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Eddie Redmayne auditioned for Voldemort – but didn’t get a callback

Eddie Redmayne has admitted that he auditioned for the role of Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, but he didn’t even get a callback.

Eddie will star in J.K Rowling’s upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The Oscar winning actor, that will star in the Harry Potter prequel later this year, tried his luck for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsreading for the part of young Voldemort.

He admitted, “I actually auditioned to play Tom Riddle while I was at university.”

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The 34-year-old actor told Empire, “I properly failed and didn’t get a callback.

“Over the years, I always hoped I might be cast as a member of the Weasley family – I’m colour blind, but I’ve always been told there’s a tinge of red to my hair – but unfortunately not.

“A lot of my friends, like Domhnall Gleeson and Rob Pattinson, got their Harry Potter moment, but I never got mine.”

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