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!
Well this exposes how they are going to do the scene of “Kreacher’s Tale”, as Kreacher tells the tale of what Voldy did, we will not stay in the kitchen with the trio simply listening, we will be seeing the tale unfold on screen, in a flash back, very interesting.
Good choices, and I can see why they’ve cast Regulus; even though he isn’t really important until Book Seven, he is VERY important once he’s introduced. It’s a good idea, therefore, to make him a tangible, identifiable presence as early as possible, even if he wasn’t actually shown in the book; I doubt cinema audiences would much appreciated being told in the very last film that a huge plotpoint rests upon some character they’ve never even seen before…
Great news! But…is it just me, or does Tom Moorcroft look exactly like a young snape?
Anyhow, yea, i’m curious to see how he’s shown. if You notice, the actor plays ages 15-20 or something similar, so i think it’s probably a flahsback…perhaps Lupin talks about him?
I am sure they included him because of DH, though, and that makes me excited!
This is briliant. They can lend some visuals to Kreacher’s tale which really couldn’t do in the book because of the way the information is presented – the narrative style being first person instead of third person. This is another example of how the medium (literature v. film) work differently. It’s brilliant that they are taking advantage of the differences ot the utmost.
Regulus Black does make an appearance – in “Kreacher’s Tale” and I am very happy that they are planning to include him. He is like Snape: a Death Eater who thought better of it and who sacrificed his life bringing Voldemort down.
Regulus will most probably be just a picture. I guess the trio will be shown a photograph of him by someone, but he won’t be physically present, so hopefully no unknown flashbacks! Nice about the vampire though! It means they’re actually giving good attention to minor details, otherwise there’s be no need to have the vampire specifically! They both look perfect!
I found his profile on facebook (although I can’t log in since I’m not registered) and bebo: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=16809153
He looks like a very friendly guy.
Posted by The HalfLoved Prince on April 04, 2008, 01:15 PM
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budb, I’m great. I hope you are too. I agree that losing the two-way mirror will make it difficult for Dobby to be the one to rescue the Trio in DH. They could do it a couple ways: 1) Forget the mirror, and instead have Harry call for Kreacher. Kreacher would then die, and sadly it won’t have the same emotional effect on the book fans but it could work for a movie. Or 2) The mirror could be an object given to them in Dumbledore’s will.
Losing the Gaunts and Hezibah will just make it very difficult to explain what Voldemort is up to, but hopefully it won’t be too confusing.
OH MY GOSH! They looks so fricken perfect! Regulus is PERFECT! And Sanguini is just like how I imagined him! I’m impressed! :D