Broadbent on Slughorn in Half-Blood Prince: “A Good Man, A Decent Man, but a Weak Man”

Jan 09, 2009

Posted by: SueTLC

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The LA Times has posted a new feature on actor Jim Broadbent and his role in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Oscar winning actor joins the cast this year as Potions professor Horace Slughorn, and Jim Broadbent says of his character: “a good man, a decent man, but a weak man.” Jim Broadbent goes on to praise the trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint (“so contained and brilliant and professional,”) and also has high marks for the care and dedication to the original source material found in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling. Quotage:

“I saw the first film when it came out, and it was so brilliantly
conceived,” Broadbent said. “You read the book and then you see the
film and every moment you think, ‘That is exactly how I imagined it.’
It was not absolutely faithful because you cannot be when you take it
to film, but the feel and look of it was terribly meticulous. That care
led to this great success. The reading audience has been satisfied with
it and wanted more and gone along with it.”

As released last year and just recently, you can see several high res photos of Jim Broadbent as Professor Slughorn here, here, here and here via our image galleries.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released July 17, 2009. Thanks Kristina!





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