Helen McCrory to play Narcissa in HBP

[Carol]

Lynda wrote:
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> Narcissa being dark-haired should be no problem.  After all, Uncle 
Vernon is supposed to have black hair, Petunia and Dudley are supposed
to be blond, but nobody's fussed about them not having the right color
hair.  And  Emma Thompson looks nothing like I expected Trelawney to
look, but she's doing a  great job.  And then there's Flitwick, who
looked as I expected in the  first two, then changed radically in
movie 3 (Cuaron has a lot to answer for,  between Flitwick and
Dumbledore's changed appearance and wardrobes, and sticking  Mexican 
references all through the movie, argh.)  I think McCrory will do a 
good job.

Carol responds:
I think they'll want to distinguish her from Bellatrix (and make her
resemble Draco a bit). Besides, the name Narcissa (such a break from
the usual star and constellation names in the black family) may well
have been suggested by her golden hair. I *do* think it's important
that Narcissa be blond just as it's important for the Weasleys to have
red hair. And they gave Lucius white-blond hair (a wig), so why not
have Narcissa's hair by the book as well? (I don't doubt that McCrory
will do a good job; the adult actors are uniformly excellent. I just
want her to look and act like canon!Narcissa.)

Carol, agreeing with you about Cuaron's changes to Flitwick and to
DD's robes, but fortunately, he's not the director now (and at least
we're rid of the shrunken heads)