Natalia Tena as Tonks

I couldn't find this thread and I thought I should start it now that the first Tonks pictures are up.

I don't like it. Her hair looks very purple, not pink, and she looks way too old which I think will be a problem if they include the Lupin/Tonks subplot in HBP. But I think that she'll look better in other shots, and it was just the camera position. I'm not pleased, but it's not atrocious.

I'm pretty sure that's her obsolete hair(that she doesn't realy like.) She changes to the short and spiky bubblegum-pink hair while helping Harry clean up his room.

I think it pwns! She looks cool!

I'm pretty sure that's her obsolete hair(that she doesn't realy like.) She changes to the short and spiky bubblegum-pink hair while helping Harry clean up his room.

Yes, you are right. I think that this is when the Guard goes to get Harry, and Tonks had purple hair in that part. I'm pretty sure, well hoping, that the film makers will show us when she changes her hair from purple to pink.

I said my opinon of what I think of her look in another thread, but I think I'll restate it again here. I like it, its different from what I pictured her to look like, but not that much. I'm liking the way her clothes look, and I even like the longer hair; I do hope they'll change it to short and spinky in the rest of the movie, though.

Can't wait to see more pics like these of other cast members, like Umbridge!

Tonks is Metamorphmagus so she can obviously change her hair colour! Duh!! When we first meet her in the book she has long PURPLE hair & she later changes it so that its short, spikey & bubblegum pink. I think she looks super cool from what i can see. I can't wait for a proper picture of a Tonks with PINK hair!!

I LOVE it! She looks very good. At least from far away. I am very excited about this now. :clap:

From the picture it wasn't what I imagined Tonks to look like in my mind, but I guess I'll have to see her in OoTP to fully judge her.

yeah...she looks like see can play the part well...im sooooo excited!!!!

I am not happy with the picture. I agree she looks older than she is described in the books, also she is too made-up and sophisticated-looking.

I picture book Tonks having a punkish style, and being kind of tom-boyish in OOTP. I see her as being a very casual, and let's face it a bit awkward/ slightly clumsy. The woman in the pic looks like a veela. However, I don't like to jump to conclusions based on a single picture, so hopefully we'll get to see the funky yet down to earth Tonks with whom we are acquainted. The last thing we need is to have her made into a sexy beauty queen. That doesn't fit her personality.

Attention Movie People: Please retain the individuality and realness of the characters! Especially for this character who embodies both! Just because you have a twentysomething female character it doesn't mean you must make her look like a Barbie doll! Thank you!

[I love Emma Watson as Hermione, but I think most of us agree that she is much prettier than book Hermione is described.
Plain people exist! People love them! They have the same worth as people with exceptional looks! Not every movie character needs to be universally attractive, even in a popular blockbuster!]

If you look, Azalea, she has ripped pants and big combat boots. But I agree that her pose is very haughty. But this is between takes I think so something completely un HP might be happening.

Well, if you think about it, it doesn't really matter how the actress who plays Tonks looks. I mean, she's a metamorphmagus, right? Universal excuse for the makeup/hair artists...
She doesn't really look how I imagined, though... I hope she does a good job!

i dont know if any of you are familiar with the late Laura Sadler....

when i read OOTP i always pictured her playing the part of tonks....she played a part in the tv series the belfry witches which is exactly how i imagined tonks

If you look, Azalea, she has ripped pants and big combat boots. But I agree that her pose is very haughty. But this is between takes I think so something completely un HP might be happening.


I don't think this is a pose, but in between takes, but I could be wrong.

I think she looks really cool. I love her outfit. She looks pretty much like I imagined Tonks to look. Of course, we can't expect any character we imagine from the books to look exactly as how we imagined them. I don't think she looks like a beauty queen or a veela or anything, though.

We can't really see her face in that picture. And she is not playing Tonks at that moment, it is between the takes. So I doubt we can judge her looks based only onthis photo. But she certainly is not too old to be Tonks. Have you seen other photos of the actress? She was born in 1984, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Tena). So she is 21 or 22, the perfect age for Tonks.

Her hair is purple we also must remember that Tonks can change her hair at will so maybe we will still see the bumble gum hair and who knows what else. I think she pretty prefect as Tonks, she look extremely similar to how I picture her.

lilyp I couldn’t agree more it appears they aren’t even filming and its really not a great close up shot of her. Yes Tena is the right age for Tonks she is either exactly the same as as Tonks is in this one or a year older.

i think she looks almost perfect for the part! i don't think she looks like a "beauty queen"... her outfit matches her character perfectly and i think she looks pretty cool with the long purple hair

since she can change her hair color, i'm pretty sure she's going to change it to the bubblegum pink later in the movies (unless they decide to keep just one color)

i'm glad they are showing more pictures from the set... hopefully we'll have promotional pictures coming soon!

I LOVE it! She looks very good. At least from far away. I am very excited about this now. :clap: I agree! She's perfect. :) As for the purple hair, that is probably just ONE of her looks; she is a metamorphagus... she can change her looks often... bubble gum pink is probably just one of many. And besides, this is just the first picture.

This isn't how I pictured Tonks at all. The latest or first picture that turned up showed her hair long. I pictured Tonks with shorter, spikier hair and a bit more rougher looking.

I couldn't find this thread and I thought I should start it now that the first Tonks pictures are up.

I don't like it. Her hair looks very purple, not pink, and she looks way too old which I think will be a problem if they include the Lupin/Tonks subplot in HBP. But I think that she'll look better in other shots, and it was just the camera position. I'm not pleased, but it's not atrocious.

I think she might be the one thing I like about the characters' appearances in the fifth movie. I think she looks very very cool. But they could give her long hair, so why does Harry's (DR) hair has to be so short? :rolleyes:

Wow, I think she's perfect! Not necessarily how at pictured her at all, but for a movie version, I really like her look and especially her clothes. I think I'm okay with the long hair (and I love the purple color), but I really hope they make it short and spiky when she changes it to bubblegum pink. I'm really excited to see how she's going to portray Tonks and hopefully she'll get the personality right with clumsiness and all.

I like the new picture. What does it matter if her hair is purple and not pink? The important thing is that she can change her hair colour because she’s a Metamorphmagus - what colour her hair actually is isn’t important.

I think she looks great! She isn't how I picture Tonks in my head, but I don't think a single actor in the films looks like how I picture their character. And Tonks does have purple hair the first time Harry meets her, so I have no problem with that. Hope she can play Tonks real good. :tu:

I think she looks excellent! She isn't what I imagined, but I think she'll do just fine! :D

I’m pretty sure that she changes her hair to bubble gum pink when she is helpiing Harry pack, prior to that it is purple I think. If they keep her hair long in the movie I don’t have a problem with it.

She doesn't look too bad. Not like I'd imagined her, but then again I've always imagined Tonks to look like my hairdresser so I don't think there was much chance of a perfect match. :) I like what she's wearing, it's what I'd imagine Tonks to wear, but it'd be nice to see her during filming. The Metamorphing during the film should be good to see.

I think her hair changes from the violent shade of violent to the bubblegum pink later. The hair though was always short at the beginning of the book and after the change of colour though but perhaps they change the style as well as the colour to place emphasis on her ability as a metamorphagus.She looked the youngest there; she had a pale heart-shaped face, dark twinkling eyes, and short spiky hair that was a violent shade of violent.So if that is a scene where we first meet Tonks then they have the colour of her hair right.

im not sure i wanna see a closre picture before i make a judgement...the actors cant suit everyone though i suppose so its unfair to expect it

I had imagined her to look a bit differently.. rounder face, with, of course, the short, pink hair. I assume they'll have her change it during the scene in Harry's bedroom, so I'm not too worried, but that won't change the fact that she does not live up to my first impression much at all. And also, she's wearing what look like Muggle clothes in the picture, I know they sure aren't robes. I wonder what that is about.

I like it! Beautiful heart shape face is all that matters for Tonks. :D

Everyone seems to have a problem with the hair... since when have the movies ever gotten the hair right? lol I still think she looks cool, I like her boots.

i am sooooooo dissapointed
her hair isnt spikey!
and tonks is my favorate character
hopefully that is just in one scene and most of the others she has spiked hair

She looks so cool:)

It's a one hair look. Tonks is a metamorphagus, it ain't that hard to think she may fancy long lilac hair one day.

Wearing muggle clothes? So does half the cast, nothing new there.

Another thing I can't believe I've seen people in the fandom complain about is 'she's too old!' WTH? Natalia is in her early twenties as is Tonks. But then this is the HP fandom, never happy unless there's something to complain about.

I didn't care too much for her at first (just judging by some of her other photos) but now that I've seen the picture of her in costume, I think I've changed my mind lol. I just hope they'll have the bubblegum pink hair in their even though the purple hair looks good.

Another thing I can't believe I've seen people in the fandom complain about is 'she's too old!' WTH? Natalia is in her early twenties as is Tonks. But then this is the HP fandom, never happy unless there's something to complain about.
Although I agree... erm... be more tactful next time?

Her hair is purple at the begining of the book. As obsessed as everyone claims to be, alot of you forget this bit of fact. Im shocked!

I love it. I pictured Tonks as a bit of a clutz, and hot at the same time. Natalia looks confidant as Tonks and playful. I love it!!!!!!

Lupins got good taste if you ask me!

Her costume is hard to see with all those people around. Maybe this will help:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sip44/OotP/OotP-Tonksdetail.jpg

I do think her hair will change from scene to scene, and her clothes, too.

she looks just as I imagined her to be, wow, it is amazing since I really didn't have that much of an image of her but I think the casting crew hit the nail right on the head here. I have a feeling she is going to be fantastic as Tonks. Cheers!

Another thing I can't believe I've seen people in the fandom complain about is 'she's too old!' WTH? Natalia is in her early twenties as is Tonks. But then this is the HP fandom, never happy unless there's something to complain about.

Amen to that. It is sad to admit but being a part of other fandoms I have seen more than once that when people start to whine about something someone puts an end to this saying things like "Hush. Because we are going to look like Harry Potter' fandom":evil:

As for Natalie- she looks lovely. Being strongly influenced by caladan d' glorious arts I have never pictured Tonks with "spiky short hair" though I know she has that hairdo in the books. Her outfit is just spot-on- I love the holes and boots- and what's the most important- I love her full of sass pose. That's so Tonks:cool:

As for her being supposedly "too old"...gods of the inferno:td: I would say this is rather opposite- she looks very young and seeing that David Thewlis is older than books' Lupin I'm afraid making a pair of them is going to look a bit awkward on the screen.

I think that she looks brilliant.

She looks really good!....WOW

This is actual quite special for me, because I saw the first movie so all the actors fit perfectly for me. Then in POA and GOF there really wasn’t one actor/actress cast that came close to how I pictured them. The moment I saw a picture of Natalie I knew she was extremely close to the Tonks I see in my head :clap: :clap: when I read the book and this pictures just confirms it more.

Yeah the Tonks / Lupin thing may be more awkward because there be even more age gap between them. Lupin is only suppose to be in his late 30’s,(so about 15 or 16 years older) where as David is in his mid 40’s. I guess it wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

I think she looks perfect, she is the right age too. The future relationship with Lupin, well I think that, providing it's not vital for book seven, they might cut that. The age difference in the books never bothered me, but Lupin in the movies looks older. Maybe the moustache is too blame. At all events I am glad with the casting and would love to see more pics.

I think she looks great! I have a different mental picture of Tonks, but Natalia comes close.

i'd have to say PERFECT. she looks just as i thought she would.

Hairs too long but she looks okay.

I guess the reason I thought she looked too old is more about how made up she is. Too much eye makeup and lipstick. Her face needs less of a glamor look, and more of a "character" one, IMO.

I guess the reason I thought she looked too old is more about how made up she is. Too much eye makeup and lipstick. Her face needs less of a glamor look, and more of a "character" one, IMO.

You saw all of that from that kind of shot? :huh:

She looks PERFECT to me, except the hair but of course it will be changed.

i think she looks okay, although not quite as i imagined her.

I guess the reason I thought she looked too old is more about how made up she is. Too much eye makeup and lipstick. Her face needs less of a glamor look, and more of a "character" one, IMO.
Why can't she have make up? She's a young woman after all and one of the few characters we've seen at that age. Other characters are older (parents and professors) or young students. Besides isn't she trying to catch the eye of a certain werewolf? I think it makes her look cool and isn't her "character" looks constantly changing? This is just one of many I hope, they could have fun with Tonks.

I don't think any of us should jump to any conclusions about her just yet based only on one picture of her as Tonks. So what is her hair is purple? I thought she could change her hair colour to many different shades and lengths. Let's just wait and see...

where did u guys see her picture? i can't seem to find one of her.

^ on Mugglenet... the pic is actually in a post on this thread if you care to look.

I'm sure she'll be great in the movie, but that picture doesn't look anything like what I imagined. I thought she was supposed to look frumpy. And I didn't imagine her wearing all black.... I guess I just throught she would be frumpy looking since she is a clumsy type - I imagined that her looks would be clumsy too (not so put-together and sophisticated). I am just really surprised that she looks nothing like I imagined, because the casters have gotten all of the other characters (literally, all of them!) exactly how I pictured them. But, of course, the picture we see of her there is just one of what I'm sure are many costumes for Tonks.

I think she looks fine. I always imagined her hair to be long like that, but then I thought it was supposed to be short and spikey. Hopefully they will changer her hair alot, like the book. Right now, i think she looks fine. We'll see how good she acts.

People are inventing wholesale here!

There is no reference to Tonks, ordinarily, looking "frumpy". She is presented as a quite attractive young woman, although not in the Fleur class.

When Harry first meets her, her hair is "violet".

Not that Tonks's hair makes any difference to the story.

Hair isn't like I pictured it, but it works.

I think she looks really cool. She's not how I've always pictured Tonks to look, but I don't have a problem with that at all. It's not important to me that the characters in the movie look exactly as they are described in the books or exactly as I've always pictured them. I hope she does get to change her look throughout the movie. I would really like to see her with several different hair-colors and hair-styles.

Her hair looks very purple, not pink

But doesn't she alternate between those two colours a fair bit even in the book?


she looks way too old which I think will be a problem if they include the Lupin/Tonks subplot in HBP.

She's twenty-one or twenty-two (Tena, I mean) and if Tonks is an Auror who frequently works late into the night, as I imagine she is, it's not a stretch of the imagination at all. But I agree, it might have been just a bad angle.

She looks a lot older than 21 or 22...

im not sure about her... looks to punk/rock to me, i seen her in jeans for some reason lol and im finding it hard to picture her and movie Lupin together aswell. But ill try not to judge to much untill i see her on screen.

Today I saw someone at a restaurant that would be PERFECT as Tonks. I told her and she said "I hate Harry Potter, so I wouldn't do good". :p

I think that Natalia is PERFECT for the part!

Go to IMDB to see other pictures of her (alas, not many there). Anybody remember "4 Weddings and a Funeral" When I read about Tonks, I always pictured Charlotte Coleman, who played the punky funky Scarlett in that film. When I saw the pics of Natalia, I thought 'Better!'.

Frankly, that is one of the few things I like about the films (don't hate, now) that we get to see a complete, real visualization of the world of the books. It may not match perfectly, but I always see something that makes say "Wow, now that is so true to JKR's world."

That's how I felt when I saw Natalia'a punk/goth get-up. Not how I'd seen it in my head... but better! BTW, I think the one still from Mugglenet is NOT representative of Natalia's looks. She is NOT model pretty -- but real, down to earth. Granted, I find her beautiful as well, but she seems like the kind of person who can get away with little to no make-up. Very Tonksy to me!

She looks really good, very punky! I'm a bit disappointed by the length of her hair, but she can change it, so I don't think it'll matter overall. The shots a bit of a funny angle, so it's kinda hard to see her face clearly, but she doesn't look too far off what I expected.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they script the dynamic between her and Thewlis, whether they'll foreshadow it more.

Hm, it's just hitting me who she reminds me of! From this angle, she reminds me of Helena Bonham Carter, who's supposed to be playing Bellatrix Lestrange. Am I the only one who's seeing that?! Bearing in mind the family connection, how freaky would it be if there was a real resembalence?!

I like her, I mean everyone sees their own Tonks in their head, but I think she's a good fit for the role. Very Punk rock. I like it. And as for her looking too old, I dont think so, I mean, she's younger than most of the adult cast, and older than most of the students cast, so that's right in the middle.

Her hair looks very purple, not pink
At the beginning of OoTP her hair is purple. I remeber when she went to go get Harry from the Dursley's her hair was purple, then she decided to change it, and thats how Harry Leaned she was a Metamorphamagus. I'm really interested to see the effects they use for her to morph, too.

I'm really interested to see the effects they use for her to morph, too.

Me too! I want to see her as the Old Lady in Grimauld Place...

And I REALLY hope they have time in the film to keep the 'nose changing' scene with Hermione and Ginny at the table. I love reading that scene, and think it would play even better in a film when done with cool special effects :)

New pics of Natalia here! http://www.portkey.it/html/

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/18a24937.jpg

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/th_562b23bb.jpg

In the begining her hair was purple.


And anyway, we can't judge her yet! She hasn't even acted the part, give the woman a chance!

[QUOTE=Potency]New pics of Natalia here! http://www.portkey.it/html/
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THANKS!! Great to see new pics!

And anyway, we can't judge her yet! She hasn't even acted the part, give the woman a chance!
Exactly, I was a little surprised by Gary Oldman being cast as 'Sirius'. However, he was really good in the part, so I will see how Natalia is as Tonks.

Here's another picture of Natalia - this is the one that most convinced me she would be good as Tonks... the onset pictures so far she seems almost too pretty - I hope some of the photo below is also represented. Single still shots of people can be very deceptive

http://www.cosforums.com/images/img/13403544fcc4e0a1238.jpg

Exactly, I was a little surprised by Gary Oldman being cast as 'Sirius'. However, he was really good in the part, so I will see how Natalia is as Tonks.


Oh, yeah, I didn't think I'd like him at all! But he's done a great job.

She does look really pretty as Tonks...more glamorous than I expected, but I don't mind...she's supposedly a terrific actress.

I don't like the outfit, I hate her long hair, and I'm not stuck on it being purple although I'm hoping they remain true to her character and have her change it.

I don't like the outfit, I hate her long hair, and I'm not stuck on it being purple although I'm hoping they remain true to her character and have her change it.

Hair colour and style have nothing to do with character. How can they? If I went jet black, apart from clashing with my English Rose complexion, and punky, which would be ridiculous at my age, it would still have zero effect on my character.

My first thought, when I saw the pic with the long purple hair was this: In the book, she went from short violent violet to short violent pink, because the violet made her look 'peaky'

- but in the film, I expect she will go from long purple to short pink, a visually more interesting change, and film is all about the visuals

If it stays purple the whole film, then, no, I will not like it at all! That would mean that they are perhaps ignoring that she is a metamorphmagus entirely, which I would HATE! Guess we just have to wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait -- and see

I don't think they'd leave out her being a metamorphmagus. It's very important in the sixth book, to show her depression.

I don't think they'd leave out her being a metamorphmagus. It's very important in the sixth book, to show her depression.

I really hope not!

Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the movies. They've had to condense so much, and it is just going to get worse! See, I actually wouldn't have been surprised if they had cut out Tonks entirely!! (It seems to me that from a filmakers point of view, the Tonks/Lupin story could seem very unimportant)

Actually, I swore I wasn't going to go see OotP in the theatre, after my disappointment with the last film, but then I saw the pics of Natalia as Tonks, who I loved from the books, and decided, 'Oh, alright'

I love the movies, just because it's so interesting to see the books come to life, even if it's not all of the book.

I love the movies, just because it's so interesting to see the books come to life, even if it's not all of the book.

I completely understand! I do not think the movies are bad, it is just for me, personally, I can't 'forget the books' enough to enjoy the movies...

That said, what you said about seeing things come to life, is what I DO like about the movies. My imagination never did Diagon Alley justice. I never imagined the rickety bridge, or the Big Clock, and they are not in the books, but I loved BOTH of them, and thought they felt 'right' for Mrs. Rowling's world... and those dragons... WOW!!!!

Also, I certainly respect the movies enough not to try to push my feelings about them on other potter fans!! I really only brought it up because of the fact that it was Natalia Tena who changed my mind about wanting to see OotP...

Originally posted by Queen_Beruth
Not that Tonks's hair makes any difference to the story.

Yes that's true, but it does to the fans that like this character.

Originally posted by ApollyonPringle
I completely understand! I do not think the movies are bad, it is just for me, personally, I can't 'forget the books' enough to enjoy the movies...

With me its a bit the other way around. I began as a movie fan, and then read OotP and fell in love with HP completely, especially this book. Then I read books #6,1,2,3,4, and re-read 5(see, I love it so much to read it twice), and having seen the first four movies before I read the first four books, really messed up my imagination so that when I read the books I picture the actors as the characters. But I wouldn't want it the other way around, because I wouldn't want to be disappointed when I saw a movie, because they didn't get the character right or they cut something I really like.

This is why I'm really anxious and, frankly, scared to see OotP, because I know the book so well, that if they mess up or get something wrong, I think I'll go mad. For what we've heard from the actors and filmmakers, and pics that we've seen, it looks like its going well. Like I said here before, I'm very happy with the way they made Natalia as Tonks, my favorite female character. Knowing that she acts well, judging by her performance in About a Boy, I think she will make us all happy with her portrayal as Tonks, and I just can't wait to see her in the movie. And I agree, its going to be something seeing David Thewlis and Natalia Tena together in a scene, but at the same time exciting because even if they don't choose to include this in the films, we know what kind of relationship they are going to be in the near future. As a Tonks/Lupin shipper, I can say I'll be jumping up and down in the theater's seat when ever they are a few feet away in a any scene. :D

P.S. I have to wish my little brother and sister (twins), who turn 8 today, a very :birthday:

I'm not a shipper, but I do think it would be a shame to lose the Tonks/Lupin story ...

The moment when McGonagall says "Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world" was one of the most powerful out of any of the books for me.

It is one of the things that define us as human beings to be able to still love in the face of death and horror.

I'm a huge shipper, and Lupin/Tonks is one of my favorite ships. I'd hate to lose them.

Hair colour and style have nothing to do with character. How can they? If I went jet black, apart from clashing with my English Rose complexion, and punky, which would be ridiculous at my age, it would still have zero effect on my character.

So I have no right to speak my mind if my opinion differs from yours? :huh:

I came here to post my opinion and did exactly that. If you don't like my opinion, tough.

If looks didn't matter, we could dye Harry's hair blonde and give him red eyes. We could make Ron have brown hair instead of red and make Mrs. Weasley thin. Hell, why stop there? We could even give Dumbledore a goth makeover and make Neville the picture of perfection.

I don't like it, plain and simple. It might grow on me but, visually, she isn't Tonks in my opinion.

Well, here she is at King's cross from the other days shooting.

http://www.cosforums.com/images/img/13403544ff7dd475311.jpg

Anybody else notice the hair is still purple?:grumble:
Actually, I do quite like it long and purple, (and her look!) but I will be sad if they do not ever change from this...

What do you all think, will they go pink with it ever?
Or is this her look for the whole movie? Just guessing, I know, but I'm curious what you all think...

I honestly don't think it matters too terribly much. Harry's hair is -brown- in the movies and he has -blue- eyes as well. Maybe pink just doesn't look good on Tena :)

Makes her look peaky, eh? :)

But I'm just afraid the Metamorphmagus part of her character could get cut, and I'd hate that... :(

Obviously, "I" think Natalia can do no wrong!! But those pesky filmakers, always cutting out the best little details...

So I have no right to speak my mind if my opinion differs from yours? :huh:

I came here to post my opinion and did exactly that. If you don't like my opinion, tough.

It has nothing to do with liking/disliking. I rarely post subjectively. Objectively your comments are irrational. Nymphadora Tonks is not defined by her hair, which changes many times in only two books. Therefore nothing the film-makers do to her hair can make the slightest difference to her character.


If looks didn't matter, we could dye Harry's hair blonde and give him red eyes. We could make Ron have brown hair instead of red and make Mrs. Weasley thin. Hell, why stop there? We could even give Dumbledore a goth makeover and make Neville the picture of perfection.

They could indeed do this and it would make not the slightest difference to the story. It would upset fans, but as 90% of ticketbuyers have not read the books, it would have no impact on them.


I don't like it, plain and simple. It might grow on me but, visually, she isn't Tonks in my opinion.

Of course she isn't Tonks! She is an actress impersonating Nymphadora Tonks, an attractive but minor character in a film.

I pictured her looking younger, and she's notwhat I imagined, but neither was David Thewlis' look for Lupin and I now can't imagine him looking any different! We'll get used to it guys!

Honestly she's not exactly how I pictured her, I thought she'd look a little less...well, pretty. But really, it's just unfair to judge her before we even see her act the part.

I never imagined her with long purple hair, like in the picture that is on mugglenet. I thought she would have more of a short punkish hair do, which kinda reflects her personality: tonks isn't a girlie girl. the hair style Natalia had in about a boy is more Tonks than the one that picture shows. On the other hand I think Natalia will a do a good job of acting the part so maybe I wont notice the hair.

They could indeed do this and it would make not the slightest difference to the story. It would upset fans, but as 90% of ticketbuyers have not read the books, it would have no impact on them.

Yes, but here, in this thread, you are talking to fans, 99.9% of whom HAVE read the books. It is our perogative to HOPE that the filmakers get things 'right', as in; 'as they are in the books'. Foolish perhaps, but we are allowed to desire this.

They must have chosen that hair for a reason...from the behind the scenes footage, it seems as though the make-up department and hairstylers try a number of things to get what they think is the best look. For example, on the CoS dvd, they were talking about how Jason Isaac had dark eyebrows, but Lucius Malfoy was supposed to be pale so they dyed his eyebrows blond, but then he didn't look as threatening, so they died them back to brown. Same thing went into Hermione's hair and costume for the Yule Ball. I have a feeling that they probably played with Natalia's look a bit, and chose that one for whatever reason. But I do think its interesting that so far, it doesn't seem as though they are indicating that Natalia is a metamorphmagus...

But I do think its interesting that so far, it doesn't seem as though they are indicating that Natalia is a metamorphmagus...

I'll definitely be sad if they decide to cut out that part of her character - Probably too early to tell, yet... but still, I must admit I'm worried.

Well for most of the book we see her as the purple haired girl with a heart shaped face. It's only really when she is playing around with Ginny and Hermione or when she is taking Harry to Kings Cross that she changes her appearence. Maybe they just haven't released any of those pictures?

Well for most of the book we see her as the purple haired girl with a heart shaped face. It's only really when she is playing around with Ginny and Hermione or when she is taking Harry to Kings Cross that she changes her appearence.

Um... No. We see her first off that way, in OotP, then she comes upstairs, looks in the mirror, decides her short purple hair makes her look 'peaky', and changes it to pink. Then when she is sad about Remus in HBP, Harry comments that her hair is mousy brown, 'not her customary bubble-gum pink hair'

Maybe they just haven't released any of those pictures?

Quite possibly... this is what I am hoping...

Um... No. We see her first off that way, in OotP, then she comes upstairs, looks in the mirror, decides her short purple hair makes her look 'peaky', and changes it to pink. Then when she is sad about Remus in HBP, Harry comments that her hair is mousy brown, 'not her customary bubble-gum pink hair'

First of all, since this is the fifth film they are shooting, events which took place in book 6 are irrelavent. Second, the point of my post was that for the exception of a few scenes, Tonks is still described as having a standard look. I was replying to someone's concern that the film-makers were going to cut out the part about her being an metamorphagus and I was simply trying to reassure that person that it is still a possibility it will be shown because she has a standard look except for a few scenes in which we actually see her looking different or changing. And by the way, she changes her look multiple times throughout both book five and six: when she first meets Harry, which starts the explanation of what she is, pretty much every scene where she has dinner with Harry and the Weasleys, when she escorts Harry to Kings Cross, when she goes on the Knight bus with Harry et al., etc, etc. In fact, for all we know, the pictures we have seen are from a scene where she has a disguise and that isn't even her standard wardrobe - or perhaps they just aren't going to give Natalia a standard wardrobe and we will see her in different hair colors and styles in every scene she is in!

First of all, since this is the fifth film they are shooting, events which took place in book 6 are irrelavent. Second, the point of my post was that for the exception of a few scenes, Tonks is still described as having a standard look. The point the person was making that you missed was that Harry says she normally has bubble-gum pink hair. It's not only a reference to HBP, but to the usual.

I love how she looks. If they don't change her hair I'll only be slightly disappointed but I'm sure they'll have a sequence in Harry's bedroom where she demonstrates her ability and then she probably keeps the purple hair from then on.

It's still a standard look that is important. The importance is not in whether her hair is pink or purple, it is that her standard look is one that stands out from the majority of the population. It is symbolic, not literal.

It's still a standard look that is important. The importance is not in whether her hair is pink or purple, it is that her standard look is one that stands out from the majority of the population. It is symbolic, not literal.

I understand your point, and it is valid. :) She can still be Tonks, and still be cool with purple hair.

I want it to be pink because, in my opinion, it is canon that her hair is 'normally' pink.

And for many of us fans, that is a major problem with the movies: that they often stray from canon. This is often for very good, very defensible reasons, but it still throws the 'book-lovers" for a loop.

:) Don't worry I totally understand how you feel. Heck, the Lord of the Rings movies are very good at details from the books, but there are still tons of things that bother me about what's been left out or slightly changed. I would never want to work on a film that is an adaptation of a famous book!

It would look more interesting on film if her hair not only changes color, but length, too. So I think it would be good to have her hair go from long and purple to short and pink.

In OP ch9 Woes of Mrs. Weasley, it is described as waist length and tomato-red "She looked like Ginny's older sister" -- that would be fun too!

PollyonPringle, I completely share your worry about them not including Tonks being a metamorphmagus. Maybe the pics are misleading, but what have we've seen so far indicates her having only purple hair. I hope this is just us getting over excited and demanding for a movie that we want to see done well, but if it is true that this is how she'll be during the whole film, well, I'll just go mad! Seriously, why would they change her character from the book? Her being able to change her appearance at will, is very important to how we view the character.

And for many of us fans, that is a major problem with the movies: that they often stray from canon. This is often for very good, very defensible reasons, but it still throws the 'book-lovers" for a loop.I have learnt to enjoy the two mediums separately, otherwise I would be very unhappy about what is missing/changed. The story is still the same, only some of the details have moved around.
Maybe the pics are misleading, but what have we've seen so far indicates her having only purple hair. I hope this is just us getting over excited and demanding for a movie that we want to see done well, but if it is true that this is how she'll be during the whole film, well, I'll just go mad! Seriously, why would they change her character from the book? Her being able to change her appearance at will, is very important to how we view the character.Unfortunately, time on the big screen is finite and if the fact that Tonks is a metamorphmagus does not help Harry's story then it will not be used.
Most of the moviegoers will not be aware of what Tonks is and so it will not impinge on their enjoyment.

My advice is try not to refer to the books and just enjoy the film for what it is.

I have learnt to enjoy the two mediums separately, otherwise I would be very unhappy about what is missing/changed. The story is still the same, only some of the details have moved around.

I am not able to do this. Which is why after the last mish-mash, I mean film, I swore to never pay to see one in a theatre again!

Then I saw Tonks. :D I'd loved her character in the books, and thoroughly enjoyed Natalia in 'About a boy' - From the first set pics, I felt that her costume and hair from those pictures was spot on, better even than I'd imagined from my reading! But now, with the possibility looming that the metamorphmagus part of her character might be deemed irrelevant well - :no: :grumble: :td:

This impacts no one but me, I do realize, as who cares what *I* think about the films. I had just become 'hopeful', and now am downgrading that to 'watching warily'.

I imagined her having pink hair not purple but besides that shes ok.

I love it! I saw the pictures of Tonks, and I love the look!It´s perfect.

I don't care what anyone says, I'm seeing the movie! I have faith in the cast of these movies if nothing else, and that alone tells me that Natalia will do a great job.

For the Brits, Natalia is in this week's Afterlife right now!

I love her.

Are their any more pictures of Natalia Tena now that the trailers are out? I've done a google image search but couldn't turn up anything.

Tonks is one of my favourite characters and I'm rather afraid of seeing the film as I don't want my image of her ruined...

I couldn't find this thread and I thought I should start it now that the first Tonks pictures are up.

I don't like it. Her hair looks very purple, not pink, and she looks way too old which I think will be a problem if they include the Lupin/Tonks subplot in HBP. But I think that she'll look better in other shots, and it was just the camera position. I'm not pleased, but it's not atrocious.

ive seen some other pics of her, and shes really not that old. but i just think the weird hair is because its harder to make it real, than to write about it .. and sometimes i think we expect so much of the movies because the books are so great, and we imagine everything to be so realistic.

What they could have done was to give Tena a blue whig to where for filming, and then used CGI to change the hair color at will. Granted, that would have increased the production cost.

Are their any more pictures of Natalia Tena now that the trailers are out? I've done a google image search but couldn't turn up anything.

Tonks is one of my favourite characters and I'm rather afraid of seeing the film as I don't want my image of her ruined...

She's one of my favorite's also, and the movies most always have a differing opinion than mine, which I consider to be rather truthful b/c I've been involved with them much longer and with more ardor than the filmmakers. I'm dissatisfied with the movies as symbols of the book. So I'm not banking on anything special with Tonk's casting.

For the Brits, Natalia is in this week's Afterlife right now!

I love her.

Is there footage of this that you can share w/us?

UPDATE: I found this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoUhss62fQ) on Youtube, but since I know nothing of the show, I'm not sure if its right. The girl at the beginning looks a lot like Natalia. Tell me if this ain't it.

Is there footage of this that you can share w/us?

UPDATE: I found this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoUhss62fQ) on Youtube, but since I know nothing of the show, I'm not sure if its right. The girl at the beginning looks a lot like Natalia. Tell me if this ain't it.

That IS Natalia Tena.:tu:

aw, she's pretty.

Here's a picture of her that I like:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/normal_nataliatenanet_aftercap_48.jpg?t=1168400285

That IS Natalia Tena.:tu:

I wonder if anyone here gots the footage of that episode/show, 'cause there aren't any on Youtube. So If any one does, I'm sure it would be highly appriciated if they'd share it w/us! :D

Here's a picture of her that I like:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/normal_nataliatenanet_aftercap_48.jpg?t=1168400285

She looks awesome, I really like the cut of her hair!
Thanks for sharing that w/us! Where did you find it and are there anymore?

I think that Natalia Tena is the best one to play Tonks:gryff: :welcome:

Yeah, she looks great. I like that picture of her. Natalia looks like she will do a good job as Tonks.

I have looked EVERYWHERE for a pic of Natalia as Tonks! Where are they hiding? Can somebody please post a link?
Thank you! x

I have looked EVERYWHERE for a pic of Natalia as Tonks! Where are they hiding? Can somebody please post a link?
Thank you! x

Here you go...Tonks and Mad-Eye:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/ootp-order16.jpg?t=1170995959

I have looked EVERYWHERE for a pic of Natalia as Tonks! Where are they hiding? Can somebody please post a link?
Thank you! x

You can always go to her fan-made website, there are LOTS of pics of her there! Link: NataliaTena.net (http://www.nataliatena.net)

I didn't exactly imagine Tonks to look like that, but I think this actress quite looks the part. I'm so excited about the movie !

I didnt like the look of her in one of the offscreen pics I saw but seeing her in all the different stuff she has done, she looks really good for the part, a little different from what I expected but still I reckon she will be perfect for the part.

I think Natalia is wonderful for the part. I have to admit, though, that Tonks really isn't one of my favorite characters for the Harry Potter books. But Nat is an awesome actress, don't doubt that. I saw About a Boy when I was 12, and even though I didn't know who she was, Natalia's character always stood out in my mind. When I heard she'd be cast in OotP I was excited because I remembered her so vividly. I run Natalia Tena Net, so I can answer any questions you have about her in the movie. The two things I've seen addressed the most on this thread (any on every other site) are A) her hair, and B) how old she looks.

We have only seen a few set pics of Natalia, and they're all from around the same time in the story. I don't know if she is going to be portrayed as a metamorphmagus in movie, but I do know that her hair changes color at least once. According to a set report from months back, when a group of children visited the set they met Natalia and Imelda, and Natalia's hair was red. Even if they don't explain her power, it does look like her hair will change color.

Natalia only just turned 22 a few months ago. I'm not really a good judge of age (I always guess higher or lower) so I don't know if she looks 22 or not, but it never says in the books how old Tonks is, or how old she looks so I don't think it really matters. I've heard people say that Natalia looks too young, too, so it's not the majority opinion.

People are like this with the casting of all the actors, not everyone is going to like all the choices. But rest assured that Natalia will do Tonks justice. And for those who doubt, don't not like her just because she doesn't have pink hair.

that's about the shots with her as Tonks, with black rocker-like clothes: WOW!!!! i love them!! i think Natalia Tena will make me love Tonks (she's not my favourite character, eventhought i like her)!

There was a new pic of her in charachter. i really like her look don't even mind that all the photos that i have seen of her in charachter she has the long purple hair. She looks young (which she is ) and just kind of just looks like she got that feel to her. You could imagine her going to a rock concert.

I have to admit I haven't seen enough of Natalia to fully comment, but I still think that Anna Friel would have been perfect for the role of Tonks!!!

i pictured her younger....


yeah me too,and thinner
has anybody seen sky high,the girl that plays magenta ,that was more like the image i had of tonks.

well we only say anna friel would have been perfect cause she is married to David Thewlis. I admit there would have been more foreshadowing and more chemistry on screen between a married couple but don't judge until we've seen the film. She might suprise us.

Also I wonder is Natalia going to do Tonks as a cockney cause I always imagined 'wotcher' to be a very cockney term.

When I looked at the pics of Natalia I was positively surprised! She looks cool! She will be a really great Tonks :tu:

I agree with many other fans that if they don't show Tonk's Metamorphosing, i'll be very disappointed too.

First, I love the clothes. I always imaged Tonks as quite punk, and the clothes stay true to that.

I’m not sold on the hair, but I can live with it. I have a feeling they won’t change in much in the film. It’d be cool if they did though. I don’t expect we’ll see a great deal of Tonks in the film, as they condense the books down so much. I don’t think characters outside of Hogwarts are going to get much of a look in (except Sirius, because he’s pretty key). I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole metamorphagous thing isn’t really covered, although I hope they put the nose-changing scene in. It won’t bother me *that* much if she doesn’t morph in the film though, because at the end of the day it’s the character’s personality traits that make me like Tonks, not her ability to morph.

The makeup doesn’t bother me one way or the other. I don’t think it makes Natalia look to old. I would imagine that Tonks would slap on some makeup when she felt like it, but not be a “girly girl” afraid to leave home without it.

Natalia Tena has just the right kind of face for the role – pretty and heart shaped, but not untouchably beautiful. She has a kind of determined look to her as well, which I think fits. She’s also a perfect age for the part and a talented actress. I really hope she can do a convincing cockney accent without going overboard. I always imagined Tonks as kind of short, and Natalia is quite tall, but again, I can live with that.

On a side note – has anyone seen “About a Boy”? Natalia played a punk character, Ellie, in that. I remember she was pretty good in the role, but haven’t seen it for a while.

Someone mentioned the slight resemblance to Helena Bonham Carter. I like that. I had always imagined a subtle familial likeness between the two characters. It is entirely conceivable that the two characters could be simultaneously very similar in appearance, and very different. I always imagined that they might have started out in life with a similar appearance but ended up looking quite different because of different life experiences. You know how some old ladies look so soft and kind and happy, because they’ve spend their lives smiling at people, while other old ladies look grumpy and mean because they’ve spent their lives frowning and sneering? Bellatrix has spent most of her life hating and being evil, in addition to this she is older, has spent over a decade in Azkaban and is seriously unhinged. In contrast, Tonks is more youthful and has probably spent most of her life being kind and happy, and would therefore have a much softer appearance.

Tonks’ appearance in these pictures is somewhat more imposing than I had imagined, with the extra height and all the black, but that’s ok. It might actually alter fandom perceptions of the character in a good way, since I feel a lot of the Tonks fanfiction I’ve read has pegged her as too “cutesy” and “klutzy” for my liking. (Note to American fan fiction writers: please, don’t ever, ever have Tonks wail “I’m such a klutz” in your writing. She’d just never say it, and neither would any of the other characters in the Potteverse. Sorry, pet hate.)

Overall, the appearance of the film character looks like it’ll add to my enjoyment of the film rather than detract or be neutral. It’s not close enough to how I imagined her to replace the Tonks I “see” while reading the books, but then again, neither are most of the other film characters (exceptions being Hagrid and McGonagall). How much I like her in the film will depend primarily on how Natalia acts the part. I hope she’s good at falling over in an amusing, yet convincing manner. Could be funny.

The way the she acts the part is based on how it was written for the movie, which is probably different than the book, so Tonk's clumsiness may have been left out.

I love the new pictures of Natalia, especially the expression on her face in the one with Moody (and her pretty purple nail polish, I have some that color). Maybe all the punk will interest Hot Topic and will get some Tonks merchandise. :D

Natalie looks great for the part to me, I thought that she was very good in About a Boy.


We have only seen a few set pics of Natalia, and they're all from around the same time in the story. I don't know if she is going to be portrayed as a metamorphmagus in movie, but I do know that her hair changes color at least once. According to a set report from months back, when a group of children visited the set they met Natalia and Imelda, and Natalia's hair was red. Even if they don't explain her power, it does look like her hair will change color.


I think that Tonks being a Metamorphagus will still be important in some way so I'm hoping that we'll see it in OotP. All it will take to explain it is a few sentences and some special effects.

Besides, I'm dying to see the pig nose!

Maybe, I don't know what the director did with this movie or where he's going to take it. I hope they keep Nat for the next one though, and that she's interested in doing more. I sent a fanmail to Natalia a month ago, and today I heard back with an autograph and a postcard (can see scans including the postcard and a new pic of Natalia here (http://nataliatena.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=46)). She doesn't say much about Harry Potter, but she does mention it.

"Dear Megan - Cheers for writing me! I'm sorry, but I don't have any proper photos of me, so I sent you one my boyfriend took of me with our cat Zelda, isn't she sexy!! I'm currently in my garden, drinking pina coladas in the sun, and enjoying a lazy Sunday in the sun, recovering from a crazy weekend of dancing and drinking, I find planting stuff helps hangovers. Well, I hope you enjoy Harry Potter, I still haven't seen, but I can't wait to see all of us flying on broomsticks over the Thames! Anyway, stay happy babe! <3 Nat"

She's got a real great personality doesn't she? :love: I'm so ultimate fangirling right now!

I saw the picture and I think she looks good...
I think she will play her part well :)

She's fantastic. I love that they've used her Metamorphmagus skills, and her hair is fabulous. I'm just begging that they'll include her scene in the hospital wing with Lupin in HBP, because she was brilliant in About A Boy, Afterlife and Casualty - I loved them all! I'm a big Natalia Tena fan!
And also, she's 22, younger than the character of Tonks!

I like how Natalia Tena looks as Tonks. Granted, Tonks was one of the characters I had a hard time visualizing when reading OotP and HBP, even with the few Mary Granpre illustrations of her.

More than anything, I want to hear her speak in-character. I think that would sell me even more.

To me, she doesn't look bubbly, friendly and sweet enough..seh comes across as too sort of 'cool' and rebellious in a bit of a moody way.
I odn't know..i guess i'll have to see. seh just doens't seem as smiley and stuff. not hte tonks i know!
then again..i'm sure she'll still be great!
and we get her canon scene with ginny and the metamorphing!

Here she is smiling: http://mugglenet.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/3.jpg

And here she is talking for the video game. So we know what she'll sound like in the film. Its just interesting that she says "Lupin", because in the books she calls him "Remus".

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/842/842199/vids_1.html

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/t13.jpg?t=1181242837

I don't know. I'll have to wait until the movie comes out in order to make a complete judgment. But from the pictures I've seen so far, she really doesn't look like how I imagined Tonks.

Yeah, she looks cooler than I imagined her...which is a good thing, I guess.

(I mean, better than her looking dorkier!)

Yeah, she looks cooler than I imagined her...which is a good thing, I guess.

(I mean, better than her looking dorkier!)

aww, but if she's supposed to be dorkier then....

but I agree. HOwever, once again..I guess we'll have to see :)

She doesn't look at all the way I imagined her so I am a bit inclined to hold that against her regardless of how well she does in the movie. Horrible, I know. I should just let it go.

I am also having a hard time imagining her and movieLupin together. movieLupin looks like a tragically dorky professor and she looks like...really hip and young.

I'm not familiar with her other work, never seen an interview, etc. So I can't predict much here. But based on the pictures and trailer snippets she seems like a fine choice to me. She looks pretty comfortable in her part - I could see her chilling back with the rest of the Order, providing jokes, etc. I like this picture (http://galeriehpphenix.free.fr/displayimage.php?album=67&pos=43) of her and Moody - it looks like them bursting into Privet Drive - she looks a bit energized and excited, which was how I pictured Tonks during this scene.

I am also having a hard time imagining her and movieLupin together. movieLupin looks like a tragically dorky professor and she looks like...really hip and young.:lol: Much as I adore PoA, they did drop the ball a bit on Lupin: that Mr. Rogers wardrobe was a big mistake.

She doesn't look at all the way I imagined her so I am a bit inclined to hold that against her regardless of how well she does in the movie. Horrible, I know. I should just let it go.

I am also having a hard time imagining her and movieLupin together. movieLupin looks like a tragically dorky professor and she looks like...really hip and young.

Yeah, let it go. It'll make life (or at least the film) much easier to take. ;)

I agree about it being hard to imagine her and film-Lupin together...but I think that's probably the point. They want people to go "Wow...seriously?!?!" :lol:

This is probably my favorite picture of her so far...you know Moody just said something completely paranoid!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/scan0007os9_copia.jpg?t=1181250607

Yeah, let it go. It'll make life (or at least the film) much easier to take. ;)

I agree about it being hard to imagine her and film-Lupin together...but I think that's probably the point. They want people to go "Wow...seriously?!?!" :lol:

This is probably my favorite picture of her so far...you know Moody just said something completely paranoid!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/hscs/scan0007os9_copia.jpg?t=1181250607
I agree with you. I don't really mind Lupin's look in the films, and I'm very curious to see film Lupin and film Tonks together. I also love the long, purple hair, even if it's neither bubble gum pink nor spiky. It looks great. :)

Hahahaha. I love that picture. Tonks looks as though Moody's hair just caught on fire and she's wondering if he's realized it. :lol:

Much as I adore PoA, they did drop the ball a bit on Lupin: that Mr. Rogers wardrobe was a big mistake.

Tell me about it. I loved PoA, but Lupin...oh Lupin. Such a sad frumpy mess with a weird sort of combover and pervy mustache, but I digress...

Yeah, let it go. It'll make life (or at least the film) much easier to take.

I know, I know. At least I realize I am being ludicrous. Maybe it will pass by the time the movie opens. I mean I guess what bothers me is that they decided on purple hair for no apparent reason, but maybe it has to do with how it looks on film. I've seen her with shorter hair also and she's really cute so why the long hair? Bah...I just really like Tonks and Natalia and I hope she (Tena) does her justice.

Tell me about it. I loved PoA, but Lupin...oh Lupin. Such a sad frumpy mess with a weird sort of combover and pervy mustache, but I digress...
I thought the whole point for Lupin was for him to be a sad, frumpy mess. The whole "out of work werewolf" and all that. At least, that was my impression of him from how the books described him. But again, this isn't the topic for it.

I really don't get what everyone's problem with Tonks' looks is. Maybe it's because she's one of the characters I had a hard time visualizing, but I really think Natalia Tena looks good as Tonks. She's one of the characters I'm really looking forward to seeing, even if she only has a bit part.

Well, she doesn't look almost at all like I imagined Tonks, but I think she looks even better than Tonks in my head! I think she's a good choice for the role. Can't wait for OOTP! :rockon:

When I went on IMDB and I saw that she was in ABout a Boy, which is one of by fav movies, I was like: who was she in that. Then when I saw her pic I was like NO WAY. She looked really different in that movie. My Tonks was sort of faceless so I really don't have a problem with how she looks. She is the right age and everything so I'm cool with it.

She is OK, I think they could have done better.

Tonks is one of my favorite characters in the series, and when I FINALLY saw pictures of Natalia Tena in-character as Tonks, I was excited. I think she looks great and I can't wait to watch her in the movie. I dunno how her voice will do, but from the pictures, I think she will be amazing as Tonks. I am definitely looking forward to seeing her in the movie.

i'm not sure if i like the pictures of her. she looks a lot more like what i pictured tonks as in this picture:
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:E8etwwJGD5-w3M:http://www.harrymedia.com/img/data/media/193/Natalia-Tena.jpg

kindof little, and spunky, tomboyish but funny and sweet.
i hope there's a tonks/lupin subplot !!

Tonks from a new wallpaper (http://community.livejournal.com/ootpmoviepics/64881.html?#cutid1):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/bookwormdarlin/tonkswallpaper.jpg

I'm guessing this is her look for the MoM battle, since the other Order members look like they are in the battle scene outfits. Like the white hair and the jacket. :tu:

Tonks from a new wallpaper (http://community.livejournal.com/ootpmoviepics/64881.html?#cutid1):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/bookwormdarlin/tonkswallpaper.jpg

I'm guessing this is her look for the MoM battle, since the other Order members look like they are in the battle scene outfits. Like the white hair and the jacket. :tu:
I don't really care where the look is going to pop up because it 's great by itself! I really like that hair. :D Yeah, I agree with you though. It looks like it'll come in during the DoM match.

Natalia tena has 22 years more less the tonk´s age for me is a good choice. I saw her in "About a boy" and I think is a good actress

I think she looks too serious to play the character, and I suppose they could have made the purple wig a bit more believeable. I thinks shes supposed to be quite good looking, as shes related to the blacks (her mum, andromeda is bellatrix's and narcissa's sister, who are siriuses cousins-i think) and sirius, bellatrix and even narcissa are described as good looking. I suppose well have to wait untill the movie comes out to make our minds up for real!!!

She looks nothing like I imagined her and her hair should be bubble gum pink in the movie as it is most often in the fifth book. I think I'm apt to hold the way she looks against her but if her personality fits then it should be ok.

I don't like how made her hair long. [Removed by staff]. I wish her hair was shorter. And I wish she looked clumsier. Obivously, I'll have to wait to see her in character, but for now, I don't like her.

From what I saw from the picture shes too serious. But I saw her in one of the trailers when Tonks was showing Ginny that she can change her appearence by changing her nose, it made me laugh because thats how I pictured Tonks. :lol:

Any pics of Nat from the prem

Natalia at OotP Premier (http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/75021472.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193BEA130A50EB9E8B47F48C7FA875741DF )

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I agree on not liking the movie Tonks versions long hair. The "violent shade of violet" is honest enough as that's how she looks when she first meets harry, she's supposed to have "short spiky hair" though (as described in the book, pg. 47) she would have looked better if they carried on the look she had in her other movie "About a boy" that was more 'Tonkish', just add one of her colours. I think Natalia Tena is a great actor for the part though.

I thought Tonks looked perfect in the movie. Just how I had imagined her. I was really afraid I wasn't going to like her. I was afraid that Tonks would turn out like movie Hermione has....annoying and irritating to watch. She wasn't like that at all! There wasn't enough of her in the movie though.

I'll have to wait to see her in character, but for now, I don't like her.

She has no character. She barely appears and has what, two, three lines, tops?

I don't remember her in About A Boy. Who was she?

Based on stills I wasent sure she was rite for it especialy after they gave the shoulder length hair but I saw he movie and I liked her. She convayed Tonks well.

She was very cute! I think she did well in this part given that it's a minor role and a minor (although enjoyable and quirky) character.

I didn't like the way she looked in all the pictures leading up to the movie, but after seeing the movie, I liked her a lot. her quick appearences were very Tonks-esque in my oppinion, and I actually liked her hair a lot. Granted, it could have been a little shorter, but maybe a really short hair cut wouldnt look so good on her, in which case, i'm fine with the longer look.

Natalia played Ellie in 'About a Boy', the girl that Marcus got a crush on :)

I think she was well casted to be honest. I expected her to be attractive, and she was stunnin

I liked her as Tonks, and why is everyone fussing about the purple hair- wasn't that the colour her hair was when she first met Harry? But her scene at the dinner table with Ginny was nicely done, exactly as I imagined it in the book :lol:

I liked her, even though she wasn't in it much. And to the person who said she being older might mess up Lupin/Tonks? How? Now she looks more around his age, and not like Lupin is 10 years older than her (like I pictured it).

I liked her as Tonks, and why is everyone fussing about the purple hair- wasn't that the colour her hair was when she first met Harry?
I really liked her as well, but shouldn't a metamorphagus be able to take care of her dark roots? :lol: But yeah, she was really cute and fun, which is just like I imagined her to be.

Don't know if I have to put this in spoiler tags or not, but for anyone who might not have seen the movie, I will:

Even though she doesn't have much of a role in the movie, just that one brief bit where she passes Harry in the hall of Grimmauld Place is perfectly indicative of her character: the little wink, obviously lightening the mood of this very strange, somber place, followed by a great nod to the book with her tripping over the troll's foot umbrella stand. I loved it.

Ooh yes, the wink she gave him in the hall was seriously cute- and so very like something Tonks would do!
As for the roots...I didn't really notice them. But I did think it was funny that her hair started turning red when Mad-Eye called her Nymphadora :lol:

Yeah, hee hee. That was a fun way to introduce her power as a metamorphagus without having to go into explanations.

I love Tonks, and think she looks great,I cant wait to watch her character grow, i wish we got to see her more though

Yes I hope she has a larger part in the upcoming Half-blood prince movie because i love the character. I admit, though, that wasn't how i pictured tonks but she does an admirable job anyway.

I wish that Tonks would have gotten more screen time, but it was enjoyable to watch her from what was shown. I want to make HP graphics with her pictures now! :)

I thought that she was an excellent Tonks, I mean, Tonks isn't a really easy character to play after all!

I didn't like her too much, she didn't look how I pictured her. When I first saw her picture i didn't think it would really be her. But oh well.

I thought Tonks was awsome, the little we saw of her. I can't wait for HBP so we can see more of NAT.

I was looking for a particular shot of her for graphic creating purposes when I found a wallpaper. Oh, yes, had to use it!

Oh dear! where was the pink spikey hair and the brightly coloured weird sisters t-shirt, and why oh why did she have a posh accent??? Though her mannerisms were perfect! the way she walked and chewed her sleeve were fab, just as i imagined. I wish hey had explained the metamorphmagus thing though...

i actually think that she is one of the better casted parts... she was great!!! i loved the youthfulness that she brought.

I agree with quite a few here in saying that Natalia Tena doesn't look how I imagined Tonks when reading OotP. But I will be one of those to say that I still loved her in the movie.

I was so glad that they got someone young. A good deal of the parts they cast are older actors portraying younger characters. I'm glad they didn't try it with her. True, I did expect pink hair, but maybe later on? There's still two movies to go. The purple hair and indignant attitude just made her more of a favorite.

Now I'm just waiting for 'Wotcher'. :D

Doesn't look like how I imagined Tonks. Maybe a bit more of a pixie type. The way she portrays Tonks makes me like her even more in the movies than in the books, which is unusual.

She wasn't how i imagined her but i thought she was pretty good in the film I thought it was cool when her hair went red when she got angry. :lol:

I thought she was very close to the book, aside from the hair which didn't bother me too much anyway. The stuff at the table with Ginny and tripping over in the hall was just like Tonks.

Hopefully we'll get to see a lot more of her in the next couple of films.

Before watching the movie I was hoping for a lot of Tonks actions, and i was a bit dissapointed about this, 'cause she doesn't has a much screen play.. but maybe in the next movies we can see more of Tonks.

But, for what I saw Natalia can play really well Tonks, and I laugh a lot in the scene when she goes into the hall lol.

I knew it:: She has to be Spanish descendant!!!!
Natalia not Nathaly XDD
She has that cool touch as only someone with Spanish blood can have.

I love her as Tonks, totally.

I was very pleased with Natalia Tena as Tonks. She gives off a very youthful vibe, and they got the clutzy part of her character right on the money. It's hard to spot, but I personally liked when she winked at Harry. I laughed myself sick when she was making faces at the dinner table.

She was better than I expected. When the first photos came out she didn't look at all like what I thought Tonks was supposed to look like, but I thought she did a pretty good job with the character.

For all that she was lacking a shot with pink hair, they did good.

I really hope they keep in at least the little bit about her hair and Patronus mimicking Remus' in HBP. And the revelation at the end. That part was so cute, I really want to see it happen. And definitely bring the spiky pink hair in sometime! They can do wonders with wigs, let us see that.