It was Fiona Shaw, who plays Aunt Petunia in the movies. Nice to see her in something else.
Heh. She's a well known Shakespearean actress in Britain, with a long stage career. It's weird for me seeing her as Aunt Petunia, when I know she's famous for Medea.
It's weird for me seeing her as Aunt Petunia, when I know she's famous for Medea.
Well, that would reinforce the idea that Aunt Petunia is one of the last people who should be entrusted with the welfare of a child.
She's also Mrs Nugent in
The butcher Boy
, among many other things. I cordially dislike her, though I couldn't articulate why. There's a smug assumption of artistic superiority about her that rubs me the wrong way.
I have a 5-hour plane ride tonight. Just in case I run out of books and the Dramamine doesn't knock me out like it's supposed to, any airplane reading recs? (Anything long and space opera-y that I'll be able to find in an airport bookstore would be good. I'm not much of a romance/mystery fan at all.)
[Oh well, thanks anyway]
I'm in the middle of reading
The Grand Tour
which is the sequel to
Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
AIFG!!!
Also, here is why you don't want to get on the wrong side of a writer (from Wizard News.com):
RUMOR: J.K.'S SECRET REVEALED: GILDEROY IS HER FIRST HUSBAND JORGE ARANTES
J.K. Rowling has revealed that vain Gilderoy Lockhart is the only Potter character based on a real person. Although she does not name him, on her website she gives several clues that the real Lockhart is her first husband, Portuguese journalist Arantes.
I read Caroline Stevermer's
A Scholar of Magics
over the weekend, and I loved it. I have a dim memory of first hearing it recommended over here, so to whoever may have suggested it, Thanks! Now I get to go find everything else she's written. Yay!
Calli -- that would include
Sorcery and Cecelia
and
The Grand Tour
which she wrote with Patricia C. Wrede.
I'm especially looking forward to
The Grand Tour
.
Thanks, sumi!
I'm in the middle of reading The Grand Tour which is the sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot AIFG!!!
Gah! It's out?! Must have now now now!
Yes! It came out earlier than expected! I thought it was coming out in September and instead -- I have it now!