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Archive for the ‘Dolores Umbridge’ Category

August 6th, 2007

Finish this quote

Things at Hogwarts are far worse than I ______.
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July 12th, 2007

Another interview with Dolores Umbridge

Ooh, I just love her:
Q: Did you hesitate to do this role and what did you like about playing Dolores Umbridge?
Imelda Staunton: Of course I didn’t hesitate. It was wonderful for an actor to be given a challenge and it was an enormous challenge. It was more than I anticipated actually. She wasn’t the nicest […]

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July 11th, 2007

Interview with Dolores Umbridge

Great interview in Parade magazine with actress Imelda Staunton, who plays Dolores Umbridge:
PARADE.COM: So much for your serious acting career.
IMELDA STAUNTON: [Big laugh] Down the drain now, do you think? Actually, this part was a great challenge. It wasn’t a dawdle, to keep her very real.
P: She reminds me of that perfect little girl who […]

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July 1st, 2007

Imelda Staunton had fun torturing Harry Potter

Dolores Umbridge to me is probably the most disturbing character in all the Harry Potter novels right after Voldemort; she’s straight out of a Stephen King novel, don’t you think? Here’s an interesting interview with the actress who played her, Imelda Staunton:
When the respected stage actress Imelda Staunton was invited to join the cast of […]

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May 27th, 2007

LONG clip of Dolores Umbridge!

The new clip shows us (taken from the Ellen show), when Dumbledore presents Dolores Umbridge to the students at the Great Hall, and she gives her creepy little speech. Yee hah!

April 12th, 2007

Imelda Staunton not initially thrilled about the role of Dolores Umbridge

Apparently Imelda Staunton was not very flattered at first by being picked to play Dolores Umbridge:

Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton wasn’t exactly flattered when a friend first suggested she’d be perfect for the part of Harry Potter’s first female nemesis, Dolores Umbridge.
"I read the book, and Umbridge is described as a short, ugly, toadlike woman," […]

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