Jim Broadbent cast as Horace Slughorn
In an interview with our friends at Dark Horizons, actor Jim Broadbent has confirmed that he will be playing the role of Slughorn in Half-Blood Prince: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.
Check out the full interview for details on his costume fittings and what kind of character he's been scripted to portray. Thanks to Alex for the tip!
Posted by Andrew on Sep 17th |
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1st comment! yah!
Wow news is coming thick and fast...
IS THAT Slughorn???Wow, from the photo he looks PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think he will make a good Slughorn :)
finally i hope he'll be good 5th!
He got the part! Yay, was this after the jonathen ross show, or am i completly wrong?! :0 :)
rob! yur there! whts up? and i didnt get to really comment, i wanted to be first lol. i think he loooks good for the job, he kinda looks like the guy who play cornelius.
im AT SCHOOL PEOPLE!!! i cant talk so much news today!!!
daw, geez, im super bored tho. and i kno, they posted like 5 things at once. and im at school two, after this period, 3 more to go :D lol
Freakin amazing! I wanted him for Slughorn!! Woot!
that's good! people have bee saying him!
Oh cool, i think hes gonna be fab!! and news Whoooo!
wow!! I think he is perfect for the role.
Richard Griffiths would havew been perfect but he's Uncle Vernon.
he looks the part, i hope he does well...and dang, news is coming in fast today, mugglenet is definately making up for the dry period we just had.
He's a great actor, I'm glad he's been cast.
This is wonderful news. Jim Broadbent really is a fantastic actor, and I can't think of anyone more perfect for the role.
whao im in 3rd period at school and already all this news thats pretty sweet. hes a good actor. ill talk more about when i get home after 4 more periods.:(
I've never heard of him before, but he looks PERFECT!
He looks juts perfect top 25?
this guy is perfect! he looks just as i can imagine slughorn! great choice wb! and all this news!!! im so excited to have something to read when i check mugglenet! yay!
He looks right for the part...but now the only question is what role is left for Christopher Lee to be in?
WOO-HOO! That guy is BRILLIANT! Did anyone see him in Hot Fuzz? Hilareaous! And Moulin Rouge... and the Borrowers.. anyway... he's a fantastic actor, and perfect for Horace - YAY!! Very pleased :-)
hey does any no who plays bill???
He looks like a good slughorn.
That is AWESOME! I think Jim Broadbent is a FANTASTIC actor....he's going to be great! Also, i'm loving all the news today!!
Some people on here kept mentioning him, and i guess they were right! he looks like a perfect Slughorn! Now im waiting for the announcement that Christian Coulson is back as Tom Riddle, even though i doubt he will be back =(
ZOMG THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU SLUGHORN!!!! *does little dance* he needs a mustache, and then he will be PERFECTO!!! YAYNESS! MUFFINS FOR EVERYONE! *throws muffins in the air for all mugglenet-ers*
WOW!!! WB definitely did good casting Slughorn, Jim Broadbent is going to do one hell of a bang up job!!!
WHOO HOOO!! I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY! YES YES YES! I THINK HE WILL BE GREAT!
wait im confused, he's drawn back? hehehe... redundantly repetitive!
30th? That's great can't wate to see the movie .
lol he's perfect
All this new news is sooooo exiting! I love Mugglenet! Whooo and Cheesecakians of course!
I don't like Horace Slughorn a lot, but Jim Broadbent is going to be perfect. However, THIS is what I always see when I think of Slughorn: http://www.p unch-records.com/shop/ima ges/GASOL.jpg
OMG! Finally... we've all been hanging for-EVER it feels like but now he's here!!!! Wow... he looks like an---OK slughorn but maybe they'll dress him up and have him grow a beard or something to look the part more I am very happy though!!!!! YAY!
yay i love this dude.....i wanted them to pick him. he matches perfectly. im so excited.
Excellent! Finally new HBP news! Lol is it just me or did the past 5 news posts come very quickly? hehe.
Wow! he looks excellent for the role. hooray! Slughorn is an excellent character. But then, all the characters in harry potter are excellent.
YAY HAROLD ZIDLER AS SLUGHORN!!!! check out his reseume it looks great!!
he is perfect!!!!!!!!!
excellent choice! jim broadbent is a class actor and he'l make a brilliant slughorn.....well pleased
he is a great actor, i think he will do well with this part - im excited about knowing who it is! that makes me happy
He looks the part, which is good. I hope he can act as old Sluggy. I have faith.
yeah i agree that he looks JUST like i imagined in the books. i hope hes fat and short and plays the role well.
Wow, he seems like a good choice. All he needs is his walrus moustache and some crystallized pineapple and he's set!
He looks like a very good Slughorn to me. And I'm pretty confident he could play the part well, I mean the guy who could pull off Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge could definitely pull off Slughorn, they're both insane characters.
This is amazing! I thought the man who played Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge would be great for Slughorn! I can't wait to see how they turn him into a couch. Angela
jim will make a great slughorn!!!!!!!!! cant wait!!!!!!! hp 4 ever!!!!!!!
He makes a good Slughorn. But does anyone else find it weird that there are now 3 people that were in The Borrowers that are now in the HP movies?
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