 PM | by Rand92 | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:40:44 PM | The actress who plays Ginny is
OK! by performingmonkey | Feb 2nd, 2006 05:57:21 PM | Keep the Ginny Weasley girl:
Gambon's the only one who
HAS T by Cameron1 | Feb 2nd, 2006 06:13:24 PM | Oh yeah, and let me sayd
again.... by Jaka | Feb 2nd, 2006 06:32:20 PM | er jaka the 3 leads and i
think the other background
character p by Cameron1 | Feb 2nd, 2006 06:49:35 PM | Sirius and Dumbledore Die Like
Punks by Farging Bastige | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:07:12 PM | On Ginny's hotness.... by beefywhore | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:18:23 PM | Ginny could blossom by Farging Bastige | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:22:24 PM | Oh, and Beefywhore by Farging Bastige | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:29:03 PM | for the record by beefywhore | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:29:25 PM | whaterver by blackthought | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:43:34 PM | Emma Watson = Kirsten Dunst ? by TrueLies | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:43:48 PM | whatever by blackthought | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:44:23 PM | My previous post by TrueLies | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:48:00 PM | I wasn't clear - Sorry
TrueLies by Farging Bastige | Feb 2nd, 2006 07:56:12 PM | Sorry but the names in this
series keep getting gayer and
gayer. by chickychow | Feb 2nd, 2006 08:08:55 PM | Harry Potter is a
conspiracy... by seppukudkurosawa | Feb 2nd, 2006 08:21:07 PM | Kingsley, however... by Anna Valerious | Feb 2nd, 2006 09:11:08 PM | by Rand92 | Feb 2nd, 2006 09:20:35 PM | Re: Ginny. You guys don't
remember what that age was
like.. by Freakemovie | Feb 2nd, 2006 09:33:54 PM | I gotta apologise for the post
above, like I said: Vladivar
Vodk by seppukudkurosawa | Feb 2nd, 2006 11:44:24 PM | Evanna Lynch by Neosamurai85 | Feb 3rd, 2006 12:25:57 AM | Lesson #1 of Talkback by emvan | Feb 3rd, 2006 12:44:22 AM | The girl who plays Ginny is
fine, it's the boy who
plays Gin by Jugs | Feb 3rd, 2006 12:49:58 AM | re: ginny recasting by Colonel_Blimp | Feb 3rd, 2006 02:47:28 AM | re: ginny recasting by MonkeyMuggs | Feb 3rd, 2006 04:12:04 AM | Not to dis the Brits by johnnyangel | Feb 3rd, 2006 07:54:09 AM | Nah, they send em to
Louisiana.. by Jugs | Feb 3rd, 2006 08:21:09 AM | if the swedes send the UGLY
babies there then good christ
I want by Cameron1 | Feb 3rd, 2006 08:39:54 AM | the hot ones come to norway. by Colonel_Blimp | Feb 3rd, 2006 09:19:00 AM | RE: Sure, it isn't packed
with action scenes like Goblet
of by beefywhore | Feb 3rd, 2006 12:08:31 PM | Dude... Lauren K. Hamilton...
adult? by Mutant X | Feb 3rd, 2006 02:18:38 PM | Gay! by FiendishMilt37 | Feb 3rd, 2006 02:51:01 PM | Kirsten Dunst, hot? by playahatersball | Feb 3rd, 2006 02:57:49 PM | FIRST....okay, not really, but by Capt. Murphy | Feb 3rd, 2006 03:47:20 PM | Mutant X by beefywhore | Feb 3rd, 2006 04:31:43 PM | "Just a reminder...this is a
series about a school for
witches a by performingmonkey | Feb 3rd, 2006 08:33:26 PM | Suck a cowboy's cock by performingmonkey | Feb 3rd, 2006 08:35:01 PM | Didn't think it had posted by performingmonkey | Feb 3rd, 2006 08:36:23 PM | Relax about Movie Ginny(Bonnie
Wright) by dinosauron | Feb 4th, 2006 11:11:50 AM | It's LAURELL K. Hamilton by johnnyangel | Feb 4th, 2006 11:14:00 AM | Ginnys been shafted from the
get go. by dirty old len | Feb 5th, 2006 08:30:41 AM | Tonks by MrTrilby | Feb 5th, 2006 04:35:28 PM | Re-casting advocates, truly
clueless by Hervoyel | Feb 5th, 2006 11:11:01 PM | She might be able to handle it
- but it turns Lupin by elab49 | Feb 6th, 2006 02:53:28 AM |
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