The 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.
Ugh! Who does she think that she is? A real Malfoy! She looks like she should be playing Mrs. Black, Sirius’ mum. A hard looking thing she is too, not at all delicate & Narcissa like, snobby looking yes but as for the rest no way. And if they can’t get the ” look” of the actress right they sure had better get the hair right. Tom Felton looks more feminine than she does and for that matter so does Jason Isaacs. THis is one of thos e ‘What were they thinking kind of things. Maybe they are running out of British Actress’ . Gwyneth Paltrow or Cate Blanchette would have beena far better choice for Narcissa. Just my thoughts…
Sad thing is, there are lots and lots of great British actors out there that could do the job, but the sad fact is: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!
After a trip to the wig and make-up departments for the essentials (white blond wig and blue contacts) ... I think that Helen’s Sissy will make a wonderful visual counterpoint to to Helena’s Bella. They are remarkably similar in height, bone structure and general physic … as specified in the books … Narcissa is as fair as her sister is dark. I can’t wait to see the pictures!
I think that she may be good at narcissa if she has the blond hair, and can actualy act the part unlike the girl they got to play mrs. fig!!!!!! She acced all wrong in the role and they left out mugundas flercher in the sceen to!!!!!
Why cant these peolple get the movies to almost match the books?Even though the fith movie was way bettter than that they did in the fourth!!!!!!!
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!!!
Posted by Confederate Lady on January 08, 2008, 06:49 PM
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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%.
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
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Ugh! Who does she think that she is? A real Malfoy! She looks like she should be playing Mrs. Black, Sirius’ mum. A hard looking thing she is too, not at all delicate & Narcissa like, snobby looking yes but as for the rest no way. And if they can’t get the ” look” of the actress right they sure had better get the hair right. Tom Felton looks more feminine than she does and for that matter so does Jason Isaacs. THis is one of thos e ‘What were they thinking kind of things. Maybe they are running out of British Actress’ . Gwyneth Paltrow or Cate Blanchette would have beena far better choice for Narcissa. Just my thoughts…