DH actors

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Cat" <CatMcNulty at ...> wrote:

> If I remember correctly (IIRC) from the literary source, 
> Dumbledore met Grindewald just after he graduated from 
> Hogwarts, and they were about the same age, so were about 
> 17-18ish. 


zanooda:

Yes, Dumbledore was 17 when he met Grindelwald, and he turned 18 that very summer, but Grindelwald himself was even younger, because he was expelled from Durmstrang before he could finish his education. If we are to believe Rita Skeeter :-), "At sixteen years old, even Durmstrang felt it could no longer turn a blind eye to the twisted experiments of Gellert Grindelwald, and he was expelled" (p.356, Am.ed). 

It seems from the book that he arrived at Godric's Hollow and met DD soon after that. The Lexicon also confirms that Gellert was two years younger than Albus. As for the actor, he is about 20-21, I think, but as he looks a little girly :-), he can easily pool off a 16-year old, IMO. If he in fact will be cast, which is not confirmed :-).