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Bill Nighy joins Deathly Hallows

Liam — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:01:49 +0000

In an interview with The Independent Bill Nighy (Underworld, Pirates of the Caribbean) announced that he would be joining the cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Nighy has been saying for years how he seems to be one of the only (well known) British actors who hasn’t had a role in the franchise, but now he has!

“I don’t think I’m allowed to say it but I’m going to be in the next Harry Potter film,” he tells us. “I won’t say which character, but he’s a goodie. I just got the gig.” If you don’t mind us saying, it’s about time, Bill. The rangy actor has been dropping hints for aeons, once complaining that he was “the only British actor who hasn’t been in Harry Potter”. But has he read the books? “Not yet, but I will!” he says. “It’s rather like being in a Shakespeare that way, you know?”

According to The Leaky Cauldron Bill Nighy will be playing Rufus Scrimgeour, a veteran Auror in the Ministry of Magic who spends most of his time fighting Dark Wizards.

Bill Nighy has a ’serious desire’ to be in Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Liam — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:19:29 +0000

Back in September is was announced that Johnny Depp would be returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 4, however nothing else was revealed apart from that it may be released in 2012 and a script is being written. As 2012 is far off there have been no casting updates and there probably won’t be for a while, however Bill Nighy, who played Davy Jones in Pirates 2 & 3, has told MTV he would like to get his tentacles out once again.

“I am technically dead but then again, who cares?” Nighy said to MTV News. “Everybody dies in the pirates movies. They killed Johnny [Depp] and Geoffrey [Rush]. Death is not permanent in the pirate world. I have a serious desire to come back.”

At the end of At World’s End it hinted that Jack Sparrow would be going after the Fountain of Youth. Whether Davy Jones could fit into that is up for the writers to decide. They managed to pack a lot into the last film so it isn’t out of the question.

G-Force Guinea Pigs

Liam — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:31:57 +0000

USA Today got our first look at some highly trained guinea pigs from Jerry Bruckheimer’s G-Force, which features the vocal talents of Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan.

The film is about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (Cage), the computer and information specialist.