Before being cast as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, actor Gary Oldman hadn’t taken on a big blockbuster project in years. He wanted to spend more time with his family.
One of the reasons he took the role was because he needed the money. According to Oldman, he was “surprised by how difficult it [the role] was to pull off.”
After seeing Daniel Radcliffe’s performance in David Copperfield, director Christopher Columbus knew he’d found his title character for Harry Potter. Sadly, there were a few speed bumps.
Initially, Radcliffe’s parents did not want their son auditioning for the role of Harry Potter. They were very protective and did not want him in the media’s eye. Eventually, they gave in, and the rest is history.
The four Hogwarts house names weren’t something J.K. Rowling thought up right away. In fact, she was actually traveling on an airplane when all four of the names popped into her head.
To ensure she didn’t forget the names, Rowling jotted them down on a sick bag because she had no paper!
When designing Dobby the House Elf, the design team decided to base his ears on a certain member of the crew.
Dobby’s pointed and yet floppy ears were based on Max, the art department dog that sat under one of the designer’s desks during the duration of the second Harry Potter film.
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