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[heidi]

"Madam, without you, life was like a broken pencil...it was pointless."

Melissa just posted on TLC that Miranda Richardson is set to play Rita Skeeter.

I am just over the moon with this announcement - I adore her completely and think she's absolutely perfect for the role, mostly because she does Evil Vampy Bitch better than anyone (except possibly Joanna Lumley, and she'd probably be better as Narcissa, who I'm not sure is even going to be in the film anyway, alas).

Oh, now I need to go watch me some Blackadder. And oh, it is just such a pity that any interaction she has with Lucius is offscreen.


(On a related note, if this brings any of the younger fans to see The Crying Game in the way that Cuaron's directing may've led some of them to see Y Tu Mama, I will laugh at the anti-smut crusaders. Oh yes, I will.)

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Blackadder, Sleepy Hollow, the US miniseries version of Merlin, Chicken Run and Enchanted April, among other things.

[aome.livejournal.com]

Was she Mab in the "Merlin" series? I've seen that. Wouldn't be able to pick her out in Chicken Run, though. ;-)

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I think so - I didn't watch it, though...

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

Don't know about Merlin, but thanks to Chicken Run having been on TV out here last weekend, I can tell you that Richardson was the voice of Mrs Tweedy.

She also played Virginia Woolf's sister (Veronica?) in The Hours, and was in the remake of The Parent Trap that was done a while ago now.

[hermione-like.livejournal.com]

Yes, she was Mab. :)