HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY FRANK!!!

Hope you have a great one!  In New York, if that’s still where you are, according to what we’ve heard…
A new HP&HBP review that mentions Frank Dillane! Thanks Evania!
“The actors often cast as the young versions of Riddle (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane) do a fantastic job of portraying the strangely [...]

Jamie Campbell Bower, who auditioned for the role of the teenage Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, talks about not getting the role but also of being invited to play Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Are you happy that you snuck in under the wire to be a part [...]

Critics Lisa Schwarzbam and Owen Gleiberman discuss the movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They even praise Frank Dillane (5:20)!

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Owen: “I will say one thing for one of the actors in this film, and it’s not Rupert Grint-”
Lisa: ”I hope it’s, I know, I hope it’s-”
Owen: “It’s not Rupert Grint; every time he shows up, I’m [...]

This video only shows Frank for about 20 seconds in the beginning, so don’t expect to go through the whole 10 minutes and see more of him! But it’s a cool unedited shot of his first line, “Sir, is it true Professor Merrythought is retiring?” The rest of the video goes behind-the-scenes of [...]

Some more quotes about Frank Dillane from Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince movie reveiws:
Washington Post: “Tom Riddle, age 16 (played by Frank Dillane), was impressive. I loved the way he spoke.” – Sidney Wollmuth, 9, Sterling
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Star Tribune: “Flashbacks to the cold-eyed Tom Riddle at 11 and 16 (compellingly played by Ralph Fiennes’ [...]

On April 14, 2009 Jakub, a fan from Slovakia, sent Frank a letter, a self-addresses envelope, a photo of Frank and a silver marker.  On may 11, 2009 he received a letter back!
WOW! Jakub said part of the letter is covered up because Frank “wrote that he is not supposed to tell something about movie, [...]

As you probably know, there are quite a few Tom Riddle photos with foreign languages on them. Here’s what we’ve translated:

Top left:
Young Tom Riddle:
“Born in an orphanage and described by the Director as ’strange’ and capable of ‘doing things’ to the other children, Tom Riddle is thereby surprised to learn, through Dumbledore, that there are [...]

Alright, I’m sure many of you have been wanting this! It’s the full, combined script to Tom Riddle’s scenes in HP&HBP.
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Tom Riddle: Sir, is it true Professor Merrythought is retiring?
Slughorn: Now Tom, I couldn’t tell you if I knew, could I? By the way, thank you for the pineapple, you’re quite right, it is [...]