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GREEN SCREEN MADE BONHAM CARTER SICK

Working in front of a massive green screen as hellish BELLTRIX LESTRANGE in the new HARRY POTTER film made HELENA BONHAM CARTER sick. The British actress admits the make-believe scenes, in which she had to pretend things were flying around her, left her feeling nauseous. She says, "The Hall Of Prophecies where the globes are, that was just complete green space and a just total empty room. And it's pretty horrible. "It's really discombobulating and you can do some really bad acting in green screen. And a lot of time you feel so out of touch and not grounded and actually it's because you're in space and you have no idea what's around you. "It is really throwing and also it makes me feel sick actually that green because it's so bright."

Carter a witch like never a witch there was

Some actors might balk at being cast as an evil witch. Not Helena Bonham Carter.

The British actress revels in the role of sadistic sorceress Bellatrix Lestrange — fanatical follower of evil Lord Voldemort — in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth film adapted from J.K. Rowling's wizarding saga, which opened in theaters around the world on Wednesday.

Bonham Carter blazes her way across the screen in her one big scene — a dramatic battle between Voldemort's Death Eaters and Harry's ragtag band of friends.

"I had about five lines, and I think they cut about three of them," said Bonham Carter, 41. "So I knew I had to be conspicuous."

Black-clad, wild-haired and cacklingly sadistic, Bellatrix escapes from Azkaban prison to join the resurgent Voldemort in his quest to destroy Harry and control the magical world.

Bonham Carter says she had a big say in creating her character's voluptuous-but-disheveled look.

"At first they thought, 'Oh, we'll just put her in a sack,' " Bonham Carter said. "But I said, 'There's no way I'm going to wear a sack. I've got to be a sexy witch.' "

"I wanted a sort of bodice thing to give me a shape," she said. "There is a bit of the warrior about her — Bellatrix means warrior. She's the right-hand Death Eater to Voldemort.

"I also wanted everything to be splitting at the seams and a bit of 'Sunset Boulevard' disintegration to be going on, because she's been in prison for so long. She has a very posh, aristocratic carriage, because she's pure-blooded, but at the same time, she's completely divorced from reality."

Like other Harry Potter fans worldwide, Bonham Carter is awaiting the July 21 publication of Rowling's seventh and final Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," to learn the characters' fate. But she's been given a hint that Bellatrix may play a part.

While she was considering whether to accept the relatively small role in "Order of the Phoenix," she says, "J.K. Rowling sent a message saying she's going to be very significant in the last one."

Helena Bonham Carter relishes evil role

Some actors might balk at being cast as an evil witch. Not Helena Bonham Carter.

The British actress revels in the role of sadistic sorceress Bellatrix Lestrange -- fanatical follower of evil Lord Voldemort -- in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth film adapted from J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga.

Bonham Carter blazes her way across the screen in her one big scene -- a dramatic battle between Voldemort’s Death Eaters and Harry’s ragtag band of friends.

“I had about five lines and I think they cut about three of them," Bonham Carter, 41, told The Associated Press. “So I knew I had to be conspicuous."

Black-clad, wild-haired and cacklingly/ssadistic, Bellatrix escapes from Azkaban prison to join the resurgent Voldemort in his quest to destroy Harry and control the magical world.

Like other Harry Potter fans worldwide, Bonham Carter is awaiting the July 21 publication of Rowling’s seventh and final Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," to learn the characters’ fate. But she’s been given a hint that Bellatrix may play a part.

While she was considering whether to accept the relatively small role in “Order of the Phoenix," she says, “J.K. Rowling sent a message saying she’s going to be very significant in the last one."

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," a Warner Bros. Pictures release, opens in theaters around the world starting Wednesday.

BONHAM CARTER LETS SLIP ABOUT HARRY POTTER CONCLUSION

Actress HELENA BONHAM CARTER has let slip a secret on the final chapter in the HARRY POTTER series. Cater, who plays Bellatrix Lestrange in the latest movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, only took the part after J.K. Rowling said her character has a big part to play in the final book. She tells London radio station Heart FM, "When I was offered Bellatrix I realised it wasn't a very big part. "One day J.K. sent me a message to say that I was going to be very significant in the seventh book so that was a bit of a carrot… "I am a big fan of Harry Potter anyway, the books, the genre, the whole world of Harry really… so I said yes."

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Algunos actores evitarían un papel de bruja. Helena Bonham Carter no.

La actriz británica se revela como la sádica hechicera Bellatrix Lestrange, fanática seguidora del malvado Voldemort, en "Harry Potter y la orden del fénix", la quinta adaptación cinematográfica de la mágica saga de J.K. Rowling.

Bonham Carter brilla en la gran pantalla en su única gran escena: una dramática pelea entre fieles de Voldemort y amigos de Harry.

"Tuve unas cinco líneas y creo que cortaron unas tres", dijo Bonham Carter, de 41 años, a la AP. "Así que sabía que tenía que ser conspicua".

Ataviada toda de negro, con una melena salvaje y mirada sádica, Bellatrix escapa de la prisión de Azkaban para unirse al renaciente Voldemort en su lucha por destruir a Harry y controlar el mundo mágico.

Bonham Carter dice que tuvo voz y voto en la creación de su voluptuoso pero desaliñado personaje.

"Al principio pensaron, 'simplemente la pondremos en un saco'", relató Bonham Carter. "Pero yo dije, 'de ningún modo me pondré un saco. Yo debo ser una bruja sexy'. Quería una especie de corpiño que me diera forma".

"Hay un poco de guerrera en ella; Bellatrix significa guerrera. Es la mano derecha de Voldemort", añadió.

Como otros seguidores de Harry Potter, Bonham Carter espera la publicación de la séptima y última novela de Rowling el 21 de julio, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", para conocer el destino del aprendiz de mago. Pero ya le dieron una pista: Bellatrix tendría algo que ver con eso.

Mientras consideraba si aceptar o no el pequeño papel en "La orden del fénix", dijo, "J.K. Rowling envió un mensaje diciendo que sería muy importante en la última" entrega.

"Harry Potter y la orden del fénix", de Warner Bros. Pictures, se estrena el miércoles alrededor del mundo.

Helena Bonham Carter

Lugar y fecha de nacimiento:

26 de mayo de 1966

Golders Green, Londres , Gran Bretaña (UK)

Actriz británica nacida en el seno de una familia aristocrática inglesa y con alguna tradición artística (el director Anthony Asquith es su tío-abuelo), que heredó de su madre española una belleza poco anglosajona.

Debutó en el cine en 1983 en A Pathern of Roses, pero fue reconocida tras protagonizar Lady Jane, un drama histórico dirigido por Trevor Nunn. Su belleza clásica y su estilo la convirtieron muchas veces en actriz de films de época. De hecho, trabajó en casi todas las versiones de obras de E.M. Foster que se han filmado en los últimos años, como Un amor en Florencia, Maurice y La mansión Howard, todas ellas de James Ivory.

En 1989 fue Santa Clara en Francesco, de Liliana Cavani, y en 1990 personificó a Ofelia en la versión de Hamlet de Franco Zeffirelli. También fue la obsesión de Robert DeNiro en Frankestein y la enamorada confundida en Noche de reyes, otro film de época.