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Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :

Helena Bonham Carter to play Bellatrix Lestrange

I think she's going to make a very good "bad" character.

Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :

Well, she's done that before. I especially enjoyed her in Fight Club.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Wow. Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, and Helena Bonham Carter all in the same movie series.

I can't like her. She broke up the one and only celebrity couple I ever cared about. [Frown]

Posted by seven (Member # 5367) on :

I really dislike this. She doesn't look anything like I picture Bellatrix.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

She looks alot like the Bellatrix I imagined, I am pleased with the casting decision.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

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Originally posted by katharina:
Wow. Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, and Helena Bonham Carter all in the same movie series.

I can't like her. She broke up the one and only celebrity couple I ever cared about.

what couple was that?

Sorry for double posting

Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :

Ken and Emma. Would that have been Kemma?

Then again, they were the perfect Benedik and Beatrice.

Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :

Too young, I pictured her as much older
Umbrigde as fatter, but not bad
Luna Lovegood looks about right

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

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Originally posted by starLisa:
Ken and Emma. Would that have been Kemma?

Then again, they were the perfect Benedik and Beatrice.

Kenneth Branagh? Oh it all makes sense.

I didnt know he was married to Emma Thompson or that Mrs. Carter broke them up.

Guess I should read tabloids more often.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

I don't think she's too young, Bellatrix is supposed to be the aunt of Draco and Tonks.

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

Ha, two months ago I was telling anyone who'd listen that she was perfect for the role.

Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :

I think she looks evil enough.

Besides, all of my casting outrage is currently directed at the people making the next Batman movie, I don't have any left over for Harry Potter.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

...it hasn't ever been confirmed that she broke them up. I know the sex in Frankenstein was almost too real to be...not real, but there were rumors about Emma as well.

I've researched this, as them not being married any more really pissed me off too. [Smile]

I like the casting, but I really think the gal they had before (can't remember her name) looked more like Jo's description of Bella. I wonder why they had to recast?

Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :

It was Helen McCrory, and she had to pull out due to pregnancy.

Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :

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she had to pull out due to pregnancy

Something about this strikes me as particularly amusing..