Thanks to “Entertainment Weekly,” who let us know about a brand new photo they have from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In the photo, which you can see via this link, Harry Potter (Dan Radcliffe) attends Potions class with Professor Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent). The caption reads:
“Daniel Radcliffe’s boy wizard has a new potions master — the guilt-racked Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent, pictured with Radcliffe) — in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due Nov. 21. ’’He’s a good teacher,’’ says Broadbent, ’’but he has a fateful weakness for charismatic, high-flying, brilliant students.’‘
This photo can also be found in the new issue of EW, which hits newsstands tomorrow!
Mortarboards in the past were worn daily by teachers in (posh) British schools, before modern sloppy standards crept in. As the wizard world is meant to be old-fashioned this look fits perfectly, much better than the Alfonso Cuaron hoddie look.
I seriously already had the mortarboard conversation with a bunch of Americans. I wish people would look outside their own world for a change. Not only do some things not work on film or are more visually appealing – Umbridge’s pink was a BRILLIANT filmic choice – but It’s a British film. Do you not even know the origin of “the graduation hat”? It’s the mark of a scholar, like lawyers and judges wear wigs, not a “graduation hat”! It would now be considered a wee bit quaint! it’s perfect for the fussy, dandy Slughorn!!! Similarly perhaps the huge moustache provides issues with filming and obscures his face?!? Did no one ever think of that? I doubt anyone’s going to think he’s Fudge when people go around calling him Slughorn!
Oh well I shouldn’t complain … at least people are happy with Daniel’s hair this movie becasue Merlin knows it’s the first time we are happy with that!
im guessing this scene is with F.F. dan has his adorable little smirk on and im pretty sure hes holding the HBP book. it might be the memory, but they wouldnt do it in the potions room. even thats a stretch for yates. sluggy isnt bad, look wize. i just wanna see him stuffing his face w/ crystalized pineapple :) vive xe
NICE! What’s with the motorboard though haha? Guess slughorn don’t fancy wizard hats. Nehoo, yes I think that might be the memory and not F.F. b/c Harry won that in class. And look @ Harrys confident smile…it looks like the F.F. has already taken affect hahaha! AKUTAMATADA!
Kezzabear – I assume you meant you had a conversation with a bunch of young, uninformed Americans. Trust me, there are many of us who are will aware of the history of those in the teaching profession wearing a mortar board. Even the young ones in my area would recognize it for what it is – although I guess here in New England we tend to continue many of the old school traditions. But please – don’t go bashing the whole nation because of a few. Remember how large America is, larger than all of Europe put together in fact. Think about it that way. England would be a mere, middle-sized state. There are many, many, many different kinds of people here.
I had to add one more comment to Kezzabear – as a lawyer, I am so glad that America dispensed with that ridiculous tradition over 200 years ago. The reason was that the founding fathers wished the courts to be the peoples’ court. I’m just happy I don’t have to spend $$ on a hot, itchy, entirely unattractive headpiece to be worn in a potentially un-airconditioned court room.
Hmm…I imagined Sluggy much older and fatter but oh well…I guess everyone imagines characters differently. It looks like Sluggy is either handing Harry the Felix Felicis or the Horcrux Memory. I have two clues for each theory: That place does NOT look like anywhere in Hagrid’s Hut and Why would Sluggy be wearing those nice robes to just one of his lessons. Who knows!!?? They could have changed something so to make the movie shorter or simpler, for example, instead of Harry going to Aragog’s funeral, he could have gone straight to Sluggy’s office after taking Felix Felicis like Harry had originally been planning to do in the books. As I already said, Who knows!!?? The Harry Potter movies have changed big parts like that before so, why not?? That’s all I have to say!!
This really makes absolutely no sense. Why is he so skinny and no moustache. I know people have said it already but its true. He’s just not Slughorn if he doesn’t like him, despite Broadbents acting skills. You wouldn’t not give Dumbledore his beard.
Harry looked back into the flames, and jumped.[br]Sirius's head was sitting in the fire. If Harry hadn't seen Mr. Diggory do exactly this back in the Weasleys' kitchen, it would have scared him out of his wits.
Oh wow! Slughorn looks like a big sunshiny potatoe!! Just as I imagined.