Additional casting has been announced for characters in the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film. As referenced briefly in the recent PotterCast interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, the role of would be Gryffindor keeper Cormac McLaggen will be portrayed by actor Freddie Stroma. CBBC Newsround also reports that “18-year-old Louis Cordice will play Blaise Zabini, a Slytherin student who dislikes muggle borns.” Lovelorn Romilda Vane, who inadvertently causes Ron a bit of havoc, will be played by actress Anna Shaffer. Rounding out the casting updates includes word that actress Georgina Leonidas will take on the part of Gryffindor chaser Katie Bell, with her friend Leanne to be played by Isabella Laughland. Finally , actor Robert Knox will play Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby. As reported previously, many of the scenes with the students at Hogwarts will be filmed starting in early January. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” will be released in theaters November 21, 2008.
Who is marcus belby? anyone knows?? I don` t remember his name in the book. its good to see that we are gonna have Cormac, katie and her friend..but Romilda…only because she gave a box of chocolate…Its so strange!!!
LOL isn’t that Miss Molly from the Basil Brush show?! xDDDD Excellent.
Seen a picture of that Isabella girl, she’s alright:
http://www.thebwhagency.co.uk/s1te/images/stories/clients/Isabella.Laughland.jpg
I don’t think they could really go wrong with such a small part lol :P
I am so stoked these minor characters are going to be included. Fair enough they aren’t pivotal to the storyline, and could be left out, but it’s the little things like this that make the movies more realistic. That little scene of Ron stuffing his face in OotP made my day. It’s little snippets of characterisation and realistic characters that make the movies run well.
As for Bill and Fluer. I have said this many times to other people on other sites but I’’ put it forward here:
“I don’t think it’s important that Bill is seen in the movie. I think that, because there are other more important things going on, the relationship between he and Fleur can be intorduced successfully though Ginny and Ron talking about them at the beginning at The Burrow or on the train, then maybe later in the year, they can get an owl from Mrs. Weasley saying that Bill and Fleur are to be married over the Summer at The Burrow, or because ther are rumours around that they are including The Burrow at Christmas, they can find out about the engagement then.
Throw in a few grumbles from the girls and defences from Ron, and I think it can be done. Bill’s injuries can be reported second-hand through Mrs. Weasley at the end and she can say something that alerts them to the fact she misjudged her (without sounding like she’s admitting she was wrong).
People just have to get so worked up before thinking of other possibilities. Think outside the square. Kloves is the writer for DH as well. He clearly has a plan about how he is going to introduce this stuff successfully for DH. He had a few months before they started filming to play around with the script and alter it once he knew what was happening in DH. “
This is exactly what I said on imdb. I couldn’t be bother typing it all up again.
Weren’t we already supposed to have the “full” cast list, and wasn’t it without these characters? I hope they go on to cast characters who are actually important to the plot.
I thought it was nice that they cast Zabini as practically the mirror image of Makani’s drawing.
Still lots of complaints about Michael Gambon, but I agree with Jo in the podcast: give him a break. It’s surprising how spot on his performance is in PoA, knowing what we know now. Dumbledore ain’t no Santa Claus, so get over it.
BASIL BRUSH!! I’m from Spain and they aired that show here!! ^^ I’ve watched it on TV some times!! LOL!! XD I must have seen that girl loads of times!!
Fancy that!! I’ve seen Isabella and Jessie dozens of times (Jessie made a Nokia commercial) and never imagined that one day I would be seeing them in a HP film!! Had I known then… =)
Posted by Bonnie Radcliffe on December 20, 2007, 12:15 AM
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Oops!! I meant Georgina, not Isabella, sorry!! ^^
Posted by Bonnie Radcliffe on December 20, 2007, 12:20 AM
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Well, the Gaunts could probably be dealt with using non-speaking extras and in misty Pensieve flashbacks narrated by Dumbledore….
except for one crucial item: Marvolo and the Peverell Ring. We know that crucial information comes into play in DH.
I found just the one pic of Gerogina Leonidas, This is pretty early in her Basil Brush career so shes a bit younger then she is today but still….
http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/telefilm/basilbrush.jpg
I just saw a pic of Anna Shaffer, she is so beautiful, and just like I imagined Romilda. I can not wait to see the scenes with Harry and her, those were so funny in HBP lol I loved how she was after him all the time and tried to “poison” him, and how Harry reacted all the time.
“1/2 of the book is about relationships,”
No way, not even 1/3 the book is about that, most of it is abour Horcruxes, Harry learning about Voldemort’s past, Dumbledore, Snape etc
I agree with those who think the movie makers seem to be giving to much importance to things that are not the most important in the book.
It seems they have forgotten about characters like Lupin just to show stuff like quidditch, which we have already seen many times. And giving time to characters like Lavender… I think Lupin or Snape are much more important.
Like I said it’s fun to see things like Harry/Romilda stuff, but I hope most of the movie is not about that. If they want romance, I hope the give enough time to Harry and Ginny, now, that’s the most important relationship in HBP.
And the Romilda stuff can show Ginny a little jealous so it’s good in my opinion.
I was hoping that Emily Dale was going to reprise her role as Katie Bell. Esp. since she played the character in the first two movies. Guess you can’t keep the case continuous all the time. :(
Harry was still looking out of the window, feeling increasingly nervous. Ernie didn't seem to have mastered the use of a steering wheel. The Knight Bus kept mounting the pavement, but it didn't hit anything; lines of lampposts, mailboxes, and trash cans j
Who is marcus belby? anyone knows?? I don` t remember his name in the book. its good to see that we are gonna have Cormac, katie and her friend..but Romilda…only because she gave a box of chocolate…Its so strange!!!