The Gryffindor Gazette

21 opinions for Michael Berendt has been cast as 18 year old Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

• Aoife (J.K Rowling we Thank you ;)
  Jun 23, 2008 at 05:35

  Not really what i would have choosen, but im sure once they work their magic in th wardrobe department & make-up he’l do top ;]

• Brittany
  Jun 23, 2008 at 13:58

  He looks nothing like what I thought he would/should have.

  But I guess we just have to have faith in the casting directors that they know what they are doing ><

• hermioneg247
  Jun 25, 2008 at 14:23

  i agree that he does not look as i expected him to but i’m sure he’ll do a great job

  my friend went to school with him but she’s never had a conversation with him or anything but i still think it’s pretty cool

  vive xe (u know the person too tay)

• Alicia
  Jun 26, 2008 at 00:56

  Hmm…why aren’t they using the guy they used from Chamber of Secrets? I thought he looked much more Tom Riddle-ish (well, to me).

• hermioneg247
  Jun 27, 2008 at 19:40

  alicia, i agree that the guy from CoS looked more like riddle but i’m guessing he’s too old to play an 18-year-old… that’s the only thing i can think of

  of course the woman who plays moaning myrtle is in her 40s or something and she’s a teenage ghost so i don’t know… maybe he didn’t want to do it??

  vive xe

• taylor
  Jun 28, 2008 at 09:36

  hey, that guy looks like my x boyfriend! wait, he is my xboyfriend!!!!! GET HIM!!!!!’

  ha, just kidding:D

  it looks like that WB grabbed the closest highschool yearbook, flipped it open, closed their eyes and pointed to Michael Berendt. hes cute and looks really funny. but last time i checked, volers wasnt fuunny (besides funny looking) and didnt have a fohawk.

  but w/e, im sure he’ll be fine. wb can work magic with makeup, costume and such

  but he is really cute. let the fansites begin. and sign me up :D

  vive xe you cant deny hes cute, but you dont think rupes is hot, so i dont trust you in that department :D

• Alicia
  Jun 30, 2008 at 11:27

  @ hermioneg247 - Yeah, he probably didn’t want to do it again, or had some other commitments going on or something. I’d google it if I weren’t feeling so lazy right now, haha!

• Harry Potter Merch
  Jun 30, 2008 at 16:19

  I actually saw Berendt in clips from The Duchess (2007) and he was pretty good.

• taylor
  Jul 1, 2008 at 09:02

  wait, wait wait. hermioneg247, i was reading your comment again–so someone from our school knows this kid? i thought this guy is from great britian or something were there have the obber cool accents. who is it. no last names though, or maybe a last initial

  vive xe reply you fool!! :D

• hermioneg247
  Jul 1, 2008 at 09:46

  umm remember constanze moved to england??!?!?! i’ve been e-mailing her.
  wow tay, you forget easily apparently… haha

  vive xe

• taylor
  Jul 1, 2008 at 13:45

  serious? stan? she know this volders?? does she go to school w/ him now?? that is SWEET!!!!

  vive xe glad you finally replied silly. did you get my post card?

• hermioneg247
  Jul 1, 2008 at 19:53

  she knows who he is and he went to her school this past year (idk i think he might have graduated or something this past year)

  vive xe not yet but still waiting :)

• taylor
  Jul 2, 2008 at 06:51

  affadsadddd

• taylor
  Jul 2, 2008 at 06:53

  sorry about that. wouldnt let me post earlier. as i was saying,

  arg! that stinks he graduated!!! i was hoping for a couple of autographs and a personal tour of the set. darn!

  vive xe i can still hope. did you know theres the girl whos gonna be a senior who has emmas, ruperts, and dans autograohs on a HP poster? my sisters frind spilled coke all over it :D

• hermioneg247
  Jul 2, 2008 at 09:37

  tay, ahhhhhh!! who is it????? when did she get it??? r u serious

  vive xe

• taylor
  Jul 2, 2008 at 11:51

  no idea when she got it; at least 4 years ago, maybe more. arg, i dont want to give first and last names… her names lauren F. she has a low ponytail, umm… yeah. doesnt talk. yep. youl think of her.

  vive xe

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• Violet
  Jul 19, 2008 at 06:34

  Oh, he is soooooooooooo gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
  but that is NOT what he looks like. i.e tom riddle.
  Yuck!!! Hes too cheery lookin. ugh!!

• Michele
  Jul 31, 2008 at 16:29

  Thank you Alicia!!!
  Christian Coulson was PERFECT.
  AND young Tom Riddle looks a lot like him.
  Why could they cast young Tom perfectly and not 18 year old Tom???????

• Janay
  Aug 9, 2008 at 17:03

  I feel the same way guys!!! tom riddle from the chamber of secrets was much more handsome and dark and hella sexy lol

• sophie
  Aug 19, 2008 at 07:18

  Michael berendt is ma cuzin i think he will do well in the movie and the part .

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