In what some are calling one of the most shocking deaths to hit the area in years, police confirm that a British teenage actor who plays a minor role in the upcoming “Harry Potter” film was stabbed to death during a fight in London yesterday.
And get this–the brawl allegedly centered on a stolen cellphone.
According to London police, 18-year-old actor Rob Knox was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday. The teen won the role of Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment of the popular series set to debut in November.
Police say Knox was one of five men transported to various local hospitals after the fight turned deadly. Among the injured was a 21-year-old who police say has since been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Warner Bros., the studio that is producing the sixth “Harry Potter” film, said it was stunned by the news that the actor died so young and in such a horrific manner.
Meanwhile, in Moscow the shocks continue… at least for the studio responsible for funding the latest Indiana Jones movie.
According to news reports, members of Russia’s Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which just made its worldwide debut three days ago.
The new movie stars Harrison Ford as an archaeologist competing in 1957 with an evil KGB agent, played by Cate Blanchett, to find a skull endowed with mystic powers. And that, maintains Communist Party officials, is the problem.
Communist Party members in St. Petersburg claim the new Indy flick aims to undermine communist ideology and distort history.
According to the Communist Party’s official website, the Soviet Union in 1957 “did not send terrorists to the States,” but launched a satellite, “which evoked the admiration of the whole world.”
Party leaders are calling for residents to stay out of theaters so as not to expose themselves to “misinformation.”
Moscow Communist lawmaker Andrei Andreyev told news reporters, “it is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War.”
Who knew a 2-hour action film had the ability to spark yet another war?