[grellis]

Rickman is great at playing a villain, but my favorite role of his was in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply. Yes, I suppose it is technically a dreaded "chick flick," but the acting in that movie is second to none. Juliet Stephenson is the most underused actress out there.

Miranda Richardson is not the first thought I had to play Skeeter but I bet she'll be great in the role.

[Pippin]

Know who I'd think would be a perfect Umbridge?

even thought she's not an actress, just a troll!

Helen Thomas! HEE! HEE!

[kellynch]

Rickman is great at playing a villain, but my favorite role of his was in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply. Yes, I suppose it is technically a dreaded "chick flick," but the acting in that movie is second to none. Juliet Stephenson is the most underused actress out there.

I love, love, LOVE that movie. I sob every single time I see it. It's got to be one of the more beautiful movies ever made. The acting is superb, and the music (can't go wrong with Bach) is gorgeous.

But wait a minute! It's about ghosts, so perhaps we, as conservatives and observant Christians/Jews shouldn't be able to watch it.

FYI...from what I gather, Anthony Minghella (who directed the execrable "English Patient") wrote the part specifically for Juliet Stephenson. Did you see her in Sense & Sensibility? She was terrific in that too.