EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

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EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:04pm

I think this could be FAB casting!!

And, in related news, I hear that GOF is without a doubt the best HP film. It looks amazing!

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:08pm

*salivates*

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:13pm

Ohhhh, but I love Imelda Staunton. If she plays Umbridge, I'll have to hate her forever! LOL!

And I am counting down the days until Goblet of Fire (three weeks, y'all!). Every time I see a commercial, I pee a little.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:17pm

Perfict casting


and i hope it better then Prisoner i truly hated it was so pissed they ripped it apart

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:44pm

Then you'll hate the rest of the movies even more, harris. The books are only going to get longer, but the movies stay the same length.

And in my opinion, it's better that way. These movies need to be movies, not glorified books on tape. For example, we can cut a lot of Rita Skeeter and Harry's pondering of the challenges in the 4th book. We'd lose some fun moments, but that's what's needed.

And jrb, I heard about this a few days ago. Brilliant casting.

Updated On: 10/28/05 at 05:44 PM

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:53pm

I agree plum but when they cut out MAJOR plot points then it's a problem , they dont have to be 100% the same as the book, but damn it put the important stuff in there

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:54pm

I was kind of sad about the lack of Shrieking Shack, too, but on its own terms the denouement of the 3rd movie was stitched together quite well. And man, I'll take that over the totally submissive lack of style evidenced by Chris Columbus.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:57pm

true, but also the biggest plot hole was they never said how sirus broke out of prison ,

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:00pm

Does it really matter? The logistics of getting past the Dementors is exposition we could spare. What matters for the story is that he escaped Azkaban and was the first ever to do so. It makes him an instantly credible threat.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:38pm

I know Anna Friel wants to play Tonks; it would adorable conisdering David Thelwis is her boyfirend/father of her child

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 7:40pm

That we don't know how Sirius escapes isn't a plot hole, it's just the writers way of making sure we get to the most important information about Sirius...that he did not in fact give up Lily and James to Voldemort...now had that part been left out, that would be a plot hole.
The third movie was brilliant and much better than the first two.

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Updated On: 10/28/05 at 07:40 PM

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 7:45pm

It would be nice to see Anna Friel get her career back. She's very underrated.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:02pm

Oooooo, I love Imelda!! I wouldn't have thought of her as Umbridge, but she's so great, I'm sure she could pull it off. (I always wanted Imelda and Hugh Laurie as the Weasleys, but too late for that.)

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:38pm

I think this would be great casting.


My problem with the "Prisoner" was that they left out the whole relationship of Sirius, and Lupin and Pettigrew and James...and the fact that THEY were the ones who created the Maurauder's Map, and that they were such close friends. I see the story of Harry Potter not only as the story of "the chosen one to defeat Voldemort" but also the story of a young boy coming of age and discovering his history and place in the wizarding world. He's searching for his family...and Remus and Sirus are links to that. That's what's I missed most in the movie translation.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:38pm

I think this would be great casting.


My problem with the "Prisoner" was that they left out the whole relationship of Sirius, and Lupin and Pettigrew and James...and the fact that THEY were the ones who created the Maurauder's Map, and that they were such close friends. I see the story of Harry Potter not only as the story of "the chosen one to defeat Voldemort" but also the story of a young boy coming of age and discovering his history and place in the wizarding world. He's searching for his family...and Remus and Sirus are links to that. That's what's I missed most in the movie translation.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:56pm

Hooray! I called it two months ago on this board (around the time the 5th book came out elsewhere).


Just Bragging a Little

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/29/05 at 1:41am

Yoda - I actually remember you saying that!

And I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

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re: EW: Imelda Staunton in talks to play Professor Umbridge!

Posted: 10/29/05 at 5:05am

She'll be superb! Absolutely evil!!!

Here's hoping she gets Mrs. Lovett as well...