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Jul 22, 2016 · Daniel Radcliffe and Bonnie Wright — also known as Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley — reunited in New York City. Bonnie caught a showing of Daniel's off-Broadway play, Privacy, which explores...
- The First Two Films Were A “funfair”
- Young Stars Had No Idea Who Many of The Adult Actors Were
- Richard Harris Thought Fawkes The Phoenix Was A Real Bird
- Alfonso Cuarón Gave The Cast Homework
- Daniel Radcliffe Was Starstruck by Gary Oldman
- The Weasleys and The Malfoys Were “Chalk and Cheese”
- Mike Newell Broke A Rib While Rehearsing A Scene
- “A Lot of Hormones Flying Around”
- The Yule Ball: “I Never Danced with A Lady Before”
- Emma Watson’s Crush on Tom Felton
Depicting a story of Hogwarts’ first-year students resulted in a set filled with young actors all excited to star in their first big film, which Columbus told THRresulted in a “love fest of, ‘Can you believe we were in together?'” “They were kids, so they didn’t know how to behave on a set. They weren’t that accustomed to film acting. The first wee...
With the films marking many of the young stars’ first onscreen performances, Felton admitted that despite being surrounded by a “cream of the British acting industry” he had no clue who anyone was at the time. “I thought Richard Harris worked here as a tour guide for a while,” he said of the late actor, who portrayed Albus Dumbledore in the first t...
When going down memory lane of filming Chamber of Secrets, Columbus and Radcliffe recalled unknowingly fooling the late Harris with the animatronic phoenix used as Dumbledore’s Fawkes. “Richard came in and looked at the phoenix and said, ‘Wow, they train these animals marvelously these days,'” Columbus recalled. Given the animatronic phoenix had ca...
When Cuarón joined Prisoner of Azkabanas director, the cast said he was quick to treat them as teenagers rather than child actors. “He was the first one that assigned us homework,” Watson said of the director. Grint explained that Cuarón asked them each to write an essay in character to help explain and help him understand the roles since they woul...
Radcliffe revealed that the first person he recalled being “in awe of” on set was Oldman, who would portray Harry’s godfather Sirius Black in Prisoner of Azkaban.Watson poked fun at Radcliffe, recalling her co-star gave a pep talk that they needed to act accordingly around Oldman. “I remember the Gary chat. You were like, ‘Listen, Emma, you need to...
Throughout the franchise, audiences not only follow Harry’s journey but two opposite families: the Weasleys and the Malfoys. When speaking about being a Weasley, Grint, Bonnie Wright, and James and Oliver Phelps explained that the Weasley’s parents, played by Julie Walters and Mark Williams, acted as their own family offscreen. “They were like my s...
In the Goblet of Fire, the Weasley twins famously have a fight scene after they fail to be selected for the Triwizard Tournament. When director Mike Newell noticed that the Phelps twins weren’t being aggressive enough, he decided to pretend to be one of them and wrestle with James Phelps. “I was a tubby, 60-year-old gent at that stage. I really sho...
As the Goblet of Firefilming was underway, many of the stars were teenagers and had lives mirroring experiences with their characters as they dealt with crushes and dating. Radcliffe said he and Watson would go back and forth asking each other for advice when texting someone of the opposite gender. “We had that old brother, younger sister thing,” W...
In addition to the action-packed sequences throughout the film, the Goblet of Firealso introduced the memorable Yule Ball, the Hogwarts school dance. In one scene, Maggie Smith is instructing students how to dance, using Grint’s Ron as her partner. “I felt self-conscious about it. I never danced with a lady before,” Grint said. Radcliffe was also n...
While Watson has previously revealed that she had a crush on Felton during filming, the two spoke more about their special bond in the reunion. “Emma and I have always loved each other, really,” Felton said. Watson revealed that while they were in tutoring, they had been assigned to draw what they think God looked like. Felton drew a girl with a ba...
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Dec 20, 2021 · The special, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, is set to premiere at midnight on New Year's Day 2022, so you can head to platform 9¾ as soon as the ball drops. Who’s coming...
Dec 9, 2021 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts will debut on HBO Max on Jan. 1, 2022. Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Daniel Radcliffe are seen in the first photo of the anticipated Harry Potter...
Dec 9, 2021 · Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are back together in the Gryffindor common room for the first time in years in a new look at HBO Max’s upcoming Harry Potter reunion special.
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Nov 16, 2021 · Fans around the world will be able to watch Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson head back to Hogwarts in this special, with fellow cast and crew members, to celebrate this momentous anniversary of the first Harry Potter film.
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Nov 16, 2021 · Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson will come together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter film series in a new reunion special for HBO Max.
