Previously we told you there was to be an open casting call in the coming weeks for the roles of young Tom Riddle as well as Lavender Brown for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. MTV now has an article online quoting director David Yates about his quest to cast the perfect person to play Lavender Brown, the girl who will capture WON-WON's fancy in the sixth Harry Potter film. The director has a test in mind, and it involves...snogging.
"You know what I'm going to do?" Yates said. "I never did this before, but I'm going to get Rupert together with the top five Lavenders, get him to come and read with them and snog with them. It's a chemical thing, and you want to feel that chemistry between them. That will help me decide."
"Really?" Grint asked — since this was news to him. "Oh, wow, I didn't realize that. That's going to be interesting. It's going to be embarrassing."
Also confirmed in the article is that the role of Tom Riddle will not be performed at all by previous actor Christian Coulson. David Yates says
"I think Christian's a brilliant actor, and I thought it was a terrific piece of casting, but he's too old now," Yates said.
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"What I want is that equality of spirit," Yates said. "Someone who is odd, charismatic, cool, has a quite cold spirit which Voldemort embodies. If I find that, that's the most important thing."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will begin filming later this summer and is due in theaters November, 2008. Thanks Ryan!
Wow, that does sound interesting, but I can’t help thinking it may just be a good idea since, of course, Ron spends such a large amount of time snogging with Lavender in book 6.
And that’s such ashame about not having Christian as the young Voldemort. It definately makes sense why they won’t have him reprise the role, but I thought he was just fantastic in Chamber of Secrets!
Oh God! Rupert will hate that; he’s such a shy guy. He looks very uncomfortable about it in that clip. Maybe having to make-out with 5 girls will help him get over that particular fear, especially considering all the snogging he’ll be doing in HBP. (Oh and of course DH ;). Well, they better!)
This is off-topic, kinda, but there’s a new video of the press conference today at this link:
As if they weren’t going to have vast number of girls auditioning already, I bet this news boosts attendance even higher—if only to be one of the five who snog Rupert, even without becoming Lavender.
Girls, you can have him. My heart belongs to Matt Lewis; already appealing in his dedication to Neville’s characterization, he’s become an attractive fellow at age 17 (or thereabouts).
I still think they should use Christian. I’ve seen him and he really looks young. Not to be mean but I am just not a big fan of Yates. Its just my personal opinion. I really didn’t want him doing hbp.
Wait—why not Coulson? What about the scenes with young adult Voldemort (the one we see visiting Hepzibah and coming to Dumbledore for the DADA job)? Am I missing something?
I am very interested in who will be cast to play Lavender. I am impressed they brought back Alfie Enoch for Dean Thomas. Lavender had previously been played by a black actor as well. I would be surprised if both Weasely characters were making out with black significant others. That would be some serious multiracialism from Hollywood for a movie with this age demographic.
kinda off topic but I don’t remember the guy who plays seamus being in any previews for movie 5. I hope hes not gone to. Don’t ask me why but I always liked him for seamus.
The little wall space available bore witness to Mr. Weasley's obsessions; there were several posters of cars, including one of a dismantled engine, two illustrations of postboxes he seemed to have cut out of Muggle children's books, and a diagram showing
lool That’s awesome! And there’s a video of David and Rupert saying that: http://www.mtv.com/ overdrive/?vid=158910