Warner Bros. sent out a press release announcing the final members of the cast of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and we now have word on who will be playing the young Tom Riddle who grows up to be none other than Voldemort.
Nine-year-old Hero Fiennes Tiffin is playing the role of the young Tom Riddle at age 11, while 16-year-old Frank Dillane is playing the teenage Riddle, who is already on the path to becoming the evil Lord Voldemort.
It is just a strange coincidence that Hero Fiennes Tiffin happens to have the same middle name as Ralph Fiennes who plays grown up Voldemort, and if my skills of deduction are honed it looks like he has a sister, Mercy, whom is playing a young Gerogiana in The Duchess, which would mean she is playing a young Keira Knightley.
Filming is currently underway on the sixth film in the Harry Potter franchise and in this one Lord Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and Wizard worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on November 21, 2008.
