Emma Thompson Talks On 'Harry Potter 3'


Emma Thompson talked to Empire about her role as Divination Professor Sybil Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which is said to see the batty seer come to life with all the quirks and neuroses ascribed to her literary counterpart faithfully replicated on screen.

"She was so much fun to play," Thompson told us. "I decided that, since she was someone who saw into the future, she had to be someone who couldn’t see anything at all in the present. Like where she was going, her clothing, anything. I decided to dress her slightly differently, and had wonderful co-operation from my director and designer and everything."

Thompson also scotched the rumours connecting her to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. This adaptation of the dreadful adventures of the wretched Baudelaire orphans stars Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep, and should be the sort of children’s film Tim Burton would make if he were a manic depressive. Thompson, however will not be joining that particular children's tale.

"They did ask me about the Judge, but I said that I don’t think I can do that, because I’m just doing my own kid’s film. People would get confused because I’ve just done Harry Potter, and children get fed up too."

She is also starring in Nanny McPhee which she wrote the as an adaptation of Nurse Matilda series by Christina Brand

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