Below, Hollywood Life is looking back on some of theHarry Potteractors who have died. Simon Fisher-Becker (1961-2025) WireImage Simon Fisher-Becker, who played the Fat Friar inHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s S
Rickman had conversations with Rowling about his character and is one of the few Harry Potter actors that she spoke to prior to the completion of the book series about the future direction of the character. "He knew very early on that he'd been in love with Lily," said Rowling. "He ne...
When Harry Potter first visited Gringotts, he was told by Hagrid that one would have to be mad to try to rob Gringotts and that, apart from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was the safest place for anything valuable to be kept. Goblins were extremely greedy and would protect...
Quirrell and Harry Potter in front of the Mirror of Erised Quirrell was able to penetrate the first six chambers that protected the Philosopher's Stone, including the chamber in which he himself put a troll. He reached the final chamber only to find the Mirror of Erised, and was unable to...
Thus far, HBO has yet to confirm any of the cast members who are slated to appear inHarry Potter. Ralph Fiennes, who played the evil wizard Lord Voldemort in the films,has endorsed Cillian Murphyas his successor. Other actors rumored to be up for roles on the show include Brett Goldstein...
“You find that a lot of actors here — myself included — do film because you need that kind of money in order to work in the [subsidized] theater,” Smith said in 1988. “It used to be in this country that you either did films or you worked in the theater. We’re lucky to ...
Devil’s Snare was surprisingly a practical effect (as a digital one would have proved incredibly costly). Puppeteers positioned below the plant slowly pulled off vines that had been wrapped around the actors. Then the film was played backward so it appeared that the plant was entangling them ...
Lifecasts were made of the key cast members from the first film in the series,but what was unique about the Harry Potter films was that they needed to be redone at the start of every film,as the young actors were(literally)growing up.And lifecasts were an absolute necessity to 78 THE...
The special is full of overwhelming waves of nostalgia that will surely make every Potterhead tear up. The most moving section is when the cast pays tribute to the main actors who have sadly passed on, Richard Harris, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Helen McCrory, and Alan Rickman. With his...
3) Remembering the forgotten stars– Not all of them went on to become famous actors. Look at Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), the Wesley twins or even Rupert Grint (Ron Wesley) for that matter. While the industry kept an eye ...