Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them holding open casting call in London

 
Emma Powell14 July 2015
The Weekender

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Harry Potter fans may have missed their chance to star in the film franchise – but they’re being given an opportunity to appear in the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them spin-off.

Warner Bros. is holding an open casting call for girls aged between eight and 12 to play Modesty, a “haunted young girl with an inner strength and stillness,” the studio has confirmed.

Auditions are being held at 9 am this Saturday (July 18) in London’s Excel Centre Hall. Applicants must be available for shooting dates between August and January.

Those who are selected to star will film alongside Eddie Redmayne who plays "the Wizarding World's preeminent magizoologist," Newt Scamander in the trilogy.

The film is set around 70 years before Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger attend Hogwarts. Scamander time travels and documents the unusual creatures he comes across in his book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – which is referenced in the popular franchise.

Katherine Waterson and Alison Sudol have also been cast and will play Newt's love interest Porpentina and her younger sister Queenie alongside Ezra Miller as Kredan and Dan Folger as Jacob.

Author J. K. Rowling will pen the script while director David Yates – who helmed the final four Potter films – will direct.

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is set for UK release in November 2016.

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