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On November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in North America. The entire series of eight films has set off a whirlwind of magic in the world, accompanying countless people through their youth and youth.
That year, 12-year-old Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter), 11-year-old Emma Watson (as Hermione Granger), and 13-year-old Rupert Grint (as Ron Weasley) beat nearly a thousand auditioners, giving us a real glimpse of the nearly 3 million words of magic.
Nine and three-quarters platforms, sorting hats, invisibility cloaks, Quidditch... At the mention of these familiar terms, memories belonging to Harry Potter come to mind.
Today, the Harry Potter series of movies has been around for 20 years, and many impressive plots, shocking lines, and difficult plots have become our eternal yearning for the wizarding world.
Once upon a time, how many people had fantasized that one day they would receive an admission letter from an owl and go to King's Station to catch a train. In the majestic and towering halls of Hogwarts, put on a grinning sorting hat and assign yourself to the academy you want to go to.
But unfortunately, many people have not waited for their own magical world. Maybe the owl who delivered the letter got lost and accidentally lost the notice; maybe it's because we've grown up and are no longer the carefree, hogwarts-yearning self we were.
I still remember that at the end of the eighth film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the children of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Malfoy also rushed into the nine-and-three-quarter platform for the first time with their luggage and boarded the express train to Hogwarts.
It seems like a reincarnation, a reincarnation of the wizarding world that never ends.
In the past 20 years, many people and things have changed, those friends of the wizarding world, are you okay in the real world?
The scene where Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, picks up the wand is where the dream begins. This Harry, with blue eyes, round glasses, both aura and gloomy temperament, led us into the door of the magical world.
For the Harry Potter series of films, Daniel once said gratefully at an interview center: "Every opportunity I get in the future, until the day I die, is inseparable from the credit of this character, and this film will leave me with memories that last ten thousand years." ”
The Harry Potter series officially opened the door to acting for Daniel, but it gradually became a shackle that bound him, and Harry Potter became his second name. Some fans once asked him for an autograph, but it wasn't "Daniel Radcliffe" who asked for it, but "Harry Potter.".
Daniel once confessed his fear in the documentary: When he is no longer Harry, back to real life, will he achieve nothing?
Since then, in order to get rid of the shackles of Harry Potter, Daniel has boldly tried one eye-popping role after another: an almost insane horse boy, naked worshiping the gods; a cold monster with horns on his head, and then gradually "bestialized"; a dead body with a variety of functions like a Swiss Army knife, absurd and strange...
In the eyes of some people, Daniel has these bold and vivid characters, which are "self-willed degeneration" and "disfigurement performances". But he also used his love and dedication to acting to show that he was developing towards a wider and wider path of drama, which was the life of Daniel Radcliffe.
Hermione Granger is the smartest female classmate in her class, and she is a true bully without the magic she can't learn. At first, she liked to talk with her head held high, she had no friends, and she laughed at the improper recitation of the Ron incantation. When the mountain monster haunts her and she is in danger, Harry and Ron come to her rescue, and the trio is officially established, and she becomes the wise bearer of it.
Emma Watson, who played Hermione, followed Hermione's academic life and was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, Oxford and Brown University at the same time. Because she preferred the liberal academic system of Brown University (an Ivy League university in the United States), she finally chose the latter.
Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy, said in an interview: "As an actor, the one I admire the most is Emma. At the same time that she made the film, she also got nine "A's" in the exam.
Once childish and cute little Lori, transformed into sexy and elegant, beauty and wisdom coexist, she is very popular in the film circle and the fashion circle. She frequently appeared on the cover of fashion magazines such as Vogue and ELLE, became the brand spokesperson for BURBERRY and CHANEL, and was promoted to a goddess.
Later, she became a GOODWILL Ambassador for UN Women and delivered the "HeForShe" speech. The girl who came out of Harry Potter once again let everyone see her power.
For Emma herself, she is not an actress, not a bully, but a young woman who understands what she wants. "To become a princess, you don't have to marry a prince."
Ron Weasley has red hair brought from his family lineage and was bullied by his twin brothers since childhood. With a freckled face, he looked a little silly, a little greedy, hated spiders, and was kind, honest, and humorous, and he was harry and Hermione's most righteous friend.
Rupert is the most low-key of the three lead actors, he is low-key and casual, just as generous and gentle as Ron on screen. After filming the Harry Potter series, he still maintained a low-key, plain posture.
As an adult, Rupert was voted "the most attractive bachelor" by the Association of Women Journalists of England, but he continued to play steadily in the film and television circle, and the full British style that he gradually developed also made people feel very pleasing.
Rupert was a small investment expert, he set up a property company called Eyel Plan Properties, and bought a number of houses in different parts of the UK as an investment and as a gift to his parents.
Rupert's film and television work is not much, and there has been no gossip or negative news. Marrying a wife and having children, everything is in order, choosing to do what you like, living at your own pace, this is happiness.
Draco Malfoy, a pure-blooded man, was Harry's sworn enemy at school. As he grew, his former beliefs were upended in a frightening way, and he was terrified and desperate, and the objects he had been taught to hate from childhood gave him the opportunity to be kind, to help, and to survive. Later, Draco works closely with everyone to become the key to turning the situation around and saving the wizarding world.
Tom Felton is still struggling in show business, having performed brilliantly in Rise of the Apes and The Flash. In addition to starring in films, Felton is the lead singer and guitarist of a band.
As for his amazing hairline, it was really because of the accident of shooting the Harry Potter series, he needed to bleach his white hair frequently, basically every ten days to bleach his hair roots, and he had to use a lot of hairspray to set, causing permanent damage to the scalp.
Neville Longbottom, once a no-nonsense, shy and timid, grew into a heroic and determined magician, eventually picking up the Sword of Gryffindor and destroying Voldemort's last Horcrux.
Outside the movie, Matthew Lewis faded the impression of a fat little boy and became a handsome man who made the whole network sensational. He is still a successful actor and is still starring in various film and television dramas.
When Professor Severus Snape first appeared, his face was full of seriousness and a dark temperament that made him shudder. But in the end, we found out that he was actually an affectionate man who only loved one woman in his life. Before his death, Professor Snape asked Harry to look into his eyes, and the phrase "Look at my eyes" to see his lover's eyes again still brought tears to his eyes.
Alan Rickman is a master of British theatre and is Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Arts and Drama. He played Snape, and his gloomy and elegant performance made it seem like he was the potions professor. Unfortunately, he has left us. On January 14, 2016, Alan Rickman died of cancer at the age of 69.
After acting in Harry Potter, Alan Rickman wrote an open letter to J.K. Rowling, "A Lifetime Seems to Have Passed," thanking her for creating such a good story.
"When I was 80, I would still sit in a rocking chair and read Harry Potter," he said. At that time, my family would ask me: It's been so long, can't you forget it? And I'll answer: never let go. ”
Alan Rickman is gone, but we believe he and the Professor Snape he portrayed will survive the wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Last year, Tom Felton organized a big online reunion, with Harry, Ron, Ginny, Luna, Draco, the Weasley twins... Talk online about the interesting things you used to do on set.
This year's 20th anniversary should be more worth looking forward to. Seeing them reunited is like returning to the classroom and campus at Hogwarts, and as long as these people are still here, they will be reunited, and the glittering memories will not end or fade.
Why is the wizarding world so desirable? J.K. Rowling may explain a passage from the BBC:
"I think there's a deep desire in everyone's heart to get a letter from an owl, to be told you're different. The world is complex and elusive, and even now that we believe in science, there will still be a corner of magic in everyone's heart. ”
In the wizarding world of Harry Potter, there are so many treasures and magic. Those magical teenagers who have gone through ups and downs teach us to grow; those great magicians who insist on justice teach us how to persevere and how to love.
They are the immortal flames in our chests, the eternal treasures in our hearts, the most precious hearts of people, and the magic light that illuminates the mediocre daily life in people's hearts.
For generations of children, Harry Potter has more or less changed their lives. It is full of our childhood expectations for magic, and it also continues the precious childhood heart that remains unchanged in our adulthood.
Too many people say, "It made me who I am now and taught me never to give up." "Yes, everyone can find their own shadow here, see pure courage and love, and thus generate the idea that the world will become better, and from then on can move forward more firmly and grow more courageously."
So, even after the ravages of time and the cruelty of reality, if you believe in magic, magic exists. If you believe there is Hogwarts, there will be Hogwarts there waiting for you to push open the door:
Gryffindor – stands for courage and loyalty
Slytherin – represents competence and ambition
Ravenclaw – stands for wisdom and erudition
Huffpaf – stands for loyalty and hard work
As Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore put it, "Happiness is there to be seen even in the darkest days, as long as you remember to light a light for yourself."