Who would you cast in the role of Delores Umbridge?

[dorapye]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Fischer, Shari" 
<sfischer at h...> wrote:
> Hi all -
> 
> Normally I lurk, but I would love to know if anyone else has 
thought about
> who should be cast as Delores Umbridge when OotP makes it to the 
big
> screen!  My vote is for Dawn French - so I was a little 
disappointed when
> I saw that she was in PoA - but now I think she should play both
> characters!  What do you think?
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

dorapye:
Yes! You know, as I was readign OotP, it was Dawn I imagined 
speaking Dolores's lines - I know she can do that simpery, sickly 
girly voice just perfectly. And I have absolutely no doubts that she 
could act the role on screen to perfect Canon. The only problem I 
envisaged with her in ther ole is that she is too pretty to play 
such a vile creature - round she might be, and I'm sure she could 
do 'squat' adequately, but the pouchy, bulgin eys and the wide, toad-
like mouth.....I couldn't see how she pull that off.

Until I saw her Xmas special with Jennifer Saunders.  She was made 
up like an old woman in milk-bottle glasses and curly grey wig and 
it occurred to me, that with the wonders of modern make-up 
technology, even Dawn French could look thoroughly repulsive!

So I, like you Shari, was disappointed to see her in PoA as the Fat 
Lady (a waste of her talents, surely?).  But I agree - I think it 
does not have to rule her out for playing Umbridge, since I'm quite 
sure she will be unrecognisable as DU.

In fact, I'd be willing to place bets that she will get the role.  
There could be no one better suited to play it.

dorapye