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Helen McCrory to begin Filming Role as Narcissa Malfoy in "Half-Blood Prince"
McCrory InterviewsThe Independent has a new feature online today with actress Helen McCrory who mentions very briefly about beginning her work as Narcissa Malfoy in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The paper notes her filming for this is about to start shortly, with the actress saying:
“I’m looking forward to it. It’s unusual to have such a successful film only starring British actors. I have really started to enjoy the craft of film acting. I do a lot more film and television now than theatre. The difference between screen and stage is that in theatre it’s tangible whether someone can act or not. I’ve worked with people, who will remain nameless, where a film scene has had to be cobbled together from a whole day’s worth of takes because the actor is []. They can’t remember the lines; if they do remember the lines, they can’t remember the moves. In the final project, they will look great, because the director will cut the film for them. In theatre, you can’t employ someone who can’t remember their bloody lines. That’s the difference,” she says.
Originally cast in the part of Bellatrix Lestrange, readers will recall that Helen McCrory had to drop out of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix due to her pregnancy, and has now taken the part of Narcissa, the sister of Bellatrix. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is due in theaters November 21, 2008.
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lena, maybe you ought to say the actors cast don’t give the performance that you imagined in your mind—which is completely valid. however, every single reader probably had a totally different “actor” in their imaginations when doing their virgin read of the novels… for instance, i thought mrs. figg was excellent in the film. everyone has different interpretations, and yours is as valid as anyone’s, but don’t knock the actors for not matching was you had in mind 100%.
She does sound a little cranky, doesn’t she? Perhaps she should be a bit more guarded in her next interview…
While I haven’t seen any of her work, I trust that she had been chosen for the right reasons and will do well in the role.
She is brilliant! She’s a great actress. I’m really looking forward to see her as Cissy.
HAHAHA she sounds like a proper malfoy that’s for sure
Tinney what Threequidd was meaning was while Gwyneth is American and Cate is Australian they both have used British accents in the past and could play the role.
Helen is a really good actress and we should give her a chance. If she’s not good well then sh*t happens.
Helen McCrory does look hard in that picture, but that’s because she was playing a hard and heartless character … Barbara Villiers, the mistress of Charles II. For those who doubt she can be more softly sinister, check out her performance as Valentina Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo. She was also strikingly beautiful as Anna Karenina. I think she’s a great choice, and once she is ensconced in the appropriate blone brilliance, she will beome the quintessential Narcissa.
Yeah I hope she has blonde Hair in the movie too! she looks nothing like I imagined :( I`ve known this site for a pretty long time, but I have never commented before so Hello everyone, I`m a huge emma fan and this fansite for hp rocks! ;)
She’ll be great as Narcissa Malfoy, and ofcourse she’ll have a blond hair…they have to be truthful to the books. And Helena Bonham Carter is perfect as Bellatrix… just a little bit too sexy
Agree abt the hair. I guess it was the first thing everyone noticed when saw the pic. She is more like Bellatrix for me.
I always imagined Narcissa as a better version of ant Petunia…
thank you pixie for clearing that little misunderstanding up! she is in a play in this picture as “pixie” noted, so of course she doesnt look like that all the time – plus I think we have all seen that look on Draco’s face before! LOL plus she has a much prettier and soft facade in the movies count of monte cristo, the queen and casonova.
Does that mean they’re filming the Spinner’s End scene? Isn’t Helena Bonham Carter pregnant at the moment? That could make for some tricky camera work!
My two cents. I also thought the actress who played Mrs. Figg did a fine job. I have no problem picturing Helen as Mrs Malfoy. I would expect Draco’s mother and Lucius’ wife to be a tad on the ‘hard’ side. Fit her with a blonde wig and she’s perfect.
If you do a Yahoo search for her, there are several pictures where she comes across as soft and almost playful. I think the situation makes the “look” for her.
i think she definately looks the part of bella more but…....im confident that she’ll make a god cissy (better then whoever the heck plays dumbledore now, no offense but im glad hes dying in this book because i CANNOT stand the actor who plays him….....i really prefer the books MUCH MORE then the movies)
i agree with e_foo (neat name by the way….haha) i really dont like the actor who plays dumbledore, atleast he doesnt act like dumbledore, he was quite violent in the 4th movie (grabbing harry by his collar asking him whether or not he entered the TWT)
and i think helen will be able to pull the roll of as narcissa nicely, but i guess we’ll just have to wait and see
Just to let you know Helena and Tim had their 2nd child a baby girl on december 15th, rumer has it her name is Indiana Rose but that is not a confirmed piece of info.
I’m very excited for the release of HBP and I’m sure Helen will rise to the challenge and make us all proud
xoxo
Mistyi dont think that helen should’ve been casted for narcissa, its unfortunate that she had a baby at the time, it should’ve waited a while, lol so she could be bellatrix. she looks much more like my bella then my cissy
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ROFLMAO! Yep, most of you have it right. “Hair and Makeup” are the actor’s friend. You would think that Jason Issac’s really DOES have ‘Blonde hair’ LOL! Too cool. Well, MY original “vision”, for Narcissa, was Angelica Huston…until I found out it was an “all British cast” I mirror Margoooo. C’est la vie! It is wonderful that she, and Helena Bonham Carter look so much alike. They could be sisters! LOL, LOL!!!