The ‘Harry Potter’ Cast’s Most Shocking Revelations

Daniel Radcliffe Crushes Helena Bonham Carter

During his time on set, Daniel Radcliffe’s admiration for co-star Helena Bonham Carter turned into a full-blown crush (apparently he didn’t hide it that well). At a cast reunion to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, the actor shared a love letter he wrote to Carter, who is 23 years his senior, while she was starring. Harry Potter villain Bellatrix Lestrange.

“Dear HBC, it has been a pleasure to be your sidekick and coaster in the sense that I always have your coffee in my hand,” Radcliffe’s note said. “I love you and I wish I had been born 10 years earlier. [have had] a chance. Much love and thank you for being cool.”

Daniel Radcliffe Reads Hot Harry-Draco Fanfiction

Radcliffe declared that he was quite knowledgeable on the subject Harry Potter fanfiction during lie detector testVanity Fair. Her We roll with joy co-stars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez asked about Radcliffe’s internet habits, and Radcliffe himself searched Google and examined some of the search results.

When asked about the strangest story he’s read about his character, Radcliffe acknowledged the fan-written love scenes between Harry and his ultra-blond nemesis (who often veer into highly graphic romantic territory). “I am clearly aware that Harry and Draco are presented together as characters in many similar ways. “I read some of it,” the Broadway star said.

“Shipping,” as Radcliffe explained to Groff, “is like wanting two characters to come together for a relationship.”

Tom Felton and Emma Watson Weren’t Always Best Friends

They’re close friends today, but Emma Watson and Tom Felton’s relationship wasn’t perfect from the beginning. According to Felton’s 2022 memoir behind the wandThe costars had a rocky start from the auditions. It was Harry Potter. Later on set, he and co-star Josh Herdman, who plays Gregory Goyle in the films, laughed as the actor performed a dance number.

As the youngest and only female cast member in her early years of fame, Felton says she eventually realized Watson was the one she “had to deal with the most.” “I’m glad our friendship wasn’t ruined by my insensitivity,” she said in the book, for which Watson wrote the foreword.

Tom Felton and Emma Watson Had a Romantic ‘Spark’

Despite their rocky start, Felton and Watson admitted to having strong feelings since then. The actor behind Draco Malfoy said there was definitely a “spark” between them at the time, but it was never very serious.

“I don’t think I ever was inside “I love Emma, ​​but I loved and adored her as a person in ways I could never explain to anyone else,” he wrote.

Watson had previously admitted that she was in love with Felton, but in her foreword Beyond the Wand, said that she “always has a hard time explaining to people the nature of our connection and relationship.” He explained that their bond was “much deeper” than the average friendship.

“We have loved each other in a special way for over 20 years,” the actress wrote. “We are soul mates. It makes me emotional just thinking about it.”

Tom Felton Was Afraid of Working with Alan Rickman

Felton, one in 2021 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone She watched the party on Peacock’s TikTok account and answered some fan questions about her time on set. When a fan asked what it was like to work with the late Alan Rickman, who died in 2016 at the age of 69, Felton admitted that sharing a set with the honoree could be “scary.”

“He was the only actor I knew and [he was] Felton added that Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the films, was “very, very kind” and had a “wicked sense of humor.” Felton called it “a privilege” to work. Although it’s a little scary with Rickman.

“I met him when I was 12, so it took me a few years to have the courage to say more than ‘Hi,'” Felton noted on TikTok.

Alan Rickman Knew Snape’s Past Before Anyone Else

During Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: ​​Return to HogwartsRadcliffe shared that he knew the history of Rickman’s character, Snape, long before his castmates. The young star revealed that the late actor approached JK Rowling “very, very early on” and asked for more information to help her portray the sinister-looking Hogwarts professor.

Radcliffe added, “[Director Chris Columbus] I literally asked him ‘Why are you doing this?’ he would say. [and Rickman would say]’I’ll tell you later.'”

Emma Watson Almost Left the Franchise

Watson reveals he almost walked away Harry Potter franchise around the time they began production on the fifth film. Order of the Phoenixdue to stress and loneliness.

“I guess I was scared,” Watson told Grint during HBO’s 20th anniversary special. “I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like you’ve reached a tipping point where you’re like, ‘This is kind of forever now.'”

Jason Isaacs Didn’t Want to Play Lucius Malfoy

It’s hard to imagine any other actor playing Draco Malfoy’s father, but Jason Isaacs originally auditioned for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart.

“I was about to play Captain Hook Peter Pan “I thought, ‘I don’t want to play the bad guy of two kids,'” Isaacs said. Return to Hogwarts The meeting is special. However, at the request of director Chris Columbus, the actor reluctantly read for Lucius as well. Unfortunately (or fortunately!), his take on the character through “gnatted teeth” suits the role perfectly and he nails it.

Emma Watson Says Kissing Rupert Grint Felt ‘So Wrong’

“Kissing Rupert is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Watson said. Harry Potter Reunion in 2021. “It felt so wrong, so wrong on every level because Dan, Rupert and I are such brothers.”

It didn’t help that Radcliffe teased his co-stars about the scene before filming it. “I was thinking, ‘I’m going to come on set and watch you guys kiss,'” Watson recalled, adding that “everyone wanted to be on set” for the kiss. Director David Yates even joked that it felt like “getting them ready for a big sporting event.”

Bonnie Wright Disappointed With Ginny’s Lack of Screen Time

Looking back on the series, Bonnie Wright realizes her screen time wasn’t up to par with her character in JK Rowling’s books. As the youngest Weasley sibling and Harry Potter’s eventual love interest, Ginny appears much more frequently on paper, but there was little Wright, or anyone else, could do about it.

“I think what I picked up on, and I didn’t take it very seriously at the moment, was that maybe I felt like my anxiety was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to be seen as playing this character poorly,’ rather than realizing later that I wasn’t given the opportunity to do that during an episode of the show,” Wright said. Inside You with Michael Rosenbaum digital audio file.

He continued, “Sometimes it was a little disappointing because parts of the character weren’t being fulfilled because there weren’t scenes to make it happen. And that made me a little anxious or frustrated, I guess.”

Many Castmates Dated and Squashed Together

Young cast Harry Potter They certainly didn’t have a normal childhood, but their interactions on set were very similar to normal adolescence. During the 20th anniversary special, the adult stars recalled their formative experiences and loves during production.

“There were romances and people dated and broke up with each other, just like at school,” said Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in all eight films. “It was the exact same setting, only in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.”

Radcliffe claimed: “Every part of my life is interconnected [Harry] PotterStating that his first kiss and first girlfriends were people he met through work, he said, “Everything comes from the set somewhere.” Former child star, fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireIt was their “hormone peak” period.

Some Cast Flings Evolved into Long-Term Romances

A few on-set romances developed into more serious relationships; Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell Bower (who plays young Gellert Grindelwald) got engaged in the early 2010s, and Evanna Lynch (who plays Luna Lovegood) quietly dated Robbie Jarvis (James Potter) for almost a decade.