A fascinating tale of Harry Potter, eight films long, gave the world wonderful actors who grew up with young readers of J. K. Rowling's books. Famous and eminent personalities played adults in the story, called the Potterians.
Children who have grown
Daniel Radcliffe was not at all a fan of J. Rowling's fairy tale, so he had to finish reading the book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" after being approved for the role. But from the age of five he dreamed of being an actor, and successfully played Davin Copperfield in the television series of the same name. Chris Columbus saw this show and invited the actor to audition. Subsequently, he admitted that he gave Daniel the role of Harry as soon as he entered the audition room.
The author of the books, J. K. Rowling, made it imperative that all actors in the first films must be British. Actors from other countries appear only in "Goblet of Fire", where this is due to the plot.
Rupert Greene, who played Harry's best friend Ron Weasley, had no acting experience, but he was a true fan of his character. "I am as red as Ron and I have just as many brothers!" - said Rupert in an interview. To take part in the audition, the boy composed a rap about his ardent desire to play Ron and recorded it on video.
Emma Watson decided to try for the role of Hermione on the advice of her school teacher. Since Emma herself said that Hermione is very similar to her in character, the coincidence of the images turned out to be perfect. Emma has received many awards and opened the door to big cinema - her last work was her role in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.
Thomas Felton, Harry's antagonist in the school of wizardry, was already a well-known actor when he landed the role of Draco Malfoy. In 1999 he played the son of the heroine Jodie Foster in the famous melodrama Anna and the King. Thomas played the evil envious Draco so naturally that it added to his problems in life - some began to identify the actor with his character.
Tom Felton insisted that Draco Malfoy's wife be played by his girlfriend, actress Jade Gordon.
The role of Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) has grown from Ron's little sister on the platform in the first film to Harry's wife on the same platform in the last film.
Matthew Lewis, who played the idiot Neville Dalgopups, thoroughly understood the character of his character and consulted with J. Rowling.
World stars on the set of Potter
Alan Rickman, an English actor with a mesmerizing voice, played Severus Snape, Harry's least favorite teacher. The role of the villain, which stuck with Rickman after the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham, helped to mislead the audience - until the death of Severus, few believed that he was a positive hero.
The famous actor, the hero of "Twilight" Robert Pattison became famous precisely after the role of Cedric Diggory in the film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".
Scottish actor David Tennant, known as the tenth Doctor Who, brilliantly played Barty Crouch Jr. And although this role was not very great, no one here had any doubts about the character of the hero.
Since Gary Oldman is known as a master of reincarnation, it is not so easy to recognize him in Sirius Black, Harry Potter's uncle. His ingenious acting has graced four of the eight Potter films.
Actress Helena Bonham-Carter brought to life the madness of Bellatrix Lestrange, the most ardent fan of the Dark Lord. On the set, she was so carried away that she pierced Matthew Lewis's eardrum, and he was deaf in one ear for several days.
Ralph Fiennes said that once, in the form of Voldemort, he scared a child to tears. The complex make-up does not make it easy to identify in the Dark Lord Count Almasi from "The English Patient" and the new chapter of Mi6 from "Coordinates of Skyfall", but the main villain in his performance turned out to be really convincing.
