Harry Potter Auditions And How The Cast Landed The Role
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Published 2021-01-31
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Hey Potterheads! Today on TheThings we’re taking a trip back to the year 2000 when the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first kicked off. It’s hard to believe it’s been more than two decades since the start of the franchise but even more difficult to believe that the Harry Potter cast we know and love was almost completely different. We’re not kidding!
The Harry Potter actors have very unconventional casting stories, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. From chance meetings at the theatre to casting directors scouring London primary schools - it’s so interesting to hear these actor’s individuals stories.
And a little startling to find out that some of the cast members weren’t the first choice for their roles.
We’re pretty sure you’ll have a hard time believing how these actors got their roles - it’s wild. Did you know that the Phelps twins had no idea who they were cast as until the first day on set? Or that Tom Felton originally auditioned for two other roles before landing Draco Malfoy?
We’ll be covering almost the entire cast from Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson all the way to Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, and Helena Bonham Carter.
The paths to getting the cast we see on our screens today may have been unconventional but we wouldn’t have it any other way. What audition story did you find the most interesting? Make sure to let us know in the comment section below. We’d love it if you gave this video a big thumbs up and hit that subscribe button. Thanks for watching!
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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
1:33 - Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
2:07 - Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
2:48 - Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
3:14 - Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
3:48 - Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
4:33 - Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
4:59 - James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley
5:26 - Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
5:47 - Helena Bonham Carter - Bellatrix
6:16 - Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
6:43 - Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
7:09 - Ralph Fiennes - Voldemort
7:27 - Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
7:48 - Gary Oldman - Sirius Black
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All Comments (20)
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You missed the fact that the actors of the Weasly twins didn't tell their parents they were auditioning and skipped school to attend the audition, good job they got the part!!!!
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Seeing Voldemort with a nose is literally shocking...
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Alan Rickman not being Snape would be a crime against humanity.
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I can’t picture Harry Potter Without these actors in their roles!
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Fun Fact : The trio was once asked to write an essay on what they like about their character. Emma wrote an essay of about 5 pages, Daniel wrote an essay of 1 page and Rupert forgot about the essay and when asked about it just improvised and said he didn't write cause Ron would probably forget about such a thing
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I can’t picture Tom Felton as Harry Potter or Ron weasley
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It’s just so weird to see snape laughing
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Emma almost didn't change a single bit, she talks so maturely even when she was young and she's such an independent woman.
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Rupert's way was the best I really want to see the original rap 😂😂😂😂 and Dan wow what a great time of finding out that he got the role 😂😂😂
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It's hilarious how tom felton got the role for lying lol
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Harry Potter Franchise is the Best Fantasy Adventure Franchise in the World
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The self confidence of Luna in the books and real life, its just amazing
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Seeing Tom Felton play Harry or Ron, can not Imagine. And what about who that would play Draco? No one can say POTTAH as he does...🥺
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it took me a month to realize that dumbldore was played by two actors
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Alan Rickman was one of my mother’s teachers in college before he got the role. She told me he was actually really funny outside of set
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I can only imagine how many times Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson had to say how they got their parts!
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When i think about the harry potter movie one thing that always blows me away is how perfect the weasleys were cast. They all honestly look like a family. I guess you could say the same for the malfoys and the dursleys. Great job all the way around with the cast. I also thought maggie smith was the perfect mcgonagal...cast as perfectly as snape was
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“Reading, huh, I didn’t know you could read”
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Those who love HARRY POTTER!!!❤👇
