(longish) Casting the film (incl OOP - ie some spoilers) was : TLC mentioned..

[Sara_ELL]

Very interesting information wrt. Ludo Bagman - 

The other STC info on their website seems to be accurate but v. odd 
that casting for GoF would begin this early unless... the young cast 
are REALLY growing fast and they have to shoot the fourth film 
straight after PoA. 

If this is confirmed (Martin Landham), then guess that the rule for 
casting is (sorry).. anyone but an American (though to be fair, 
Australians ARE her (English) majesty's loyal subjects.

Anyhow, here are links to photos of various people - utterly biased 
as chosen by me:

LUDO BAGMAN
Martin Landham (? Bagman-to-be??)
http://web.auwebcenters.com/sydneytalent/filecabinet/html/starnews.ht
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Mark Addy (my choice)
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/fullmonty/images/dave_ani.gif

SYBILL TRELAWNEY
I think that Tilda Swinton would be a really good addition to the 
cast - she can act the trousers off anyone (well, she did 
in "Orlando") and she looks the part. For those having difficulties 
envisaging her as Trelawney, try this photo taken awhile ago - (add 
a few wrinkles)

Tilda Swinton (?awaiting confirmation)
http://www.prisma-online.de/image/b1/mm00bc63cded6f79b1.jpeg

PROFESSOR UMBRIDGE 

Madga Szubanski - my choice
I mentioned her earlier and was lucky enough to see this photo where 
she plays a character partial to pink cardigans, with an irritating 
high voice (note also - the pink BOW!)

http://www.jeffmajor.com/croc/special/movie1/szubanski.jpg

Patsy Byrne - would be good too (if she's not too old)

NARCISSA MALFOY
My choice (in order to get the cast of "Blackadder", 
nevermind "Gosford Park" in the films)

Miranda Richardson
http://www.themakeupgallery.info/period/c16/bamr1.jpg

Alternatively, though I agree with others that Kristen Scott-Thomas 
would be good, I do feel that she is too sterotyped in frosty 
aristo. roles - what about ... (see below) Joely Richardson (less 
well-known);I think that she would be great in her cameo with Jason 
Isaacs and Tom Felton - one happy (v. blonde) Malfoy family!

Joely Richardson 
http://www.dacre.org/stills/webr/Ricf291.jpg

Joanna Lumsley, though fabulous, is a *little* too old (IMO) to play 
Narcissa however, I would be absolutely thrilled if old Lucius' 
mother rocked up somewhere in book 6 or 7 as I'm sure that Joanna 
would make a great Malfoy somewhere down the line.

TONKS
Sorry, in retrospect - just don't envisage either Keira Knightly or 
Kate Beckinsdale as TONKS...too willowly and what-not.Charlotte 
Coleman *was* Tonks in "Four Weddings & A Funeral" but alas, is not 
amongst us so ...what about Julia Sawalha (from numerous BBC series 
as well as "Absolutely Fabulous"?

Julia Sawalha
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/760000/images/_760808_sawalha300.jpg

Couldn't really find any photos of David Thewlis that would fit my 
idea of Lupin (though he was great IMO in "Naked" and disturbing 
in "Total Eclipse", would avoid both of the above until PoA comes 
out).

FINALLY - I don't *usually* like pouring oil on a flame however, 
whilst reading OOTP (and still envisaging a Dougray Scott type 
Sirius), I found it rather more difficult than previously to 
envisage Gary Oldman as our favorite Black family member. I whizzed 
through the google search engine and found a few piccys that set my 
mind a *bit* more at ease - 

SIRIUS BLACK
young oldman (ie: imagine Bestman at James' & Lily's wedding Sirius)
http://gameover.sapo.pt/gfx/155322.gif

grungy oldman (?? blasting Peter Pettigrew off the planet sirius)
http://www.dacre.org/stills/webo/Oldf383.jpg

swashbuckling (Rosengranz) oldman (? motobike sirius)
http://www.thethirdrail.com/ratbastard/rosen.jpg

Desperate oldman (ie: as I imagine him in PoA) 
http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/castingcall/pics/oldman.jpg

For the sake of maintaining the board's sanity, I respectfully 
suggest that the words "Gary Oldman" and "5th Element", "Dracula" 
are not mentioned in the same sentence.

I'd love to see Dame Judi Dench in the film as well as Stephen Fry 
but think that Professor Grubblyplanks would not be a large enough 
part for Dame Judi - Neville's grandmother perhaps?I still can't 
think of anyone who'd be a reasonable Bellatrix, though for some odd 
reason, this old publicity photo of the gothic writer, Anne Rice, 
captures the essence of Bellattrix (but without the heavy-lidded 
eyes), perfectly - 
Anne Rice (obviously out of the running 'cause she's an American 
writer and not an actor etc. etc..)
http://www.born-today.com/Today/pix/rice_a.jpg

Over to the rest of you!

Sara