Casting Umbridge

[Scully931]

Have I missed something? I thought the film makers were bound by 
contract to only hire British actors in the first place. I mean, the 
English accent certainly isn't a problem. That's what dialects 
coaches are for. But, I thought they could in no way hire someone 
who was American. 



--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "sylviablundell2001" 
<sylviablundell2001 at y...> wrote:
> I don't see why Kathy Bates shouldn't be able to do a perfect 
English 
> accent.  An actress of her calibre should't find it a problem. If 
she 
> brings the quality of menace she brought to that terrible woman 
> in "Misery" who cares if she isn't English.
> I don't know if Angela Lansbury is good at playing hateful, but 
she 
> has got the right sort of babyish face.
> Sylvia