London: British actress Elizabeth Hurley is being chased to play a wicked witch in the next Harry Potter film, ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. The 39-year-old actress has been asked to play evil Bellatrix Lestrange, a member of Potter villain Voldemort’s gang, in the fifth film of the popular wizard series, according to reports.

The fourth film in the series — “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” — would be released in November. — HNS