In a
new interview Jim Broadbent has confirmed that he will play Horace Slughorn, the new Potions professor, in
Half-Blood Prince. The actor says he has read the Harry Potter books. He is known for appearing in many famous films, including;
Hot Fuzz,
Art School Confidential,
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
Valiant,
Bridget Jones's Diary,
Moulin Rouge! & many many more. Pictures of the actor can be found in our galleries
here.
Quote:
Question: Who are you?
Broadbent: Who am I? He's called Horace Slughorn. He's a retired teacher of magic who's drawn back out of retirement because he's got some secrets they need in the battle against the Deatheaters and he's quite star struck as a teacher and he's drawn back into the fold because he likes to notch up celebrity students, and he's drawn back by Harry.
Question: Is he a comic character?
Broadbent: He is quite a comic character, yes. I haven't started yet. I've had endless costume fittings and makeup and ...
Question: What kind of costumes?
Broadbent: Tweedy sort of things with a bit of padding. He's an older man, I'm aging up again.
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Jim also notes that filming on the sixth movie goes on until May 2008. Rehearsals began today with shooting due to commence soon.
Source:
Dark Horizons Update: Harry Potter producer David Heyman actually gave us heads up on this back in July. (sort of) 
Click here and scroll down to the bottom of the article where there's a transcript of our interview with him at the Los Angles Order of the Phoenix premiere!