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!
They’re casting some radom vampire who probably has no lines at all and yet they won’t include Bill Weasley? Screw that! I HATE HATE HATE the people working on this film!
They’re casting some random vampire who probably has no lines at all and yet they won’t include Bill Weasley? Screw that! I HATE HATE HATE the people working on this film!
Daniella:
If they replace all the Bill/Fleur stuff with Lupin/Tonks stuff I will be seriously peeved. They can’t just pretend that Ron’s oldest brother doesnt’ exist! Bill getting attacked by Greyback is sooo important and his wedding is a really important event too if they leave it out or replace Bill and Fleur with Lupin and Tonks i cannot express how annoyed i’ll be. I will boycott every singe Yates film till I die. I don’t mind them leaving out small stuff but Bill Weasley is such an important character in the last two books! He’s a Weasley for God’s sake! Again, why would they bother casting that Vampire when Bill Wealsey is one millions times more important!
@ Kerrie, what do Bill and Fleur do that is so important in the last film that cant be replaced with other characters that need more time being built up. The main reason they would and most likely are replacing them with Tonks and Lupin is because frankly more people take to them than Bill and Fleur and they have a much bigger impact on the story. and it would make their deaths even more unbearable. We hardly hear from Bill and Fleur in the series at all.
Bellasnape;
Bill is the one attacked by Greyback in HBP, not Lupin. He’s Ron’s oldest brother and a Weasley so yes i think he’s rather important. We see him quite a lot in HBP and DH, just as much as Lupin. He’s part of the Order, he helps Harry twice (seven potters and shell cottege). Also, Bill’s attck by Greyback was the most important thing to happen to the Weasleys in HBP. It was significant. It remindes us that the Weasleys are always in danger because they are blood traitors and part of the order. It is also particulary painful for Molly whos biggest fear is losing a child or her husband. Bills scars are said to be huge and horrible looking and permenent so they would have a big effect on his life. It was a tragic event and to replace Bill with Lupin is ridiculous. The scene where everyone is standing around Bills bedside really proves what i mean. He was the one JK Rowling chose to have attacked, not someone else. Lupin is already a werewolf so him getting attacked isn’t really as effective. Besides, Bill getting attacked by Greyback is going to prepare the movie fans for what happens to Fred and George in DH. The movie fans need to be reminded of the heartache of the Weasleys. Its not all about Harry lol.
They can’t just randomly change information from books like that its ridiculous.
Lupin and Tonks got married before Harry was rescued from the Dursleys not after, if they change that and replace Bill’s wedding with Lupins , that is being horribly untrue to the books.
In conclusion i don’t care if they leave out Charlie coz he has no part in the story at all but Bill has a couple of important events and in general is a big character in the last two books.
P.S. Don’t take that to mean that i don’t like Lupin, Lupin is one of my fave characters. He’s a wounded puppy lol and i love him. But i happen to think that Bill is important in the last two books aswell. JK Rowling chose Bill to be attacked and chose Bill to get married. The only wedding we see in the whole seven books and she chose Bill. I think they should respect that information and stay true to the books.
If Rowling wanted us to see Lupins wedding she would have delayed it and swapped the two weddings. She chose Bill over Lupin for the wedding scene so there must be a reason for that.
Oh, great!
They don’t put Fleur, Bill and Charlie, but they put on Regulus (who is just having a bit of part in the book), and sanguini (who is him??? He was just a word in the book! Why is he so important?!)
Good boy, Yates :S :@ (he takes the shine out of the books)
I think the Regulus role might well be in the ‘letter to the Dark Lord’ inside the locket. Rather than having the letter read out (which would drag a bit) they might show it as a kind of ‘flashback’ (as they did when Hagrid was describing Harry’s parents’ deaths in PS) with Regulus.
Either that or something so trivial as to be not worth paying an actor – like showing one of the Marauders-era Slughorn parties.
@ Kerrie, first off I dont need a summary, I know what happens I have read all 7 books more than once. I guess I am one of those who is a little more open-minded about the movies and doesnt expect them to be exactly like the book. Yes the way you explain it Bill is important in the book and to leave him out would be tragic for the book storyline but after 6 movies we have not seen him and Clemence Poesy inst returning as Fleur, because for the movie storyline they just arnt that important Im afraid. Other characters need to be built up through the movie and to introduce them and their little bit in 7 would be pointless, they could use others to make a bigger impact and build their underused characters up. This is only a theory but it looks to be pointing in that direction.
BellaSnape: Sorry to give you that summary i was just reminding you how important Bill is and making the point that JK Rowling chose him for some pretty important stuff.
If Jk Rowling chose him for such important scenes shouldn’t the movies do that aswell? I dissagree with you completely i’m afraid. Bill being in HBP and DH would make the movies so much better. The scenes involving Bill are pretty good and would make great movie scenes. I try to be open minded, thats why i don’t care about Charile or Regulus Black for that matter. And i don’t even care if they replace Dobby with Kreacher in DH but Bill Weasley is a huge character in the last 2 books what-ever way you look at it. I don’t even mind if they leave out Fleur of HBP if Bill mentions her.
Whats the point in making films based on books if you’re going to change information and leave out a big character? It aint right! If they aren’t going to do it right, they shouldn’t bother at all in my opinion.
HBP is going to suffer because Bill isn’t in it and if they leave Bill and Fleur out of DH, they DH will basically be ruined. No wedding, no shell cottage? Even the scene with the seven potters won’t be half as good without Bill and Fleur. When Fleur (looking like Harry) makes googly eyes at Bill, that was so funny! At the end of the day, Bill got attacked and married, not Lupin so it would be just totally crazy and untrue to the books to replace Bill’s scenes with Lupin. And to prove my point, if they leave out Bill and Fleur it will be the 5 potters, not the 7 potters! How annoying would that be! The producers of HP have said repeatadly that they want to be true to Jo’s vision but from OotP and from what i hear of HBP, they are screwing up big time! They have lost all concept of what is important in the books and what is not. They are only including what suites them, not the HP fans.
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They’re casting some radom vampire who probably has no lines at all and yet they won’t include Bill Weasley? Screw that! I HATE HATE HATE the people working on this film!