August
4 , 2004
RALPH
FIENNES AND MIRANDA RICHARDSON
JOIN ALL-STAR CAST OF
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
FOR WARNER BROS. PICTURES
BURBANK, CA, August 4, 2004 - Ralph Fiennes (Red Dragon, Maid in Manhattan,
Schindler's List) and Miranda Richardson (The Hours, Sleepy Hollow,
The Crying Game) have joined the all-star cast of Warner Bros. Pictures'
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film adaptation of J.K.
Rowling's popular Harry Potter novel series. Fiennes will play Harry
Potter's nemesis, the evil Lord Voldemort, and Richardson takes on the
role of muckraking journalist Rita Skeeter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is directed by Mike Newell (Mona
Lisa Smile, Four Weddings and a Funeral) and produced by David Heyman
from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. David Barron serves as executive
producer.
As previously announced, the production has welcomed several new cast
members to the ensemble, including Brendan Gleeson (Troy, Cold Mountain),
who plays Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Mad-Eye
Moody. Frances De La Tour (The Cherry Orchard, Strike it Rich) plays
the Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, Madame Maxime; Roger
Lloyd-Pack (Vanity Fair, BBC TV's Only Fools and Horses) plays the Head
of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Barty Crouch;
Pedja Bjelac (Eurotrip) plays Durmstrang Professor Igor Karkaroff; Jeff
Rawle (Inspector Calls II, Baal, TV's Drop the Dead Donkey) plays Amos
Diggory; and David Tennant (Bright Young Things) plays Barty Crouch
Jr.
New additions to the young cast include Robert Pattinson (The Ring)
as Cedric Diggory; Stanislav Ianevski as Quidditch star Viktor Krum;
Clemence Poesy (Bienvenue chez les Rozes, Petite Soeur) as Fleur Delacour;
and Katie Leung as Cho Chang.
Daniel Racliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Tom Felton once again
reprise the roles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and
their archrival Draco Malfoy, respectively. In the roles of fellow Hogwarts
students are Matthew Lewis as Neville; Devon Murray as Seamus; Jamie
Waylett as Crabbe; Joshua Herdman as Goyle; Alfie Enoch as Dean; Oliver
and James Phelps as Fred and George Weasley; and Chris Rankin as Percy.
Returning to the adult ensemble are Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid; Michael
Gambon as Headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Robert Hardy as Minister for
Magic Cornelius Fudge; Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle; Jason Isaacs
as Lucius Malfoy; Gary Oldman as Sirius Black; Alan Rickman as Professor
Snape; Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall; Timothy Spall as Peter
Pettigrew; and Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be released in November 2005
by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.