Screen Daily is reporting that open auditions for the part of Lyra in the upcoming His Dark Materials film will be held. The producers say they are looking for a girl “who embodies Lyra's loyalty, bravery and mischievous nature” and say that she need not have any previous acting experience.
Auditions for the role will be taking place solely in England: at Cambridge, Oxford, Kendal and Exeter. The auditions will be held during the first two weeks of this April. A girl between the ages of 9 and 13 is being sought, allaying fears that Lyra's age would be raised for legal or moral reasons.
For those going: We'd like to cover the auditions here on BttS as fully as possible, so if anyone actually going to the auditions is interested, we'd love it if they could tell us of their experiences – how they convinced their parents, what the queue was like and perhaps even taking a few photos. If you are planning to go to the auditions and are interested, then you can email us here. Your stories would be featured here after each of the auditions.
Details:
The casting calls will have open queues in the morning lasting from 10 o'clock until 12 o'clock and will end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The exact locations are:
- Cambridge's Corn Exchange (4 April)
- Kendal's Castle Green Hotel (6 April)
- Oxford's Examination Schools (11 April)
- Exeter's Great Hall at the University of Exeter (13 April)
Hey, if they do re-cast Lavender brown, will any of you lot audition? Knowing what she does in the sixth book and all… lol π
I think I've found the rule for casting.
Its -2->+1
That means anyone two years below the characters age, the characters age, and one year above it. They did that with the Luna Lovegood auditions and the Lyra ones.
Hiya people – OMGosh, that boy! Is he OK? Imagine breaking your back at school, ouch! π
So, the Lavender Brown thingys, well, she's supposed to be 16, right? Well, at the time they MIGHT cast her, I'll be 15, so, according to Lucy K's theory, I'm in with a chance! How old are you btw? R u from England like me and Emily?
And Missy-Me, I was the one who sorta hinted about the Emma thingy … well, since she hasn't yet signed up for HBP, a lot of people think that she MIGHT quit … and she said in an interview she doesn't know about continuing as they take so much time and she's interested in other things …
Yeah, I'm from England, near London, and I'm 13 (my b.day 1st Feb yay!).
I'd probably try to get in, I doubt it, but I can always try…
With the Emma Watson thing, Alex Pettyfer is only doing up to the 3rd film in the Alex Rider series (Skeleton Key btw), and I also heard about Emma possibly giving it up…
emily seriously that's creepy..o.O omg!! The weather really seriously sucks here.. rainy windy hail etc terrible.. escpecially because i have to cycle for 20 minuts! So that means you're so weat that is like you've bin under the shower..
so not funny..o.O
But OMG alewynn!! whoooo!! go you! The Netherlands is grreeeaat π Well apart from the UK then.. I prefer that one.. everyone in my class is always saying like: omg ur english accenmt is so good blahblah it's just a sighn!! π lol
Lucy I personally think she'll be recast… Emily has a point there, she was probable just an extra there,, but perhaps they'll just let it out.
but i think it is SO BITCHY of emma watson if she would quit!! omg! I mean it would seriously suck,, i personally think she's the best one of the 3 (daniel ruperyt emma) and I think she just can't stop.. I mean she would ruin the harry potter movies because "she's interested in opther thing" I say: asocial!!
Rachel how was barcelona??!!
Hello??
is it working?
OMG it’s working!!!
this is SO annoying..!! Omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg
but at least it works π
huh why is it here? why do we need email messages! whats with this site
where have all our ecent posts gone?!?!?!
I’ve no idea emily :S I mailed Will..
And I mailed Lucy and Rachel (and you) that the posts are here but I’ve no idea how to contact alewyn..:(
waaiitt perhaps I have π
its kinda sad isnt it! nearly one year on from the creation of the board ( just a week off actually) they changed it and are posts went bye byes
indeed π π
It seriously sucks!!!!!
I mean where’s everybody..:(
wow what happened to the layout..!! o.O
nice though π
ok this is REALLY weird now.
I hate it.. I don’;t think alewyn knows the posts are at the end…
this STINKS. why muck up the posts on our board, i LOVE this board!
me too π They’ve seriously spoiled it.!
sort of died now hasnt it.
Yeh im afraid so..:( π
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! lspteztywgulwj
lets see if i can post
aw! By gosh i miss talking to you guys its been what 4 months. aw well.
HEY! It’s me again! I know Werecatweird, it’s just you and me! WOW, it’s fun talking to yourself! I’ve turned 14 since i last posted! I know, shocking! Did no-body ever even check this page after we all stopped talking, i know i did!
Yeah ok, i’m the only one
ah well
I have visited your site 167-times
Hello!!!!!!!! I was just browsing btts as I do, and remembered this! I thought it vanished ages ago … ? If anyone reads this (mainly talking to Missy_Me, Werecatweird and Alewyn) do you want to start this up again? I remember we used to post on here every couple of days or so and it was kinda cool, getting updates of what we’ve all been up to…
I’m 15 now! I have been for a while now but meh. I know Missy-Me is too, and I think ALewyn…?
Anyway.. looking forward to hearing from you all! π
heey!
Omg yeah I missed it too …
I love the chosen Lyra now though. I remember I had really questions about her when she was just announced. But now I think she really fits the part. (ofcourse she does, they had professional people all over the place for picking her.) But well, my god. I was SO terribly annoyinh here..:O I read some comments of me, and seriously. I sound like a spoiled kid.
I am a spoiled kid, but still xD
haha. I so hope alewyn will see this one time too again! It was such a great time π
I can remember I knew the complete link of this message board out of my head, I mean. All the numbers too xD I was here so often!! :O
But hope you’ll respond fastely and that Will won’t kill us. (of he still exists)
heey!
Omg yeah I missed it too …
I love the chosen Lyra now though. I remember I had really questions about her when she was just announced. But now I think she really fits the part. (ofcourse she does, they had professional people all over the place for picking her.) But well, my god. I was SO terribly annoyinh here..:O I read some comments of me, and seriously. I sound like a spoiled kid.
I am a spoiled kid, but still xD
haha. I so hope alewyn will see this one time too again! It was such a great time π
I can remember I knew the complete link of this message board out of my head, I mean. All the numbers too xD I was here so often!! :O
But hope you’ll respond fastely and that Will won’t kill us. (if he still exists)
omg I’m so sorry..:S I thought it didn’t work so I exidently posted my previous comment twice.
sorry, wasn’t planned π
Lol you didn’t sound spoilt! I’ve read a couple of my messages and … well… yeah… not the greatest…
I’ve really got used to Dakota Blue as Lyra, though, and I love her name! At first she seemed nothing like the Lyra I pictured, but she’s grown on me. She’s younger than all of us here, isn’t she? 13 I think…
So, have any of you been to any auditions in the last … 8 / 9 months is it? I have! Unsuccessful, of course, but I suppose that goes without saying… It was a Harry Potter one, to play Lavender. I went with the person I met at the Lyra ones, as we’d kept in touch, and queued for 7 hours!!! They didn’t even choose anyone there, as they went with an experienced actress who’s 20 – when the people who auditioned had to be between 15 and 18.
Oh yeah, I entered a competition to be an extra in HBP just yesturday, Werecatweird you might want to enter as only us Brits can.
Look forward to hearing from you guys! xx
Wow I didn’t realise I posted this just after you did! Complete coincidence, honest! I haven’t been waiting or anything lol!
damn again only brits.. whats the site though. (omg, I’m helpless!)
But yeah! I auditioned. Kinda thoigh
we have a different system here, IF there is an audition it isn’t like at your; queuing for ages.
Here you first sign in for the audition, sent your pictures etc. (mostely by internet) and then if they like you you are invited to the auditions. And then it is like a personal audition right away. Mostely there’re like 500-600 people who can come there. And you need to act etc. It’s not like 5 minuts and gone again.
I prefer out system I think.
But I signed up for ehm, 3 auditions. But for the first one I was too young, and the last one too old. And with the second I was unlucky I guess. I never got to an audition π pity
But I want to sign in to a castingbureau. It’s free, and you’ve more chance then π
but omg! You auditioned for lavender!! I know they chose like an actress who played in other movies too.
kinda mean, but I love her as lavender though.
whooh, dinner.
xx
Hiya Missy-Me!
The address for the comp is http://stagingarea1.com/harrypotter5/, but you really do have to be British, sorry!
It’s not as if I have a huge chance or anything just ’cause of my nationality… I mean, there’s gotta be THOUSANDS of people entering, as the only limit is that you’ve got to be over 12. HOW cool would winning be though?? I know it’s only the part of an extra, but still, being on a Harry Potter set OMG!
When do you reckon you’ll join a casting bureau? Sounds cool but I haven’t heard of such a thing here… I’ve only ever gone to open ones. Have you had much experience with auditions, or got any coming up? I’ve only been to two, Lyra and Lavender, and didn’t get past the first round in either of them! π I suppose that’s three if I count the Meggie thing, but all I did was send a tape…
Oh yeah, I went to Amsterdam for my holiday! (I think you live in the Netherlands, I don’t really remember, sorry if that’s really irrelavent lol)
So, how’s your Monday been?
My monday was alright π I’ve a job at a supermarket x’D omg
But damn! Why always only the british :O I;m gonna lok anyway. I have a british accent though π loll
But yeah, there’re coming up 2 auditions. One which I’ve already “signed” in for and the other is coming in 2008..:)
How was amsterdam? (I do live in the netherlands yeah)
I’ve been there last summer too lol xD
Argh, I’m on school. And bored! I need to learn french.
where’s emily?
emilyy…!!??
lol
xx
Are we going to have to carry on our chat without Emily? π I suppose there’s no hope of finding Alewyn, though…
Yeah, Amsterdam was great! Wouldn’t it be weird if we were thre at the same time? Oooh spooky – we might have even glimpsed eachother without noticing … It’s SO different to England! I went to Paris too, which has a lot of similarities to London, so wasn’t really that foreign, but Amsterdam is something else! So cool – all the rivers and bikes and Dutch people! How’d you find it? Are the rest of the Netherlands like it?
You’ve got a job? That’s so unfair! I can’t get a proper one until I’m 16, 7 months away! π
Good luck for your audition even thought it’s so far away! Grr I hate French too, in fact I really should be doing that now …
Perhaps Emily had a new emailadres..:( that would suck.
But well, the rest of Holland is kinda the same. But the’re’re not as much tourists as there of course π
Do you find the bikers strange? That’s funny π I cycle to school everyday, actually almost everyone cycles to school. Or to anywhere… Don’t you have that in England?
But I thought exactely the same! What if we saw each other..x’D that’d be weird…
Guess we’ll never know.
I’m kinda frustrated. My school like changed, because of a cooperation with this other school. And it basicly comes down to that I completely switched school, with like a lot of other people. And everyone is complaining blabla, we’re having terrible notes and the people who were already there don’t. So there’s a lot of mess, and everyone is acting as if it’s like an disaster or something :S
it’s ridicoulous, there’re people dying everywhere, sucky things happen and we are complaining about such things..:S
Can’t stand it.
(never mind me, just watched the titanic)
It’s just stupid. People should put there energy in something else.
But my job isn’t that great, but well. It is a job..:)
I should be studying for my testweek. (I have 5 this year..-.- this is the second) but I don’t want to..-.- stupid me.
well, g2g.
x
Crap! I didn’t think of that! Maybe Emily does have a new email address … actually she may visit here, because a month ago she said she checks here from time to time… so, if you do, hello! Fancy joining our chat again? π
Wow, are bikes that popular everywhere? That makes the British seem so fat and lazy lol. We do have bikes, of course, but not nearly as many! Let’s say there’s about …erm… 30 people in my school who come by bike out of 2000. But in all fairness some do walk (I get driven, though …)
That school thing sounds really complicated – I can see why you’re fustrated at them for worrying so much though. They were thinking of introducing a similar thing to my school, but luckily they decided against it!
You’ve got a “testweek”? I’ve got one coming up too! (Although we call it “mocks”, for mock GCSEs) only a week and a bit to go for me, when’s yours?
I have a 5hr art exam! FIVE HOUR! I’m going to die!! It’ll take up literally the WHOLE school day, and I’ll only have breaks to eat. I am REALLY not looking forward to it!! π
It’s annoying too, because these exams are actually important… I’m applying to college soon – scary! (I’m in yr 11 atm)
Emily, if you read this, what year are you in… I suppose I could work it out … year 9?
Missy-me, your birthday’s in September, right? If it is, you’d be a year 10 in England, even though I’m only a few months older than you. What school year would I be in if I lived in the Netherlands? I was born in June 1992, if that helps…
I know this is REALLY random – but I was just wondering, when you learn English, do you learn REAL English, or US English? Like would you say ‘Today is the 28th of September’ or ‘Today is September 28th’? And do you use our spellings, or the American’s? Like ‘colour’ and ‘color’, ‘armour’ and ‘armor’, ‘aluminium’ and ‘aluminum’ etc?
I suppose, as this is BTTS, that our topics should at least be slightly HDM related… did you see any of the premiere? Dakota Blue looks so much older with that hair, I prefer it. I can’t believe she still wants to be a sub! She’s a film star for god’s sake! She’s the luckiest 13 year old alive! Why would you want to throw that away to be a subsitute teacher? It’s kinda sweet, though.
Omg!
Hey guys!!!!
Wow, look time no chat huh?
In answers:
No, I haven’t changed my email address, i just don’t use the internet that much anymore, and have become incredibly lax about checking them. i think i have about 789 unread emails. ha ha. whoops. sorry.
I am in year 9! yey!
Missy-me, you really cycle to school everyday! Gosh, I agree with rachel, really does make the brits seem fat and lazy. i catch a bus! mind you, i’d actually prefer cycling, i never get a seat on the bus and have to stand squished into the wall. SO much fun.
haha, well. of the I guess like 2000 of my school there will definately cycle ehm, like 1950 of them π lol
perhaps a bit less.
You are lazy x’D lol
but we learn english-english
Today is the 28th of September
that’s what i learned I believe. Dunno sure.
but a 5 hour exam..o.O that’s insane!
I have this week my testweek..o.O starting monday.
wheeh
they made it really sucky.
on monday I have;
Social studies
1 hour and 10 minuts NOTHING..-.-
and then french
like verytime we need to wait 1 hour and 10 minuts and sometimes even 3 hours.
how stupi is that..-.-
Im in year 10 now, rachel you’d be in year 10 too. Unless you skipped a class.
But dunno about the dakota thing, gonna check now π
btw; emily! wooh. Great that your back!
omgosh. that dress…!!
(on the premiere)
and that hair
EHW
it looks really ugly if you ask me.
with her hair not tight up it’s way nicer
im jelous at her hair x’D it’s really nice.
Hiya Werecatweird! Year nine – you’ve got your SATs coming up, then? I would say mwahhahaha but I’ve got REAL GCSEs in May … not good! I’m guessing you’ve also got your options coming up, do you have any idea about what you’re going to pick? I chose French, Art and Business – and I really regret the last!
Good to know that you’ve learnt PROPER English, Missy-me! Although I bet that our “u”s and our “1st of Decembers” will only last a few more decades…
Do you know fluent English? Because on here I’ve never seen you slip up, you could pass for an English speaker easily – the only other language I’m studying is French (like you) and I could never write as well as you can in English!
Your school ages must be different then, because if you’re born between 1 Sept 91 and 31 Aug 92 you’re in year 11 (like me), and if you’re born between 1 Sept 92 and 31 Aug 93 you’re in year 10 (like you).
Her dress isn’t THAT bad! I feel kinda guilting slagging off someone who is two years younger than me, like a kid… but I love her hair too! It’s not as if it’s natural though, she must’ve been in hair and makeup for a good couple of hours… I wish I could do that for prom! Cost a fortune, though…
It’s cool that we’ve got this chat going again… real shame we can’t find Alewyn… I suppose we’ve just got to hope that she checks this page again like me and Emily did…
yeah indeed… Hopefully she’ll see this ^^
But Rachel I’ll record how I talk english and sent it to you π
BUt I know, I can speak fluently english with an british accent. The last isn;t normal but the first is, everyone in holland can speak english very well. Because we watch english tv every day, we do english games, we read in english (by internet mostely) you learn really a lot of that. And we have english since the 5th grade. (well, actually from the 7th. But officially from the 5th, and that till the 12th.)
But I can’t speak french fluently either. Je parle bien franΓΖΓβΓβΓΒ§ais, mais je ne crois pas beaucoup de words..x’D
lol. At french we need to read a lot, and listen stuff, talking too. But that’s more a studied story which you say.
But I think her dress is bad. Or I didn’t see it well. Do you think she picked it or that someone else picked it…
I wouldn’t have chosen that dress x’D I would pick a blue one ..
lol
I tried SUCH a beautiful dress on in a shop :O But I don’t have a prom yet..:( We only have one in our senior year.
but I have a picture of it,
there:
http://www.janenorman.co.uk/
then collections and then for a special night on the town.
But it was slightly different. It had less flowers.
But dunno bout the years precisly..:P I”m not good at such things. I guess it’s kinda the same here.
Well I really really need to study now..:(
wish me luck!
*hug*
p.s. rachel; can’t you switch business then? We could switch from september – december or something…
Rachel I sent you the recording of my voice..x’D
Missy-me, that dress is GORGOUS! Shame you haven’t got a prome to wear it to… π
Whooo I got 2 A*s in French today!! Sorry, I’m not gloating or anything – it’s just such a HUGE surprise because I really can’t do it!
I’ve been doing business for a year and a half now so it would be sorta stupid to drop it, as much as I dislike it… You can only change during the first month or so – and back then I didn’t realise how crap it was!
LOL you’re accent is great! So European! It’s like a blend of loads of things – sometimes the Dutch is really obvious, but most of the time you sound sooooo English! If I had to guess I’d say it’s a bit English, Dutch, Indian, American and French – really random, I know, but I’m rubbish with accents!
Next time my parents are out I can email you my voice, if you want, to show a real English accent π and try to pronounce your name! You’re right – we don’t have that, when I saw it written down I thought it was like “carl-le-han” or something! I won’t do it while my family’s in, though, because it won’t sound like I’m on the phone – so they’ll think I’m just talking to myself… which wouldn’t be great!
Sorry this post is short – it’s just that I’m really busy revising – only a week away now! You’ve got yours RIGHT now, haven’t you? Good luck with them!!
I know, the dress was gorgeous.. *sigh*
hm, I guiess it would be stupid to drop the subject. I’m kinda regretting the fact that I chose economics..-.- I can do a the calcualting, bu im too lazy to study the fact and stuff..
whatever.
haha, I am european ^^ and yeah! sent me your recording..:D
my poist is even shorter.. I have biology and economics tomorrow.. My 2 worst subjects..o.O
cross your fingers for me x’D
goodnight~!
Lol I know you’re European – so am I! (Kinda obvious, I suppose, but us Brits are aren’t too “with” the EU …)
Do you know who our Prime Minister is? I’m guessing he’s a lot more famous because I don’t have much of a clue about your politicians… how do you find us? I was just wondering, as we are so close to the USA, what’s your opinion of us Westerners? Do people in Europe like us, hate us, or are indifferent? Just curious…
I’ll try and do the recording later tonight, as my dad’s in London (as usual) and my mum’s going to be off visiting my nan… I have no idea what to say! Maybe I’ll just ramble about something… HDM, perhaps?
Sorry this post hasn’t been more interesting … but revision calls…
Good luck, btw!!
hey! sorry I haven’t been around much, my dad recently quit his job and has been occupying himself by taking everything apart in an effort to make it better…
…annoyingly he’s so far only managed to crash the computer and hasn’t gotten round to fixing my bedroom door…
gosh! You guys have got so many exams and stuff coming up! Wish you all the best with those, only being in year 9, i’ve never actually experienced a like, major revision session. somehow though, it just dosen’t seem that fun. How do you lay it out? Do you do like a little bit at a time or a few hours a night or whatever?
Anyway, have any of you guys seen HDM yet? I haven’t! And to make it worse my little sister gets to see it on saturday with one of her friends! Before me! She hasn’t even read the book! And I can’t go either because all my friends chose this time to all become sick!
Unfortunately the idea of going to the cinema with only myself for company dosen’t appeal.
Really annoyed about that (not seeing the film, not all my friends becoming sick).
How do you think Dakota’s going to be?
I think she’ll be great! though i have to agree that the dress she wore was simply terrible. though i feel mean for saying it.
sorry, I can’t really think of much to say.
Good luck with all your exams!
xx
yay! My exams are over!! I’ve the day of tomorrow because I don’t have physics or geopraphy! π
but I’m gonna post tomorrow again, soz that this one is so.. empty..x’D
buyt Emily I haveb’t seen it either. We’d go on saterday, but then a friend couldn’t go. So we’d go sunday, but again she couldn’t. And next weekend I can’t..o.O
im gonna see it this weekend anyway. DOnt care how x’D
But I think dakota did a good job..:) Everyone says it, i like her as lyra too.. So probable it’ll turn out great!
really gtg
xxx
I’m going to see it for my brother’s birthday this Saturday/Sunday… very boring for a birthday, I know, but the weather here is going to be terrible, and I suppose he’ll do something with his mates too.. I’ll be sure to give you my personal review! From the proffessional reviews it seems brilliant – especially Mrs Coulter, but I still haven’t got over the blonde hair!
You’ve finished your exams? *jealous glare* I’ve got the whole next week filled up!
I’ve got a college interview tomorrow! How old do I sound?? I mean college – that’s just so OLD, don’t you think?
…but I’ve got a tiny dilema – here are my options:
1) Continue on at my high school’s sixth form
——-bonuses——-I get to stay with my mates, is familiar
——-let downs—–I have a really long walk (when I do), it can get boring, pass rates aren’t spectacular, nowhere to leave and eat
2) Go to my local college
——-bonuses——-Very near to where I live, is in the middle of my high street so there are plenty of places to break for lunch, excellent pass rates, seems exiting, very unfamiliar
——-let downs—–I’d be going on my own, and may loose contact with some of my mates..
I really want that “college” experience, and the second offers that… my only major concern would be that I’d be going on my own… not the most appealing of situations…
So, what do you guys thing? I’ve got an interview at the second tomorrow, which should give me a better feel for the place.
From this, it seems sort of obvious where I THINK I want to go… but I’m still very unsure… I’d really appriciate both your inputs! π
COLLEGE? omg. But you’re just in the 10th grade..o.O I don’t even want to think about it..
i’ve absolutely no idea what I want to do..
well, ofcourse I do But those things are unreasonable. (actress, writer)
I think I would go to that collegething if I was you, because if they’re really friends you’ll survive that you won’t be together every day.
Plus, you’ll meet new people! A new start!
whee, just watched the titanic (again x’D) and downloaded the complete cd π love it!
(ive serious trouble I know, I’m just sad :P)
Don’t tell the details of the film thopugh!!
I tried to download it 3 times but every time something went wrong..-.- I’ll wait another week or 2 with downloading it..x’D whaa I ΓΖΓΒ’ΓΒ’Γ’β¬ΕΎΓΒ’ΓβΓΒ₯ downloading
see, im a sad person.
gonna write again
*hug
Well, ultimately it’s your own decision, we dont live your life and nobody but you can make the choice because nobody is going to live your life. (huh, how stupid does that sound when you read it back)
But if I were you I’d go for the college.
You’ve already divided into bonuses and let downs and if you look at it the bonuses on the college exceed the other bonuses of staying in sixth form.
basically, you can make new friends and keep in touch with your old ones. but if the sixth form cant offer you everything you really want from your life, then why choose it? everyone’s going to move on at some point, but just make a decision you can look back upon later and not regret.
That’s my opinion, but then, I dont really know, so…
i tried not to ramble on there, did i succeed? I’m like the Queen of rambling on pointlessly.
Good Luck with your college interview! Really does sound kinda old though. he he. look at us all grown up from like a year ago when we were all jumping around about auditions and stuff.
…
yeah ok, i still jump aruond about auditions and stuff, but whatever.
meh! you guys are both goin to see it this weekend! aw, I seriously hope its good, i’ve had let downs about book adaptations recently. Must know! must know! he he.
out of interest, is there an abnormally large about of flies where you guys are, or is it just my house???
I hate flies!
What are they doing buzzing around in the winter???