In an
interview that was conducted in July, which escaped our radar, David Yates talks about the possibility of Rufus Scrimgeour being cut from
Half-Blood Prince. He also states that if the character does stay, he'd like Bill Nighy to play him.
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You worked with Bill Nighy in “Girl in the Café.” Don’t you think he’d make a great addition to the Potter films?
Oh man, I’m already there. The only problem is, we’re looking at the next adaptation and Rufus Scrimgeour, who takes over the Ministry of Magic from Fudge, we’re not sure if he’s going to be in the finished screenplay yet. We’re struggling with it at the moment, and he’s in one moment and he’s out the next. But if he stays in, I’m going to be on the phone quick as a shot to Bill and say, “Bill, come on, you’ve got to do this, man.”
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You’re directing the next film as well. Have you begun work yet?
We’ve already started developing the script, and we’ve started preproduction as well. So I do “H.P. Five” in the mornings and “[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]” in the afternoons at the moment. The next one’s going to be thrilling. The sixth book ends with a death again, which is very moving—but the actual story itself is very entertaining and fun. It’s very different than the fifth film, much more of a romantic comedy in many ways, which for me—and I think for Dan, Rupert, Emma, for all the young cast—it’s going to be a really cool gear change to make.
The script will have been locked by now, so they will know whether he's in it or not, although minor edits will still be made as shooting commences. We don't know either way yet - not a peep has been heard about any major casting for the sixth film.
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Rufus Scrimgeour possibly cut from Half-Blood Prince 
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