Murdered ‘Harry Potter’ actor to be commemorated in south London
05.06.2024 - 16:49
/ nme.com
Harry Potter actor Rob Knox will be unveiled in southeast London this weekend.Knox was an English actor, who had roles in television shows including The Bill and After You’ve Gone.His breakthrough acting role was in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth instalment in the mega franchise based on the novel series by J.K. Rowling.
Knox played the role of Hogwarts student Marcus Belby.He was set to appear in its sequel Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1, but was tragically killed shortly after filming the Half-Blood Prince. He posthumously appears in the film, which was released in 2009.Knox died aged 18 on May 24, 2008 after he was stabbed in Sidcup, South East London.
He had been attempting to protect his younger brother, who had been threatened by a man armed with two kitchen knives.Now, his family, close friends and colleagues will be attending a special memorial to the late actor, as a memorial in his honour will be unveiled. The event will take place on Saturday June 8 at 3pm at the Picturehouse Cinema in Bromley, and will be open to the public and free to attend.
A small reception will be held after the unveiling. Following Knox’s murder, his father Colin Knox set up the Rob Knox Foundation, along with the Rob Knox London Film Festival, which was established in 2009 with the aim to promote rising talent in the arts.The Rob Knox Foundation also works closely with the Charlton Athletic Community Trust on the Street Violence Ruins Lives campaign, to help raise awareness about knife crime, anti-social behaviour and street violence.Also attending the event will be the Festival’s co-directors, Aaron Truss and Alice Amata, who are set to announce the Festival’s “exciting” future plans.Truss has said
.
The website popstar.one is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can
send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.