Casting Umbridge

[sophiamcl]

> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
> <hickengruendler at y...> wrote:

>  My favorite would be Judi Dench. She looks a bit like Umbridge (of 
> course Judi Dench isn't ugly like Umbridge. I meant that both 
> Umbridge and Dench aren't tall and such things)and she is one of 
> those actresses, who can play every part.
> And I just want to see her intercating with Maggie Smith and Emma 
> Thompson. This should be fun. 


Although I know Judi Dench is an outstanding actress and can pull just about 
anything off, I think Umbridge should be playde by someone little younger. I  
picture her in her mid-forties (her hair hasn't gone grey yet), and those plump 
hands seem to me to belong to someone a little younger. However, by that 
reasoning Maggie Smith would be too old as Professor McGonagal and she 
is *excellent* for the part.

If I could pick anybody at all for Umbridge (and not worry about nationality) it 
would absolutely be Kathy Bates!!!!

Sophia