# Half-Blood Prince casting news **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936 "2007-07-24T05:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/41 "2007-11-12T21:56:40Z")
I just hope they make her a blonde. She looks quite the icy bitch in that pic–I think she’ll be a good Narcissa. (I always felt a bit sorry for Narcissa–and she turns out quasi-all right in the books). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/42 "2007-11-12T22:38:57Z")
eleanorrigby: > [@](#): > > (I always felt a bit sorry for Narcissa–and she turns out quasi-all right in the books). I disagree. The elder Malfoys seem like mere bullies and opportunists, looking for personal power and being scared when it looks like their quest gets them (or their son) into some danger. At least the other Harry Potter villains seem to genuinely have the spine to stand up and fight for their beliefs, however evil those might be. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/43 "2007-11-12T23:07:42Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I disagree. The elder Malfoys seem like mere bullies and opportunists, looking for personal power and being scared when it looks like their quest gets them (or their son) into some danger. > > At least the other Harry Potter villains seem to genuinely have the spine to stand up and fight for their beliefs, however evil those might be. Yeah, but at least the Malfoys (at least Narcissa) seem actually to care about their son more than about their chances for advancement as Death Eaters. Auntie Bellatrix’s insistence that she would be proud to sacrifice her sons, if she had any, to the service of her beloved Dark Lord, and her blithe unconcern about any life-threatening risks her nephew Draco might be running, always seemed a bit skeevy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/44 "2007-11-12T23:58:47Z")
How about Sean Bean as Fenrir? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/45 "2007-11-13T17:11:25Z")
According to [cinescape](http://www.mania.com/56610.html) **Helen McCrory** has been cast as Mrs. Malfoy. hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/46 "2007-11-13T21:37:33Z")
[QUOTE=jackdavinci] According to [cinescape](http://www.mania.com/56610.html) **Helen McCrory** has been cast as Mrs. Malfoy. hmm… [/QUOTE] See post #38. That’s why I bumped this thread. Maybe I should close the thread since the OP is out-of-date. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/47 "2007-11-13T21:43:06Z")
Closed at the request of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936/48 "2007-11-14T12:36:46Z")
Added note: just because one **can** revive an old thread in Cafe Society doesn’t mean one **should**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-blood-prince-casting-news/412936.md?page=2)