Trelawny casting

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thesinkster wrote:

> IMO, Jennifer Suanders would do a fine job as Trelawny and Dawn 
> French could do a fine Rita Skeeter, i'm sure.  I'm a huge fan of 
> these ladies (weird, since I'm from Ohio, USA) and I've seen them 
in 
> these parts ever since I dived into the potterverse.  I think 
they're 
> both quite talented at play people we *love* to hate!

I can see Jenn in there, but as for Dawn, no way! She's far too ... 
err... rotund... to play the kind of Rita I imagine.

On the other hand, Jenn's partner in AbFab, Joanna Lumley, would make 
an *excellent* Rita! Lumley "does" spite very, very well indeed and I 
can really picture her eyes spitting venom, the way I can't see Dawn 
French's.

(For the benefit of those who may not know: French & Saunders have a 
very long-running comedy partnership on stage and TV, and run their 
own production company, and have had successes away from each other: 
notably, Dawn French with The Vicar of Dibley, and Jennifer Saunders 
with Absolutely Fabulous, co-starring Joanna Lumley)