Girls queue to audition for Modesty role in J.K. Rowling's new Harry Potter film

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Thousands of girls queued to audition for a role in J.K. Rowling's new film
Whoever lands the role of Modesty will star alongside Eddie Redmayne
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set before Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling tweeted: 'I'm so looking forward to meeting our Modesty'

Published: 05:51 EST, 19 July 2015 | Updated: 07:04 EST, 19 July 2015

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Thousands of excited Harry Potter stars queued for hours to audition for the role of Modesty in J.K. Rowling's new movie.

Some of the young hopefuls arrived at the ExCel exhibition centre in London as early as 3am yesterday and queued for a mile for the chance to star in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Whoever lands the role of 'a haunted girl with an inner strength and stillness', will star alongside Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne, who will play 'magizoologist' Newt Scamander.

Young hopefuls: Kaitlyn Totten (left) and Emily McClarence (right), both from Manchester, were the first to arrive in the queue. They show off their certificates confirming that they took part in the open casting

Auditions: Thousands of youngsters queued for the chance to become Modesty in J.K. Rowling's new movie

Hunt: Warner Bros and the film makers are looking for a girl aged eight and 12 to take on the role of Modesty

JK Rowling tweeted her excitement as young girls turned out to audition for a role in a Harry Potter spin-off film

Movie group Warner Bros and the film makers are looking for a girl aged between eight and 12 to take on the role of Modesty, who 'has an ability to see deep into people and understand them'.

The film, set 70 years before the Potter saga, is based on a Hogwart's textbook of the same name.

J.K. Rowling tweeted her excitement as the budding actresses arrived in their thousands.

She wrote: 'I'm so looking forward to meeting our Modesty.'

Thousands of hopefuls queue for open Harry Potter auditions

Eager: Thousands of girls arrived at the Excel centre in London yesterday, some arriving as early as 3am

Major role: Whoever lands the role Modesty will star alongside Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne

Queues: Some of the Harry Potter-loving girls arrived at the ExCel exhibition centre in London as early as 3am

Girls are auditioning for a role in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Eleven-year-old Holly said she had taken the audition seriously with a lot of preparation.

'I really love Harry Potter, I love the magic and everything,' she said. 'It's really imaginative. I love acting.'

Josephine, 12, who went to the auditions with her sister Elisa, 9, said: 'Me and my sister, we just practiced doing some lines together, just learning stuff.'

But some, like Taylor, had only just found out about the audition and came to try their luck.

'I didn't really prepare because my mum just told me about it,' she said.

Kaitlyn traveled from Manchester and was one of the first to get a certificate acknowledging she had auditioned.

The story, set in New York and based on Rowling's book of the same name featuring dozens of imaginary creatures such as the Billywig, Flobberworm and Snidget, is the author's first screenplay.