Dark Horizons held an interview with Jim Broadbent and learned that he has been cast as Horace Slughorn in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Broadbent told the site, “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.”
Broadbent is a great actor and more than capable for the part, but for some reason, in my mind, I envisioned a bulkier man to take on the role. I personally expected Bob Hoskins based on a few things I had read.
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