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Here's the news on everything Harry Potter!
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Broadbent Joins Britain’s Elite Actors In Hogwarts Faculty
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The Los Angeles Times posted an interview from a visit with Jim Broadbent while he was filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Receiving the part of “Professor Horace Slughorn” has placed Mr. Broadbent in the article’s list of esteemed British thespians who have portrayed J.K. Rowling’s “colorful” characters in the past five films based on her Harry Potter series of books.
"Well, yes, you know, I was waiting," Broadbent said with a burr of mock indignation.
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"It's wonderful to be part of this now, to come in at this stage, because they've got it running so smoothly now, it's amazing to see," said the 59-year-old Broadbent, whose screen career dates to 1978. "In the first one, I'm sure there was a bit of nervousness about whether it would all work, but now it's a unique position to be in, to be making a blockbuster without a lot of nervousness. It's hugely beneficial for the creativity to have a great deal of certainty about the process and the success."
Mr. Broadbent began his role as “Professor Slughorn” right after his commitment with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He described the Hogwarts professor as “ a good man, a decent man, but a weak man”.
He gives credit to the casting of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) as well as to “the reverence for the source material…” for the successful flow of the Harry Potter films.
"I saw the first film when it came out, and it was so brilliantly conceived," Broadbent said. "You read the book and then you see the film and every moment you think, 'That is exactly how I imagined it.' It was not absolutely faithful because you cannot be when you take it to film, but the feel and look of it was terribly meticulous. That care led to this great success. The reading audience has been satisfied with it and wanted more and gone along with it."
The article notes that “Professor Slughorn” is drawn to people with a celebrity status and “can’t get enough of big names or flaunting them, much like the ‘Potter’ franchise and its use of every notable British actor.”
"Well," Broadbent said, again puffing himself up with a winking bit of Slughorn. "Not every actor gets invited. I know some who are still waiting."
Click here to read the complete article.
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