Casting for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is Complete.
The casting for the sixth installment of the Harry Potter films,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is complete:
if you haven't received a call, you've not been selected to be Lavender
Brown.
Sorry. I didn't get one either. But
Jessie Cave did. Lavender had had a cameo in previous
films, but in the Half-Blood Prince, as Ron Weasley's love interest she
plays a more prominent role.
According
to
E!
Online Warner Brothers has announced that the casting for the
next installment of the Harry Potter series has been finalised
and we'll be seeing familiar faces and some fresh ones too.
We'll see Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson back as Harry,
Ron and Hermione and Professor Snape will still be portrayed by the
delectable Alan Rickman. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis,
Tom Felton are all there, as are Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright as
Ginny Weasley.
Helena Bonham Carter is Bellatrix Black Lestrange, and her sister,
Narcissa Black Malfoy, is played by Helen McCrory. These two characters
are only present at the beginning of the book, leading to speculation
that director David Yates is planning on filming the critically
important chapter
Spinner's End.
Alas, the lack of Michael Sheen (who played the role in The Queen) or
of Tony Blair himself lead me to believe that the opening chapter,
The Other Minister, is not going to be a part of the
film. Shame.
Oscar winning actor Jim Broadbent will be Horace Slughorn, the new Potions master.
The casting of Voldemort is perhaps the most interesting. In this film,
through memories of Dumbledore's or memories he's collected from
others, we see the future Lord Voldemort, then Tom Marvolo
Riddle, as both a child and a teenager. Teen Tom Riddle
will be played by a 16 year old Frank Dillane. Little Tom Riddle is
played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who, at nine, will be playing 11 year
old Tom as he learns he's headed towards Hogwarts. Hero is the nephew
of Ralph Fiennes, who plays the role of the adult Lord Voldemort.
The film is directed by David Yates, who did
Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix and the script is written by Steve
Kloves, who adapted the first four Potter movies.
The movie is due out November 21st 2008.