[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Your favorite actor/actress in HP movies

[Nightbreed]

When I saw Umbridge on the screen I thought she had walked right out of the
book. When I read the book I presume that JKR is writing through Harry's POV
and the descriptions are through the filter of his psyche. 

 

As for the pink, there's a lot of pink in the book, they movie just took it
visually and ran with it. Everything about Umbridge in the film was
disturbing as hell, she was freaking Hannibal Lector in a pink, fuzzy
sweater. That little giggle and the way she cleared her throat, the little
smile, the shocking pink veneer; then she hands Harry the quill that cuts
into his hand and smiles as he bleeds. It's creepy, horrifying brilliance. 

 

Stauton deserved a supporting Oscar. 

 

md

 

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> Carol:
> Well, not pretty, exactly, but not squat and ugly and toad-faced 
like
> Umbridge in the books.

Potioncat:
I thought movie!Umbridge looked pretty. I recall reading an interview 
in which Imelda Staunton talked about the role. Someone had suggested 
she would be perfect for it, and after she read the book, she wasn't 
so sure it was a compliment. 



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