2023-11-17 12:54:56
In November 2021, 20 years since the world premiere of ‘harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘the film adaptation directed by Chris Columbus of the first of the seven novels in the literary saga created in 1997 by the British author J.K. Rowling. Their books were just published in 2007 and their respective films were released in theaters until 2011, grossing an average of one billion euros each. Their protagonists, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint y Emma Watsonwere between 11 and 13 years old in 2001 when they first played Harry Potter, Ron Weasley y Hermione Grangerthe young apprentice magicians of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Thanks to one of the biggest franchises in the history of cinema, children first and then teenagers became stars overnight and, a decade later, when the last story was filmed, they all continued their respective careers in the world of the interpretation, with or more or less success.
Along with them, a plethora of secondary characters also strengthened their careers in film, theater and television thanks to this famous fantastic saga. Others, however, died before seeing it finish or shortly after finishing, such as Richard Harriswho played the wizard Albus Dumbeldore, or Alan Rickmanalias Severus Snape.
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
He had already participated in other films, such as ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘The Tailor of Panama’ when, at the age of 11, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (London, 1989) surpassed a casting of 40,000 children to play the magician’s apprentice Harry Potter. Until the age of 21, he brought the character to life in eight films (the last, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, was divided into two parts), although in the final stages of the saga he also participated in other projects, such as the Peter Shaffer’s work ‘Equus’, in 2007, which raised dust, because the tall child appeared naked, smoking and blaspheming. Tobacco has not been the worst of the artist’s addictions, whose early fame seemed to advocate an incessant career of successes that later were not so many. “My alcoholism is due to Harry Potter,” he admitted to ‘The Independent’. However, thanks to his wizard alter ego, the actor, who has been teetotal for a long time, managed to amass a fortune of more than 100 million euros, which has later allowed him to choose the jobs he wants: theater, independent productions and even a series, ‘Miracle Workers’ (2019), where he plays an angel who tries to avoid the apocalypse. His latest film, ‘The Lost City’ (2022), alongside Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt. Offstage, since 2013 he has shared his life with the American actress Erin Darke.
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
I was only 9 years old, and the only experience of having participated in a couple of school performances, when Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (Paris, 1990) entered JK Rowling’s saga headlong. Of the three protagonists, she is the one who has achieved the greatest projection, since she has worked under the orders of Sophia Coppolain ‘The Bling ring’ (2013), and has starred in blockbusters such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2017) o ‘Little Women’ (2018). He has also flirted with modeling, as the face of Burberry and Lancôme, and has become reference of activism younger: she is a goodwill ambassador for UN Women and has participated in several environmental campaigns and in defense of women’s rights. In recent times she assures that she likes directing more – “it’s the most empowering thing I’ve learned during confinement”, she said on Instagram – and that temporarily withdraws from cinema to dedicate more time for your personal life and your partnerthe Californian businessman Leo Robintonwith whom he has been dating for two years and with whom he “probably wants to start a family,” according to his manager.
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
The freckled Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (Harlow, Essex, 1989) had only acted in neighborhood functions when he landed the role of Harry Potter’s best friend. Before finishing the saga, he simultaneously made several short feature films and, later, participated in several plays in London and Broadway. Of the three protagonists, he is the one that has had the least media coverage since, although he has also had leading roles, like the one two years ago, in the series ‘Servant‘, and has even appeared in the video clip for ‘Lego House’ by Ed Sheeran. In May 2020 it was father of a girl with his partner for more than a decade, the actress Georgia Groome. This same year she opened an Instagram account, “only 10 years late,” she says with humor.
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Also British Thomas Andrew Felton (Epsom, 1987) he was knocked down in the selection to play Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, but he got the role of the boy who does not stop doing his thing to the protagonist. He had already participated in ‘The Borrowers’ (1997), and ‘Ana and the King’ (1999), and, like the three main protagonists, he appeared in each and every one of the films in the series. Until 2018 he did not return to the screen, just as blonde, but with a mustache, to star in ‘Origin’, a science fiction series premiered on YouTube Premium. Last September he once again grabbed the headlines when suddenly collapsed while playing a game of golf with other celebrities at the Ryder Cup in the United States. Fortunately everything was a shock.
Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall)
The most charismatic professor of wizards and witches at Hogwarts is actually the established actress of British theater, film and television. Margaret Natalie Smith (Ilford, 1934), an institution with more than 50 films behind him in a career that spans more than six decades and seven BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, three Emmys, two Oscars, a Tony and a SAG. Among his titles, that of ‘Dame’, awarded by Elizabeth II in 1990, in addition to the Order of the Companions of Honor that he received in 2014. Although he has also participated in box office hits such as ‘Wrath of the Titans‘ (1981), ‘Hook’ (1991) o ‘Sister Act‘ (1992), the general public also recognizes her for her endearing interpretation of Violetthe Dowager Countess of Grantham in the famous British series ‘Downton Abbey’.
Harry Meeling (Dudley Dursley)
The hateful and overweight child Harry Melling (London, 1989), the only son of Petunia and Vernon, and Harry’s only cousin, is another of the longest-lived characters in the saga, having participated in a total of five films. He was born in a family of actors: His grandfather was the Second Doctor of the veteran British science fiction series ‘Doctor Who’ and he has several uncles and cousins among the cast of well-known series. surpassed his severe childhood overweight, and the consequent traumas that came with it, channeled one of the most meritorious careers of the ‘Potter generation’. “Now I can get rid of my role as a child actor, as ‘the fat one’, and start a new career because no one sees me as Dudley,” he told ‘The Telegraph’, after tasting fame with his role as a villain in the film ‘The Old Guard’, starring Charlize Theron, and the multi-award-winning series ‘Queen’s Gambit‘, starring Anya Taylor-Joy.
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