Latest Harry Potter Movie News!

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From: angelx_ph
Subject: Latest Harry Potter Movie News!
Date: 5/22/00 4:57 am  (ET)

Here is a news article I got off IMDb:

Dancer Star Leads Chase For Harry Potter Role

The young British star of new movie Dancer (2000) is set to scoop one
of the most coveted roles in Hollywood - the lead in the first HARRY
POTTER film. JAMIE BELL, 14, has been asked by producers of Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) to try out for the main role
after impressing them with his performance in Dancer, which debuted at
the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL last week. And Dancer director STEPHEN DALDRY
believes Bell's got what it takes to make it big in the movies. He says,
"Jamie has the charisma to hold the whole movie. He also has the special
gift of being able to dance well enough to be trained by the Royal Ballet
School." Auditions for the Harry Potter film, to be directed by CHRIS
COLOMBUS, are already taking place at schools across Britain.

***IMO, he won't get the Harry Potter role because of his age (he's a
tad too old), he may get a part as one of the older Weasley brothers or
Oliver Wood perhaps***