The Harry Potter series of films has been a huge success around the world, and the entire film team has done a lot of work before the film was made. The most important of these is undoubtedly the selection of film actors. Judging from the final shooting effect, the selection of characters is still relatively successful. However, these roles that are already well known could have been played by other actors, and can you imagine that Harry Potter was not played by Daniel Radcliffe, and Hermione was not played by Emma Watson? Next, we will introduce the 8 key characters of Harry Potter that could have been played by other actors.
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Harry Potter played by Daniel Radcliffe is very classic and successful, but in fact, the role may have belonged to Liam Aiken, who is more experienced and has begun his acting career at the age of 6. However, even though many people felt that he was the perfect actor for the role, J.K. Rowling's statement changed all that, because she required that all actors must be British actors, and Liam Aiken, as an American actor, was simply excluded. J.K. Rowling is said to have even called the producer to talk about it in order to exclude Liam Aiken.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" >2, Bellatrix Lestrange: Helen McCrory</h1>
Bellatrix Lestrange is the film's scary witch, the role originally belonged to Helen McClorey, and the actor was ready to play the role, however, when the film was about to be filmed, Helen McCloory became pregnant and she had to give up the role. Eventually, Helena Bonham Carter replaced her and perfected the character.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" >3, Albus Dumbledore: Ian McLean</h1>
Ian McLean is a very good actor, he perfectly portrayed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto in X-Men. In fact, Ian McLean had the opportunity to play the role of Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter, but he himself declined. At the time, the character's actor, Richard Harris, died on the way to playing the role, and a new actor needed to be found as soon as possible. The reason Ian McLean refused to play the role was that Richard Harris had previously denied his acting skills, and he couldn't play a role that didn't approve of his actor' role.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" >4, Hermione Granger: Hardy Jones</h1>
Hermione Granger is the most important actress in Harry Potter, and in the process of casting, in addition to Emma Watson, there is another major contender, she is Hardy Jones. Hardy Jones has starred in "Eccentric Madeleine," while Emma Watson is blank. In any case, Hattie Jones has a better chance of winning. However, director Janet Heshenson made the final decision, handing over the role to Emma Watson.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" >5, Luna Lovegood: Silsa Ronan</h1>
Silsa Ronan has starred in films such as "Atonement" and "Lovely Bones", and has been nominated for three Oscars, and is a very good and well-known actress. But what many people don't know is that she actually auditioned for the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter. But she was ultimately not recognized by the novel's creator, J.K. Rowling, who ended up playing the role of Evanna Lynch. She was disappointed at one point, but as a good actress, her subsequent career was still very successful.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" >6, Cedric Diggory: Henry Cavill</h1>
Anyone who has watched Twilight must know robert Pattinson, but what many people may not have noticed is that the actor once played the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter. Among the competing actors for this role is Henry Cavill, who has now played the role of the handsome "Superman". But he eventually lost to Robert Pattinson, and interestingly, even though the protagonist of Twilight's novel was rumored to be based on Henry Cavill, Henry Cavill lost to Robert Pattinson again during the casting process. Fortunately, he later became popular around the world by relying on the role of Superman.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" >7, Rubeus Hagrid: Robin Williams</h1>
As with the Harry Potter character selection, the iconic character of the film, Rubeus Hagrid, was almost played by an American actor, Robin Williams. It was also because of the pressure J.K. Rowling put on the production team that Robin Williams lost the opportunity to play the role.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" >8, Helena Ravenclaw: Kate Winslet</h1>
As a legendary character, the film team also wanted to be able to pick a great actress like Lady Gray, Helena Ravenclaw, and they quickly thought of Kate Winslet. However, his agent rejected the script even before verifying if she was interested in working on the project.