Harry Potter Casting Call
Do you have a teen with stars in their eyes and Harry Potter in their heart? If the answer is yes, your teen is a British resident, and you can be in London on Sunday, July 1 or 8, the producers of the sixth Harry Potter film (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)are holding two open casting calls. Auditions will be held at Earls Court Exhibition Center in London.
On July 1, producers will be holding auditions for the part of Lavender Brown – Ron Weasley’s first girlfriend. Drama Queen qualities might prove helpful!
On July 8, the search begins for a teenage boy to play Tom Riddle, who grows up to be the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort.
All applicants must be between the ages of 15 and 18, and must have identification and proof of British residency.
Last year’s call for auditions attracted over 15,000 young ladies all trying for the roles of Luna Lovegrove and Cho Chang in this summer’s new movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Read more on the VH1 site. Oh, and if you happen to be lucky enough to participate in one of these auditions, let us know! We’d love the scoop.
I think that they should allow American girls to try for the role. Thereare probably thousands of girls dying to be in the movie. So i really think they should have open cating calls in the U.S
i think it should extend to australia.
I am saying this partley based on the fact that i have grown up with harry potter(started reading in grade 1) and have always loved to be in movies because i love acting.But i also know heaps of people that are really good at acting not only in my school but in other areas to!and i think ot would be a great oppertunity for many australians grils because we don’t have that oppertuntiy come by us ever because we don’t live in say Hollywood where there is a casting section in the newspaper! So if you could please consider sending the search to australia in every state’s major city because lots of people(myself included) would be really grateful. thankyou for listening.
I am absolutely distrought i missed the orditions and if there are any other casting i would be ever so greatful if you were to let me know thank you.
uhh harry potter is awsome i have all the books nd im not a harry potter freak like most people i sound like!! im gorgieous nd glamorous im a prep!!
Who would’nt want to play a role in Harry Potter?
I’d love too! What an experience it would be! Unfortunatly, I am an Australian resident and are not able to, even though I have British citizenship. Plus Im now 20 and am feeling old.
They should let Australians audition, considering Australians are suppose to be prisoners of her majesty! HAHA we should play the part of death eaters or something…
I beleive that everyone should et a chance to audition no matter where your from!
I say hold auditions for the last Harry Potter movie in America. Image the outcome -these films are my favorite. I’d be honored. And I act. I know my stuff.
I am with the outhers I think you should hold some ouditions for Lavender Brown in the U.S. I know I missed the auditions but if there is any more please notifiy me via e-mail!
I do agree that they should extend the auditions to different places , as long as they can pull of the accent properly and the look. But ofcorse still holding the auditions in London. Then Id give it go.
There are some people in the US who can act, and can pull off anything you ask for. accents, looks, ect. The US has more to offer than you think we do. give us a chance. Doesn’t matter where, if it’s true in our hearts, we will fly anywhere in the US. I mean give the people who have to look up to their parents( 14 yrs. of age, ex.) a chance.
I think they should shop around everywhere for the parts, I know I would love to be a part of the films. Some people can pull off the accent they want for the true UK feel. Also if you go there pre filming most people will be able to pick up the accent.
I say come to Australia. This sucks how we never get a chance to be in something real. That our only choices is low budgeted films with crappy acting . Haha. Give us a chance and i think we would do great. personally i have nooo experience or whatever but id at least like to be given the chance to audition for something fantastic.
i think they should let anyone auditions for the harry potter movie…i mean its one of the biggest movies ever…:):):)
I think America has a lot of things and always feels it HAS to be in on everything… and I think its great that they’ve kept harry potter purely British, simply because it was written here and makes sense that the characters are British. But if they wrote an american character in or australian then it would make sense for people from there to audition.
I’d love a part in it, but so many people would so unless you’re very fortunate and have the look they are searching for its tricky!
Thank you all for this great conversation. You all make great points and either way, I think the next movie will be another hit.
So, who has seen Order of the Phoenix and what did you think?
Hey My name is mariam. I have read that you have opening carstings in london for the next Harry potter film. I know they are over now but I really wanth to know if there is going to be a new call for carsting for the last Harry Potter movie. ?
i agree with the others
yall should let Americans be in the movie too
i kno tht in the book everyone is from europe and have those accents but some of us can do it pretty good. so just give us a chance
Why not hold auditions in the United States. A lot of americans can do the british accents extremely well and who knows they might find the perfect person to play the character they’re casting for. They’re making a big mistake.
I know everyone keeps saying that they should let Americans be in the films but what about the Irish? I’m from Ireland and I really wanted to try for the part of Lavender Brown but because I’m not British I couldn’t! I think that it’s relly unfair especially as Ireland and Britain are so close and the people so alike. Just because a person isn’t from the right country it shouldn’t matter, we’re actors and if we can’t pull off an foreign accent then we shouldn’t be in the movie at all.
I also think americans should get to audition its kind of pregidous but oh well what are you gonna do? Sure i would love to be in the harry potter film/s but so do tons of others that have more experience than me some dreams aren’t worth trying just GIVE up and move on!!!
I agree with the majority of the people they should allow americans to play parts i dont see why not? it just doesnt make sense to me.maybe its just me but i cant see the logic behind it.
america doesn’t have to be involved in everything give british people a chance. There are so many oppurtunnities in america because soo many films that are shown are produced in america….so give the british a chance. Its not fair.
I think that they should open the auditions for Americans!
Its just not fair…
just because we don’t have authentic English accents, doesn’t mean we can’t act, or don’t enjoy the story and plight of Harry Potter!
This series has become a pop culture phenomena!
Its only natural that people will want to be a part of that…They shouldn’t deny us that privelage based solely on our birth place or our residential location.
And to “ggdfgs”:
-I undertsand where you’re coming from, but when you have something of this magnetude, thats taking over the pop culture world…its just not fair to only the british a chance…and besides…how would you feel if Harry Potter was American and Hogwarts was buried in the catskills of New York?…wouldn’t you feel just the same as we do?
I think that like the few other guys here, and all the girls on here, that everyone should be able to audition, I kinda think thats kinda like descrimination, you cant get a job as an actor because youre not from a certain place, every1 else follow? and as the last person wrote, if its true, and Americans dont let the British act, then that should be changed to, because how I look at it, its descrimination, and it shouldnt be like that.
I think its like descrimination, and like most of the people on this list, its not fair that only British can act in Harry Potter, and if what the person above me said is true, thn its not fair to the British most of the time, and it shouldnt be like that, and I want it to change, and I hope it changes.
i think that what you r doing is unfare!,i am a mexican girl,and i will LOVE to be in that movie!,you must let all the boys and girls from all the world to partricipate in the casting!,and even little ones!,they could be new studants in howarts!,or whatever,but is a rubish what you are doing!,i mean cho,is from china no?,well,she looks like one!,and if she can,why not other girls!,please considare it !,2 many girls are in agree with me,i now it!
I say there should be u.s tryouts, or anywere in fact. Its not fare honestly, and there are tons of people around the world who would love to be on the harry potter movies, i mean, come on if there are good actresses then they should be able to pull of an english accent, i know i could at least. look at all the people in america that have to pull off an accent for a certain role in a movie if they can do it then why cant anyone around the world do it.
I think american girls and boys should be able to audition whether their british or not. Especially if they can have a good british accent!!!!! Cause I’m a potter fanatic. And I dream of being the movies. But time is running out, only two more movies!
The last Harry book was released today. But they’re probably all sold out!
plus british can act in american movies. They’re in there all the time. I have nothing against british people at all, I just think they should give us a chance, everyone a chance. Cho is a british girl but of chinese family.
i think they should let american girls and boys audition for Harry potter. its not fare that you have to be british to audition! theres a bunch of us here in the U.S. that dream of being in harry potter. I think you guys should open auditions in the US, too. I would love to be in hrry potter film. well i dont have the best british accent, but i think you should let american girls audition for the parts too.
I’m so glad to see I’m not the only person who thinks the same way.
I think we should take this outside of this forum. We should write letters to the company that produces the Harry Potter movie series (Warner Bros. I believe?).
We have a right to be heard, and to express our minds.
Harry Potter is as much of a cultural phenomena in America for me as it is for Maryan in Mexico, Jane in Austrailia, and Lilly from England.
So why is Lilly the only one who has the chance to audition?
You don’t necessarily have to write to Warner Bros.
you can just sit here…in front of your computer…and daydream about what it’d be like to be in a Harry Potter movie…
but thats not going to be me.
I’m going to take a stand
Its just not fair that Lilly gets to have all of the fun !
p.s..lilly and jane are not real people
ich finde es doof, das ich nicht zum casting kommen darf,weil ich keine briten bin!!!
es würden viele aus deutschland zum casting kommen!!!!
Ich finde es nicht so gut , das ich nicht zum casting kommen darf,weil ich keine briten bin!!!
Es würden viele aus deutschland zum casting kommen!!!!
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I’ve been trying to look for places to find ****
harry potter casting places but everywhere **seems to take place weeks ago:( I will try *to send letters to Warner Bros. to tell them to please let americans try out. Oh and have ya’ll tried out mugglenet.com? It has lots of stuff about harry potter. It even has some of the casts adress’s. p.s order of the Pheonix was awesome!!***********************
u americans are being pretty selfish! this is like the ONLY successful movie that has only british actors and americans are complaining! britains are just as good!
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Pardon me, but us americans never said we were better. Why can’t we dream? That’s not illegal is it? We just want to be in Harry Potter that’s all. We let british into american movies. I’m glad we do because the accent makes it more dramatic (in a good way).Luna Lovegood in Order of the Pheonix didn’t sound british to me. Even if they don’t want Americans in the film atleast they’re good movies!!!!***************************
<p>I think that you must acept people from other countries because all the people loves Harry Potter`s movies and the books too. I have dreamed that i was in one movie… And i like to act,the books and the movies…Because i belive in magic and in that one day i will be in one of the movies..<br />
J.K.Rowling i wish you the best…<br />
Melisa ,Argentina</p>
<p>i really think they should have open cating calls in Argentina too. Please!!!! There are so many girls on All Argentina who want to be in Harry Potter`s Movies!!!!<br />
MELISA ,ARGENTINA</p>
We are NOT being selfish!
We want the opprotunity to take part in something we love and enjoy. That is about as far from selfish as you can get.
Despite what our history books teach us, I don’t believe Americans are better than the British. Nor do I believe the British are better than Americans.
We are all equal.
And therefore should all have equal chance and opprotunity.
nicole : )
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Has anyone seen http://www.mugglenet.com it is a site filled with Harry Potter stuff. There’s nothing bad on it. Just Harry Potter stuff. It has the most of the main character’s adress
so you can send letter’s to them. It has a dictionary for creature’s and spells in Harry Potter. You get the point. If I get the chance to be in a Potter movie I will try out whether I’m british or not. (if i get the chance). And for the british people that wrote the comments above we are not selfish for wanting to be in the films. YOU are being selfish, how would you feel if we had a huge hit movie and we said american’s only! And I’m not saying that there’s not a movie out there that says usa people only. Ya’ll have amazing accent’s I go around my house talking in british all day!****************
Oh yeah…just to add on…
Star Wars..
you know that big multi-million dollar movie chain…had international casting…so EVERYBODY could have a chance to take part in the fun.
oh…mugglenet.com is cool (:
well i hear what everyone here is saying, but seriuosly i think that they should let irish people audition!! we are living right next door, and there are irish charcaters in harry potter so it would make sense if we could also audition!! plus they dont even tell much people about the castings!! why couldnt there be any castings that list the specific requirements as for lavender brown i was about to fly over to england when i heard the requirements!! its ridiculous they should hold the audtions in more places!! and countries, but i am not being prejudiced or anything but i dont think americans would suit the characters even if they think they can pull of passable accents! they are just different in all the way they act, so it wouldnt be beleivable!
i will check out mugglenet thanks!!
i hear what you people are saying but what about irish people!! im from ireland and even though we live right next door we cant audition!!! its ridiculous and unfair i mean there are irish characters in harry potter so why do you have to be a british resident!!?
but seriuosly americans in the movie? even if you can pull the accent off as even passable they are just different in the way that they act, they are all loud and dramamtci and you people all sound very sure of yourselves so why dont you get invovlved in american movies and give everyone else a chance!!!!!! like its a movie! other people want to get involved in it, but liek i said i do think they shoudl give everyone a chance, but especially britisha nd irish of every age group!!
i will check out mugglenet thanks!!
I would bet that I could act as well as any british person that auditioned. Yes they have different characteristics than us but it called acting!!! I pretend I’m in the movie sometimes! I agree with you about there should be try outs for every age group, but we feel ALMOST the same way as you feel. Your irish and you feel left out and you think it’s unfair. Well americans feel left out and we feel it’s unfair.The one thing that’s different between us is, we feel like they should give everyone a chance. not just americans, everyone. Now I don’t know where this selfishness comes from. Sounds to me like you are prejecting your feelings out on other people. I think that deep down you feel selfish and you have to tell everyone else that they’re selfish.
I am really happy with the great conversation going on and it looks like there are some really passionate Harry Potter fans. Just reminding everyone to keep the comments constructive – I have the ability to edit and/or delete comments that are not appropriate (along with web site links) and I will edit if needed.
Meanwhile, keep the discussion going and don’t forget to vote in my poll.
It is my understanding that not all American-made movies hold casting overseas either, how is this any different? If casting was international, the producers would be dealing with large crowds of people. I realize that there may be people in other countries who can act just as well as, if not better than, a lot of the Brits who get these roles, but these are decisions made by the executives that everyone will just have to deal with! Everyone can forge a British accent, but only a small percentage sound authentic. You may think yours is, but you could never know until you hear a true Brit speak. Besides, these British-resident casting calls have produced amazing movies full of brilliant actors…why change a good thing? Oh, and expanding the casting overseas requires more money spent, and takes away from what could be used to make the film even better. So good luck to those of you trying to change Warner Bros. minds, and try to understand why it is the way it is.
I agree with WB that they only give auditions in London, but not with the fact that only britisch younsters can try to pass the audition. I live in Knokke at the Belgiancoast and I don’t have a Britisch nationality, but I’m willing to go to London for the auditions and if my parents agree, why can’t I join those auditions??? I think it’s a shame, because there are so many people out there who can’t go to these auditions (not only me and all you guys) and there actingtalent is spoiled!
Maybe we can try to bring WB on a new idea and by the seventh movie they will let us join the auditions to!
What about that?
Have fun with the seventh book by the way!
I’m still waiting for the duth translation!
ya umm i think u shud bring the casting call to america and let younger girls try too cause like ill be older by the time u film and i like need to be in this movie, ya anyways aat least extend the deadlines
i think they should let anyone audition…how are they going to get the best person for the part if they limit themselves to just british residents? i can do the accent really good …people tell me i sound almost just like Hermione granger!
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Maybe if we send hundreds of letters to warner bros. inc. about the whole american,australian etc. auditioning for HP. Maybe they’ll consider it. I’ll go right now and try to send atleast 20 to them.*********** *************************************