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!
Regulus wasnt mentioned in the OOTP movie, so they have to get him mentioned during HBP, before the fake locket is found. It sets him up for DH. He will be much more important there, so it makes sense to introduce him now. (and remember folks, Kreachers tale is in DH, not HBP, tho it’s nice that the actor will be already cast (he’s probably contracted thru DH) to film those flashback scenes later).
Sorry, but in my opinion, the Gaunts dont really matter in the future, so you can easily have DD just tell their story and show the ring. Same with Hepzibah. They’re not important beyond the fact that Tom got items from them, and why he went after those items, so they can be introduced solely through explenation.
All that being said, since they’re still making casting announcements, isnt it possible that these characters just havent been announced yet?
As for the mirror, if they want to introduce it, they could have Harry find it over the summer amoung his posessions (find a package in his trunk… “hey, what’s this, it’s from Serius…”), try to contact Serius, fail, then smash it and have a good cry. It might be a good way to remind movie-goers about the impact of the death of Serius from movie 5, and introduce the mirror for movies 7.1 and 7.2.
These announcements are fine but, I am really hoping that Bill Weasley won’t be left out? They need to cast that part as he has an important St. Mungo’s scene after the big fight where Dumbledore dies? Fluer or,(Clemency Posey) should be a part of that scene as well and we already know she has not been asked back for HBP? Additionally, I am waiting for Julie Christie to be asked back as Madame Rosemerta for the scene in which she discovers Dumbledore and Harry as the aparated back from the cave? I am hoping that Yates won’t cut that piece as well? Finally, for the last film, I am hoping Yates will bring back popular characters and actors from the past for example John Hurt as Olivander? He cannot be recast and I hope he is willing to do it and that Heyman and Yates realize that these coonections to past movies are important to the fans? Anyone else feel the same?
If you people would quit your dumb complaining- but wait who am I talking to , you people always find something to complain about. Go over to the snitchseeker.com and you will find more convincing photos of Regulus. He really looks like he could be related to Gary Oldman and not Alan Rickman in the ones over there. We already have a young Snape, and this guy is very handsome, dont be stupid again and judge based on one picture like you did with Helen McCrory ( Narcissa ) . And its quite obvious that they casted him in a part on screen if they were just using his voice why would they bother showing us a picture in the fist place.
Also he’s got the “Snape Vibe” with the hair so no doubt it will be a perfect Regulus. Now I wish he was in it more! But I hope they don’t have some corny flashback or anything…
Heh, BellaSnape, I completely agree that the complaining is over the top (he looks fine for the part of Regulus, I don’t get what everyone’s fussing about), but really, it’s time to let the Helen McCrory thing go. It was MONTHS ago. Let it go. ;)
When I seen the heading, I thought we were finally gonna find out if Alecto Carrow was cast after Amycus was announced, but Regulus is good enough.