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 Posted: October 2, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: Horace Slughorn has been cast! |
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Jim Broadbent has announced himself as playing the character of Horace Slughorn, the new Potions Prof. at Hogwarts in an interview in Dark Horizons.
Here is an excerpt from the interview...
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Question: You must have a comfortable life which is hard to give up unless something comes up you want to do.
Broadbent: Yeah I had basically three months in Lincolnshire in the summer and suddenly now I'm back on the rollercoaster again and I've got to finish off Indiana Jones next month and I've got a bit on Young Victoria and it's all been sort of stacking up and then I'm doing Harry Potter.
Question: Who are you?
Broadbent: Who am I? He's called Horace Slughorn. He's a retired teacher of magic who's drawn back out of retirement because he's got some secrets they need in the battle against the Deatheaters and he's quite star struck as a teacher and he's drawn back into the fold because he likes to notch up celebrity students, and he's drawn back by Harry.
Question: Is he a comic character?
Broadbent: He is quite a comic character, yes. I haven't started yet. I've had endless costume fittings and makeup and ...
Question: What kind of costumes?
Broadbent: Tweedy sort of things with a bit of padding. He's an older man, I'm aging up again.
Question: Have you read the book?
Broadbent: Yep, yep, yep. I haven't read them all but I've read mine. |
For the complete interview, click here...
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070917l.php
He was born May 24, 1949 in Lincolnshire, England
Past credits include...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Valiant (2005) w/ John Hurt
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) w/ Shirley Henderson and Gemma Jones
Pride (2004) w/ Robbie Coltrane and John Hurt
Vanity Fair (2004) w/ Robert Pattinson
Vera Drake (2004) w/ Imelda Staunton
Gangs of New York (2002) w/ Brendan Gleeson
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) w/ Shirley Henderson and Gemma Jones
The Avengers (1998) w/ Ralph Fiennes and Fiona Shaw
The Borrowers (1997) w/ Tom Felton
Richard III (1995) w/ Maggie Smith
Enchanted April (1992) w/ Miranda Richardson; directed by Mike Newell
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
For more on Jim Broadbent click here...
http://www.jimbroadbent.com/ or http://www.broadbent.org/
Also, you can try here...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000980/
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Excellent! I loved this guy in Narnia and The Borrowers! I need to watch The Borrowers again  |
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i didn't know that tom felton was also in the borrowers!
hmmm....  that's cool that they both ended up being in hp
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| Posted: October 5, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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He looks way to old. And i imagined Slughorn more beefy. Now when i read HBP and DH i have this inaccurate image stuck in my head 
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| Posted: October 5, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| He looks way to old. And i imagined Slughorn more beefy. Now when i read HBP and DH i have this inaccurate image stuck in my head |
Slughorn is supposed to be old. He was already a professor when Tom Riddle went to school. He retired. So... yeah, age is pretty good, in my opinion.
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O.O that was him in superman iv!!! i think he'll do good and im sure they can age him up... he better make dd look young
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Omg, I loved this guy in Chronicles of Narnia! He'll be awesome, I bet!
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| GinnyX wrote: |
| The Potions Master wrote: |
| He looks way to old. And i imagined Slughorn more beefy. Now when i read HBP and DH i have this inaccurate image stuck in my head |
Slughorn is supposed to be old. He was already a professor when Tom Riddle went to school. He retired. So... yeah, age is pretty good, in my opinion. |
Hmm... Forgot about age i still don't like him. And this guy looks like if he would run he'd get exhausted of age rather then being large. Then again i don't like many of the actors.
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hmmm.... not really what i imagined... but not very far... i imagined someone with a really huge belly... but well the costumes and makeup will take care of that so that he may look just like what sluggy ought to... his main picture in imdb makes him look like slughorn though.
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| Posted: October 15, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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I think he'd make an alright Slughorn.
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I really don't think weight should be an issue... they can always use padding. I'd rather them go for a really good actor, than find someone who is already physically perfect. Because they can change how they look, but not how they act.
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Dunno if I've actually said it before on the forum but I've thought it- I wish Richard Griffiths hadn't been cast as Uncle Vernon, though he plays the character wonderfully, I think he would have made the perfect Slughorn, personally. But Jim Broadbent will put it off flawlessly, I'm sure.
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I wonder if they had known about Slughorn from the beginning of they would have held off casting Richard Griffiths as Vernon and cast him as Slughorn, instead.
I mean, I think he makes a really good Vernon Dursley... and who else would have been better in that part?
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Good point, he's such an amazing actor, shame not that many people know him.
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| teacakes wrote: |
| Good point, he's such an amazing actor, shame not that many people know him. |
Yeah, he is amazing, he does seem to get ignored by people who aren't as familiar with his work.
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Past credits include...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
uh how is that a past credit?
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well of course skill is more important than physical appearance. imelda doesnt really look like dolores umbridge. but i think she did the part well.
but it would be nice if the actors already looked so much like the characters.
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Past credits include...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
uh how is that a past credit? |
It's a past credit because it's already been filmed, just hasn't premiered in theatres yet.. |
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| i did imagine Horace slughorn as being a man on the verge of obesity. But if WB is the production company they could come up with something more like a dr. seuss book, nothing against the cat in the hat |
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| Posted: October 18, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh good choice I loved him in past films like Moulin Rouge he's a great character actor so I hope he does the role justice! |
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Past credits include...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
uh how is that a past credit? |
It's a past credit because it's already been filmed, just hasn't premiered in theatres yet.. |
Yes, thank you!
When he announced he was laying the part of Slughorn he was just finishing up filming Indiana Jones. I included it into the past credits list to make it easier, just a neat, simple list.
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| denhaag0o0 wrote: |
| Excellent! I loved this guy in Narnia and The Borrowers! I need to watch The Borrowers again |
yea me too and i think this guy will be very good for slughorn
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He'll probably make the perfect Slughorn, I think
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