Regulus in HBP????

[juli17 at aol.com]

Carol wrote:

Supposedly, the role of Regulus Black has been cast for HBP (see  this
link for a photo of the young actor, Tom Moorcroft):

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(http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1812-5611-6439) 

He  looks perfect for the part (though he could equally well have been
cast for  young Severus Snape), but HBP? Are they trying to give the
plot away or  just provide a bit of foreshadowing so that viewers who
haven't read the  books can guess the identity of RAB? (IIRC, he wasn't
mentioned in the  tapestry scene in the OoP film, which I suppose I
should watch again  because I haven't memorized it yet!).

According to Leaky, which  provides a link to the Moorcroft article,
they've also cast an actor named  Charlie Bennison as Sanguini, the
Vampire who shows up at Slughorn's  Christmas party:

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(http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/4/4/report-two-more-characters-cast-for-half-blood-prince) 





Julie:
It's interesting to me how all three of these characters have a similar  
look, dark hair and
eyes, narrow face, long nose... ( can't recall if Regulus was described  that 
way in the
books, but I somehow envison him as a pretty boy in the mold of his older  
brother---
though Gary Oldman is not and never was a pretty boy type...oh, never  mind!)
 
Anyway, there is obviously going to be a set up scene with Regulus, to  
familiarize
the screen audience with the character before his more pivotal part in DH.  
I'm thinking
maybe he was part of the Slug Club, and will show up in a memory of that  
earlier
version of the club? Or part of the Slughorn's pensieve memory (or  memories, 
since
Regulus wouldn't appear until some years after Tom Riddle). That's my best  
guess
anyway.
 
 
Julie, who doesn't object at all to the writer/producers padding the story  a 
bit for clarity,
which is IMO better than the cutting out of great scenes from the  books that 
has been
done in previous movies.



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