HBP movie related question (SPOILERS)

[Carol]

Geoff wrote:
> > Thinking a bit further, another (but smaller) brilliant performance was that of Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (nephew to Ralph Fiennes), who played the young Tom Riddle in the orphanage.
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> > Just in passing, IMDB reports that h got the part not for being RF's nephew but because of the close family likeness.
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Alla replied:
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> For some reason I thought that two nephews of his played Tom (when Dumbledore meets him and when we see him in Slugghorn lesson). Am I wrong? Is it same boy? <same>
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Carol responds:

Only one nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, who "clinched" the role, according to Yates, through his resemblance to his uncle. The older boy, Frank Dillane, is unrelated to Ralph Fiennes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/

Incidentally, I read yesterday that Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle in CoS) wanted to reprise his role but they told him that, at thirty, he was too old. He'd have been perfect for the older Riddle applying for the DADA position if they'd retained that scene.

I can't comment on the creepiness of teenage Tom as I haven't seen the film yet, but little Tom was rather creepy and menacing in the book as well as the film, and from what I've seen in the trailers, the only problem with his acting is that he slurs his words a bit: "Icanspeaksnakes,too.) But the cold, emotionless creepiness seems right for a child Tom who thinks he's special and already puts his powers to sinister uses. You're right that the older Tom should have learned how to charm and manipulate people, but whether Frank Dillane is convincing in the role, I don't know. Not to be catty or anything, but he does seem to have a weak chin, and Tom Riddle ought to be handsomer (like Christian Coulson, who, despite being twenty at the time, was perfectly cast, IMO). 

BTW, Geoff, I know that Ralph Fiennes pronounces his name "Rafe." Is that the usual pronunciation of Ralph in the UK or a nickname?

Carol, still trying to persuade a certain person to see the film with her and not really wanting to go out into the heat to see a matinee alone