Actor's ages HA!

[oz_widgeon]

This is from CBBC Newsround (big thanks to the hpgalleries.com and 
the-leaky-cauldron.org), and just goes to PROVE you don't have to be 
the same age as the character you're playing.

A mysterious Myrtle 

There's a interesting piece of casting for Moaning Myrtle, the ghost 
who haunts the girls' toilets. 

She'll be played by Shirley Henderson who's 35 years old (yes 35!!!). 
She was last seen in Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's best mate 
Jude. 

In the books, Myrtle is a miserable teenager. It'll be fascinating to 
see how she manages to play such a character. 


So HA! to all the people who think they'll need to recast because of 
age.  I absolutley LOVED Shirley Hendersen in BJD and she has the 
greatest miserable voice you've ever heard!  She even called Bridge 
from-ta ta ta-THE TOILET in BJD!