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04-26-2007, 11:59 PM
| | |  Umbridge is a villain: How bad is that?
Recently, Time Magazine posted an article online. Instead of promoting the good characters in movies, they shockingly chose the other side - the villains! In the top twelve mentioned, Dolores Umbridge - played by Imelda Staunton - fit one of the evil types. Quote:
As Dolores Umbridge, the bureaucrat from the Ministry of Magic in this summer's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Imelda Staunton is a little bit priestess, a little bit villainous. Staunton, the latest in a line of top British thespians to visit Hogwart's, found it a tough balancing act: "The character has to be ridiculous and yet real and frightening. She has to be silly and yet not cartoony. It's difficult to gauge." The performance and the couture established an ostensibly soft side to Dolores. "She wears cardigans and pinks. She threatens, but if you don't listen to the words it's just a pleasant sound. She's gentle and pleasing. If she seemed hard, there would be no surprises."
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04-27-2007, 12:05 AM
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| | Bundimun
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Hahaha, fantastic. Umbridge was always going to be a difficult character to portray, but it seems like Imelda's nailed it!  EDIT: Ftp!
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04-27-2007, 12:07 AM
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| | Moke
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lol, well they can't be like everyone else and write the same thing about the good characters. Thanks for the article | |
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04-27-2007, 12:11 AM
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awsome
i really detest that evil woman though
but i bet shes wonderfully acted in the movie's
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04-27-2007, 12:16 AM
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04-27-2007, 12:20 AM
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That's pretty cool...yeah, I have to agree. In order to potray the role of Umbridge, one would have to be extremely careful and do things just so that it doesn't lean towards one side more than the other. So it seems like Staunton had a difficult time buuut did extremely well is completing the task. | |
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04-27-2007, 12:33 AM
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| | Erumpent
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-hehe- Very cool. Villains need love too. <3 -slaps them- 
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04-27-2007, 12:34 AM
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They explained it very well. Couldn't have said it better. Pink~! Yup, she always wears them.
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04-27-2007, 12:53 AM
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Lol, thats so cool, she's a brilliant actress.
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04-27-2007, 01:09 AM
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04-27-2007, 01:53 AM
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The thing I hate the most about Umbridge is her constant use of pink! it's my favourite color, and it pains me to see such a foul creatrure using it!
Usually villians are much more demanding characters than heroes; it's much easier to turn our comic. Certainly it's a real challenge, I really want to see her. From the trailers it looks great, and certainly much prettier than Jo's DADA professor!
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04-27-2007, 02:09 AM
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04-27-2007, 02:41 AM
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Haha, that's cool.
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04-27-2007, 04:45 AM
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04-27-2007, 05:33 AM
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LOL. Too much pink, is what she wears. Lol haha... but her being a villain just makes me laugh.
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04-27-2007, 08:28 AM
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04-27-2007, 08:29 AM
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04-27-2007, 08:37 AM
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04-27-2007, 09:15 AM
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I think she is not that evil... She only prevented what will be a chaotic expression of the wizarding world if they will know Voldemort was back again....
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04-27-2007, 11:56 AM
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I wanted to skin Umbridge alive while reading the book ... So I would be content even with a little milder version of her. I´m sure she will be irritating enough 
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04-27-2007, 11:58 AM
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hey,looks like sh'es done a good job of it!It would b hard to play Umbridge.
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04-27-2007, 12:19 PM
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| | Moke
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Umbridge's a hard charactor to play, and i guess she did a good..but we'll never know until the movie comes out!
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04-27-2007, 12:46 PM
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lol  its good to see aomething about the other side every now and again | |
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04-27-2007, 01:22 PM
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I guess she worked hard to play Umbridge.
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