[HPFGU-Movie] Mrs. Norris

[Valerie Flowe]

On 12/19/05 10:57 AM, "artsylynda at aol.com" <artsylynda at aol.com> wrote:

> Mrs. Norris is a real cat -- a Maine Coon cat, to be precise, which  is an
> American breed.  I checked their website yesterday and that color eye  is not
> part of the breed standard.  She could be a unique cat with those  odd eyes --
> I've seen cats with non-normal colored eyes, but those are REALLY  odd.  I'll
> need to watch the earlier movies to see if her eyes looked like  that in the
> others.  And I believe she's played by a male cat, actually, so  her coat is
> richer (just as Lassie was played by a male collie to have a fuller  coat).
>  
> No puppet could flip its tail as naturally as Mrs. Norris did in  the dancing
> scene, LOL!  I think the only "non-live cat" used was for her  petrified
> scenes.  
> 
> Lynda AKA "Abraxan"
> 
> My sister has a Maine Coon. Gorgeous, thick fur. They probably made Mrs.
> Norris look ³manky² like they did with Crookshanks, adding matted hair
> extensions.
> I¹m wondering if Mrs. N is a kneazle (sp?) like Crookshanks? It would appear
> that she has some sort of powers because I was re-reading GOF last night and
> she was looking right at Harry through his invisibility cloak (when his foot
> was caught in the stairs ­ scene not in the film). Also in SS, she always
> appears before Filch does, almost as though she is his spy. We know that Filch
> is a Squib; maybe Mrs. N is his magical sidekick, helping him bust the
> students breaking Hogwarts rules???
> Valerie




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