10 Fun Facts About the Harry Potter Cast
#10 Emma Watson auditioned only for a laugh!
Emma Watson auditioned for Hermione Granger only because her friends were doing it and she thought it would be a good "laugh." It was her first audition ever!
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Emma Watson auditioned only for a laugh!
Emma Watson auditioned for Hermione Granger only because her friends were doing it and she thought it would be a good "laugh." It was her first audition ever!
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Daniel's favorite is HP3!
Daniel Radcliffe's favorite Harry Potter book is the third one, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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Neville dressed up as Harry as a youngster!
Before he was casted as Neville, Matthew Lewis would dress up as Harry Potter and run around his room! (Side fact: Neville got hot!)
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The Weasley twins aren't really redheads!
The actors who played the Weasley twins, James and Oliver Phelps, are not true red-heads!
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Emma had a crush on Malfoy!
Emma Watson admitted she had a crush on Tom Felton when they began filming the Harry Potter films!
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Young Rupert auditioned with a rap!
Rupert Grint dressed up as his female drama teacher and did a rap about Ron Weasley for his audition tape. Must have been a good one!
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Rickman wasn't the original Snape!
Alan Rickman was casted as Snape after first choice, Tim Roth, backed out. That's alright with us, Alan played Snape so well!
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Draco didn't do his homework before auditioning!
Tom Felton hadn't read a single Harry Potter book before he auditioned for Draco Malfoy's character!
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Rupert ditched an assignment because Ron would!
While filming 'The Prisoner of Azkaban,' Director Alfonso Cuaron asked Rupert Grint to write an essay about Ron Weasley. Grint didn't finish it because, "That's what Ron would have done."
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These four are enemies on-screen, but friends off-screen.
Off the screen, Emma, Rupert, Daniel, and Tom are all really great friends!
