British and US Actors (Was: Casting Umbridge)

[hickengruendler]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "kirst_inn" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
  Kathy Bates I don't mind so much, but I can 
> certainly understand why JKR instituted the ban (which, IIRC, 
> alllowed Antipodeans and Europeans).

I am not sure, but I think Europeans from other countries are 
only "allowed" in the roles of the French and Eastern European 
characters in GoF.

> To be honest, I wondered rather if Susan Bones' elevation to 
speaking 
> part in OoP had anything to do with reaction to CC's casting. 
> Obviously, with or without CC as exec. producer on OoP, they'll 
have 
> to re-cast her if she makes it past Kloves' cutting room.
> Kirstini

Not really. Susan Bones said one sentence in OOTP. This can be left 
out of the movie without a problem.  

Hickengruendler