The girls putting the magic into the new Harry Potter film
By CLAIRE BATES
30th March 2007
Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Country: Britain
Director: David Yates
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for one of his most difficult years yet.
Not only must he study for his OWL exams, but as the Ministry of Magic is gradually taking control of Hogwarts and spares no efforts trying to discredit him, he tries to tell the skeptical wizarding world the truth of Voldemort's return.
Trouble brews as Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts begins. The authorities are ignoring Harry and Dumbledore's warnings of Voldemort's return, causing his fellow classmates to view him with disdain. Meanwhile, a new witch assumes control at Hogwarts, throwing the entire school into chaos. Will Harry lose everything?
A new grown-up Harry Potter returns to the silver screen this summer in the latest wizard film...and he's joined by a host of attractive female co-stars.
Harry Potter with his wizarding sidekicks
In the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the teenage Harry is caught in the middle of a romantic triangle after he shares his first kiss with student Cho Chang under the mistletoe.
With hormones raging Cho becomes jealous of Harry's close relationship with Hermione. Meanwhile Ginny Weasley, played by Bonnie Wright waits hopefully in the wings.
Meanwhile the sinister forces of Lord Voldemort gather strength.
Clockwise from top right: Emma Watson, Katie Leung, Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright.
Another young actress joining the cast is flaxen-haired Evanna Lynch playing Luna Lovegood.
Evanna reportedly wrote repeatedly to JK Rowling when she was younger. In one letter she admitted how much she would love to act in a Harry Potter film but doubted this would happen as she lived in a sleepy little place called Termon****in.
To Evanna's surprise, Rowling wrote back, "Don't be too hard on Termon****in; it does have a brilliant name! And I come from a very sleepy place.".
The youngsters are joined by the regular cast drawn from the British theatre's great and good including Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson.
Photos from the latest Harry Potter movie
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