May 25, 2006

From bbc.co.uk

POTTER EXCLUSIVE: NEW BELLATRIX

A major casting change has been made on the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange was to be played by Helen McCrory.

But she's now had to be replaced as she's expecting a baby and would be heavily pregnant when her scenes in the Ministry of Magic were filmed. Newsround can exclusively reveal that she will now be played by Helena Bonham Carter, who played Charlie's mother in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.