Actors in the News Weekly Roundup

Oct 17, 2010

Posted by: John Admin

HP Cast

Upcoming film releases and film festivals are the order of the week for
the Harry Potter cast! Firstly, the people behind the U.S. release of
Wild Target” have very kindly sent along an exclusive clip from the
film, which you can find right here in the Leaky Video Galleries! “Wild
Target” stars Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Bill Nighy (Rufus
Scrimgeour) in leading roles and will be released in the U.S. on the
29th of October. Find out more information about the film at the official website.

Secondly, Nick Moran (Scabior) attended a number
of events at The 21st Dinard British Film Festival in Dinard, France.
Moran was at the Opening Ceremony, Awards Ceremony and the Jury Photocall. Find photos of Moran at these events here, here and here in our galleries.

Also in film festival news, Jim
Broadbent (Horace Slughorn) attended the premiere for “Never Let Me Go” at
The BFI London Film Festival. You can find photos of Broadbent at the premiere via this link in our galleries.

Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia) are to star in Frank McGuinness’ new version of “John Gabriel Borkman” at the BAM Harvey Theatre. The New York Times ArtsBeat reports that the production will be directed by James Macdonald and will run from the 7th of January to the 6th of February 2011. “John Gabriel Borkman” is currently running at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in Ireland.

Lastly, Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) recently gave an interview to Nylon magazine in which the actress spoke about leaving Potter behind, her art and culture interests and her future aspirations. The actress also took part in a photoshoot for the magazine; find the three new pictures at this link in our galleries. Read the full interview at this link on the Nylon website.





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