Geraldine Somerville, Lily Potter in the Harry Potter films, has a new interview with The Sun, and in it she talks about Harry Potter!

It was in 2001’s Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone that she first appeared as the boy wizard’s mother Lily Potter. But Geraldine admits the role isn’t as exciting as it seems, because Lily appears to Harry only occasionally from beyond the grave.
She added: “I kind of found it quite frustrating. When I first got the part I was really excited, thinking “Yessss, Harry Potter’s mum, this is going to be great” and then I read the books . . . “Oh, OK, so she’s dead.”

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The Manchester Evening News has a new interview with Geraldine Somerville, Lily Potter in the Harry Potter films, says she will return for Deathly Hallows.

That, of course, includes finishing off the remaining Harry Potter films. “I’l just come in and do my little, ‘I am Lily Potter,’ and go quietly.”

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According to IMDb, Fiona Shaw, will be reprising her role as Petunia Dursley in Half-Blood Prince.

A while ago, Richard Griffiths, Vernon Dursley, said that he will sadly not return to be in Half-Blood Prince. It is not known whether Harry Melling, Dudley, is returning.

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The Independent posted a preview for Reading Room, presented by the London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Alan Rickman and Miranda Richardson will be participating in this.

Richardson, a friend of Lunn’s who will also be narrating one of the London performances, says they will by no means be the main attraction. “The dancers will be doing the majority of the work,” said Richardson. “I’ve been at rehearsals and they are amazing to watch.”

The piece explores the relationship between physical and verbal communication through contemporary dance and oral readings. It will be narrated by the aforementioned actors in a series of performances across the country. Samuel Beckett’s last prose work, Stirrings Still, poems by Raymond Carver and Billy Collins, and an original work written and pre-recorded by the late Anthony Minghella, will provide the texts that will accompany the work of five dancers.

Reading Room will be at Southbank Centre in London on June 5 and 6. There will be various performances across the UK until June 28.

Byron’s Management, the casting agency which represents Anna Shaffer, who will be playing Romilda Vane in Half-Blood Prince has some photos of her on their website.

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The Sunday Mail has a new interview with Tiana Benjamin, who played Angelina Johnson in the first 4 Harry Potter films.

“It was a very, very, very small part. Angelina was captain of the Quidditch team for Gryffindor House. It always comes up in interviews but my mum has told me to stop talking about it because it’s getting embarrassing. It looks like I’m bigging myself up so much and it’s getting a bit cringe-making. But I am so proud to have been even a small part of Harry Potter that I can’t help going into it.”

I was signed to do Order Of The Phoenix when I got offered EastEnders. I couldn’t believe my luck. Initially, it looked like the whole thing could be worked around the Harry Potter film, which was being filmed over nine months. But the dates kept changing, it all got a bit tricky and my agent told me I had to make a choice. I got very upset initially but then I realised I was being selfish and should be grateful for having the choice. It was lucky they realised before they started filming or I could have ended up with nothing.