W-What fuckery is this???

[fembuck]

When did Narcissa become Rogue??? Is she gonna have a bad southern accent and green leotards too?  UGH!  I thought I couldn't have hated this casting anymore and now this comes out.  Seriously, I'm sure Helen McCrory is a fine actress and human being, but they should have just hired a fucking blonde (or at least someone who fakes being blonde well).  I mean, all we know about Narcissa is that she's blonde and Draco's mom, and now they've gone and fucked with half of that.

*cries*

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Enlarge the picture and take a look at Narcissa. *hint* That's NOT a hat!

*sigh*  The only thing I can hope for is that there'll be more Narcissa in the movie than in the book since the studio has such a hard-on for Helen McCrory.  And that more Narcissa will translate to more Narcissa and Bellatrix on screen together.

*double sigh* At least HBC still looks like perfection.  And it also looks like Bellatrix and Narcissa are eye!sexin' in that pic, which is cool.

Comments

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I liked the idea of Joely Richardson as well. The only reservation I had about her was that she would tower over HBC, but McCrory towers over her as well and is all wrong so who cares is Joely's tall too. Even my new favorite could-have-been Keeley Hawes would have towered over HBC so whatever. HBC is short, I've dealt with it.

i have nothing against conroy...but i think this is a huge misstep in casting.

True. I feel like a mean whore for ragging on the woman like this, but she was just miscast. I don't dislike her, and she's probably a very good actress, she's just wrong for Narcissa.

[angharad_gov.livejournal.com]

The only reservation I had about her was that she would tower over HBC,

a lot of people would tower over HBC -- isn't she barely 5'2" or something?

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

a lot of people would tower over HBC

Very true (which I realized when I started thinking about actresses I would have rather seen in the role). HBC is a wee tiny thing, so once I accepted that height no longer had to be a consideration. I mean, even Watts would have been taller than her.

*sigh* I really mourn the fact that Richardson isn't Narcissa. Her eyes are what really tip the scale in her favor for me, she would have been great.