Bellatrix Lestrange is cast for next HP movie...

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From TVGuide.com:

Finally, the last English actor in the world has been cast in a Harry Potter movie. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which will be released a little less than a year from now, will feature erstwhile Corpse Bride Helena Bonham Carter as Sirius Black's cousin, Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. Wait a second — if I'm not mistaken, they have somehow forgotten to give a part to the greatest Brit thespian of all time, Joan Collins!
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I really like Helena. I've seen her in plenty of movies, and she is good. She doesn't usually play the evil character, though. In fact, I can only think of one movie where she was a bad character, and even then she wasn't extremely evil; nowhere near where Bellatrix is.

I think that she was a great choice to play Bellatrix!!! She's a brilliant actress.

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing as you guys. She's brilliant.

She is a brilliant actress, but they are going to have to do a bunch with makeup to make her look the part. She's too pretty right now. Bellatrix needs to look tired are worn out from Azkaban.

Oh, I'm sure that they will make her look really ragged... like when Sirius got out.

You gots to start with a pretty actress and make her look crap. That's what Bellatrix's supposed to look like, right?

She is supposed to look like a woman who was once beautiful but Azkaban took that from her.

Right... and it will be done. The magic of movies....