And I adored Kenneth Branagh's turn as Gilderoy Lockhart and Emma Thompson as Trelawney.
Oh, me too! They both have such unabashed fun with their characters. But that's what I mean about the British acting scene meeting in these films. You have all these great actors sinking their teeth in these roles. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, too, simply fantastic. (And I maintain Umbridge was JKR's most effective villain, in all her pink horribleness. The scene where she makes Harry write "I must not tell lies" in his own skin chillls me to this day in a way most Voldemort scenes, except for "Kill the spare", do not.) And yes, Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter, see icon.
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Date: 2009-03-04 01:33 pm (UTC)Oh, me too! They both have such unabashed fun with their characters. But that's what I mean about the British acting scene meeting in these films. You have all these great actors sinking their teeth in these roles. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, too, simply fantastic. (And I maintain Umbridge was JKR's most effective villain, in all her pink horribleness. The scene where she makes Harry write "I must not tell lies" in his own skin chillls me to this day in a way most Voldemort scenes, except for "Kill the spare", do not.) And yes, Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter, see icon.