Two additional roles for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have apparently been cast. The part of Regulus Black, death eater and younger brother of Sirius Black, will be portrayed by young actor Tom Moorcroft according to this page at Spotlight.com(be sure to click for additional photos of the actor).
UK Castingcall pro also reveals that Charlie Bennison will be seen in the part of Sanguini the Vampire, who as readers will recall, is a guest at Slughorn’s dinner party.
No formal announcement has yet been made on these latest possible additions, and we will update once we can receive confirmation from WB. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in theaters November 21, 2008.Thanks Snitchseeker!
great!, but what I dont get is that regulus makes no actual appearance in the novels. not even in flashbacks. what we know of him is through what has been said about him by sirius, lupin and what the trio found in his room in DH (Photograph’s, clippings about voldemort)
I’m glad Regulus is in the storyline, but, he isn’t actually in the books. Well not physically, that is. So why are they spending time on him? You can easily get his info via people like the trio and Lupin.
cool, i like attention to detail coz slipping Sanguini in is just for us readers i suppose but what about the characters who are actually important in HBP – the Gaunts and Riddle Sr?
Weird. I’m sure Regulus will just be a picture of him or something. It wouldn’t make any sense to put him in a flashback, unless you want to make him Sirius’s older brother?
It does seem weird that they would include regulus now, and not the Gaunts. However, I’m sure they can give the ring a reasonable explaination. I hope.
eszti, i think you are on the right track: having not mentioned Regulus in the OotP film created a huge gap in the story line, so now they need to go back and fill it in somehow….he needs to be introduced, most probably by Slughorn (as Donna points out)
Sanguini tho? he stands there, momentarily siddles toward the giggling girls, eats a pasty, and has no lines to speak …..if they stick to the novel
i wonder how the other story line gaps that were left in the OotP film will be handled: the locket, the two way mirror, and so on.
I agree with lily, Regulus looks JUST like I imagined him. I’m sure that even though he’ll only have a small appearance that he’ll make a big impact. I’m guessing they’ll ever-so-subtley slip him in, at some innocuous point, just like in the books, so people who haven’t read them will have him as an option to guess at for the identity of RAB.
Nice. They look fitting – I see the old Black arrogance in there! And it is cool to have details like Sanguini, although I concur with the point about the Gaunts. Ah well.
"What is it?" Harry asked.[br]"A way of letting me know if Snape's giving you a hard time. No, don't open it in here!" said Sirius... "I want you to use it if you need me, all right?"[br]"Okay," said Harry, stowing the package away in the inside pocket of
cool. they both look pretty much perfect for the parts! omg, i CAN NOT WAIT!!!