[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting Umbridge

[Taryn Kimel]

Sylvia:

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.

Taryn:
JKR cares. She's specifically requested an all-British cast. (Chris Columbus' daughter playing Susan Bones seems more like a father doting on his daughter, as Susan bones doesn't actually speak and is only seen in scenes.) Also, I've heard a lot of British HP fans on the subject of Americans being cast who say that they find it extremely easy to tell when an accent is being faked. Obviously most Americans probably can't (I sure wouldn't be able to) as they haven't grown up speaking it and listening to it. But this reminds me of Ralph Finnes attempt at an American accent in Maid in Manhattan which, although I adore the actor, was a bit grating at points in the movie.

*shrugs* But I don't really know. I'm certainly not British myself, it's just a sentiment I've heard from a lot of British HP fans.

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