Riddle is an interesting character, but during the viewing (reading) of the story of a boy who accidentally survived, Harry Potter fans did not have time to penetrate his fate. The childhood of the most significant wizard was practically not displayed, and those who played him are unknown to the general public. It's time to eliminate this unfortunate fact. To reveal the secret not only of the antihero, but also of those who embodied it on the screen.
Tom Riddle is an antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series. He is better known as the Dark Lord.
Tom Riddle and the Dark Lord
While studying at the school of witchcraft, Thomas Marvolo Reddle was a diligent student and considered himself a master. A young wizard who for a long time believed in the purity of his blood. Later he found out that his mother possessed magical abilities , but not his father, as he wanted.
The irony was that when the famous school was opened, the founder of the faculty, Slytherin (Thomas's grandfather), chose the selection of candidates for blood purity. Thus, although Tom Riddle was the best magician in the entire witching world, he would not have been able to get to Hogwarts Castle at his favorite faculty if he had not hidden his origin. Then this character, calling himself Voldemort (translated from French as "Lord of Death"), made a terror.
The appearance and aristocracy of his behavior, Tom Reddle owes to his father, he used these qualities to attract the attention of the fairer sex. True, for the same reason he earned the hostility of the male part of the students.
Who played the young Lord?
If only Chris Columbus had shot the film , the role of Tom Reddle would have been played by Jamie Bauer or Frank Dillane.
Initially, the black sorcerer was played by an actor of British descent Bremmer Richard.
However, in the subsequent parts of the film, the role was given to Coulson Christian and Frank Dillane.
If you go in chronological order, then the first actor among those who played Tom Riddle was Richard Bremmer. The actor’s face is almost not shown in the first part of the Philosopher's Stone, when Hagrid tells Harry why no one calls the dark sorcerer by name.
Flashback demonstrates the scene of the murder of the four Potters and the magical rescue of the Surviving Boy. Bremmer Richard in a black mantle under cover of night is one of the best scenes that are remembered by the viewer.
In the second film “The Chamber of Secrets”, the first mention of the young Tom Riddle appears, his role is played by thirty-seven-year-old actor Coulson Christian. Harry kills him - like a diary recollection - using the venomous fang of a giant snake.
In the sixth movie, Half-Blood Prince, Tom Riddle becomes the character played by Frank Dillane.
The Dark Lord, who has risen from oblivion throughout the history, has been played by Ralph Fiennes.
Where were the actors filming?
The film about the wizard boy involved a lot of people. Any role is not able to overshadow the past merits of the performers, and no exception is such a character as Tom Riddle. The actors who played the Dark Lord were seen in other films.
So, the British actor Coulson, before the role of Tom Riddle, was a performer of one of the main roles of the film “Watch”, which was released simultaneously with the second part of “Harry Potter”.
True, the difference between the screenings of films in Russia was 4 months. We can say that acquaintance with the actor on the big screen began precisely with the role of Tom. Prior to this, Christian could be seen in the series, but the Russian audience could not see them.
Before the release of the first film of the magic saga of British actor Richard Bremmer, our viewers could see in the beautiful film of the late nineties “The Thirteenth Warrior”, where Rick played a character named Skeld.
Fiennes Rafe is the most titled actor from the list of performers of the role of Tom Reddle; by the time of filming in the film about Harry Potter, he had already been awarded an Oscar statuette for participating in Schindler's List and the English Patient. Also known to the Russian audience on the TV series Doctor Who.
These stars played the role of only one character in seven stories about Harry Potter.
How did the Dark Lord appear in books?
Many Rowling fans know that she manipulated names well, borrowing them from various sources.
Some were simply borrowed from other tales and legends, so it is not surprising that after the film was released, the author of the wizard boy was involved not in one, but immediately in a series of scandals, where she was accused of plagiarism.
Since the article is about a dark sorcerer, we will start with him.
The name of Voldemort (in his youth Reddle) is a derivative of the name of the little-known evil wizard Voldermortist (means "Lord of Evil"). In the case of the Harry Potter book, the long title literally translates as “Dark Lord”.
The Scandinavian word “wold” means “violence” or “strength”, also “ditch with water” (at least in Denmark).
You can recall the Danish King Voldemar the Fourth, who became famous for his love of violence and endless tax collections. He was an intelligent, cynical, decisive ruler.
The most probable origin of the name of the young lord is the author's use of the French language, where he washed away the words “tom de mort” - this is literally “death theft”.