Dominic West will play Burton, while Helena Bonham-Carter is to portray Taylor, who died in 2011.

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Mr Swain became involved in the film after Helena Bonham-Carter, who plays the Queen Mother, recommended him to director Tom Hooper.

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Personal favorites include Helena Bonham-Carter's banshee-like Bellatrix LeStrange, Gary Oldman's stalwart Sirius Black and Maggie Smith's dotty but redoubtable Minerva McGonagall.

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Also with Glenn Close (as Gertrude) and Helena Bonham-Carter (as Ophelia).

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