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Bright Side assembled 20 photos of Harry Potter actors to show you how they looked when they were younger (much younger than in the movies). In some cases, it can be a challenge to even recognize them.
Jun 11, 2023 · The Harry Potter saga not only marked a before and after in pop culture, it also managed to change the lives of a large part of the actors and actresses who were part of the film...
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- Daniel Radcliffe — Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint — Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson — Hermione Granger
- Tom Felton — Draco Malfoy
- Bonnie Wright — Ginny Weasley
- Matthew Lewis — Neville Longbottom
- Evanna Lynch — Luna Lovegood
- Alfred Enoch — Dean Thomas
- Katie Leung — Cho Chang
- Jamie Waylett — Vincent Crabbe
Daniel Radcliffe was just 11 years old when he starred as The Boy Who Lived — a role that led to him becoming one of the highest-paid actors in the world. But since wrapping the series at 21 years old, he's worked hard to distinguish himself in roles worlds away from his breakout character. His first post-Potter role was in the 2012 horror flick Th...
Unlike his co-stars, Rupert Grint took a short break from acting after playing Harry's loveable best friend in all eight movies. In 2012, he returned to the big screen in Into the White — a WWII action film about British and German soldiers who found themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. He's also appeared in a handful of ...
From child star to women's rights activist, it's easy to draw similarities between Emma Watson and the brainy and outspoken Hermione. After finishing the Harry Potter films, Watson split her time between acting and academia, completing her bachelor's degree in English literature at the prestigious Brown University in 2014. Since then, she's become ...
Like his Gryffindor peers, Tom Felton has continued with acting, appearing in the Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011 and period-drama Belle in 2013. More recently he played Tony Turner in Dutch war film The Forgotten Battle (2020). Outside of acting he's a keen musician and has carved out a niche as a singer-songwriter. Much like the rest of us...
Bonnie Wright found fame as the only female child of the Weasley family, and Harry’s ultimate love interest. Following the films she continued acting, landing a number of smaller roles and her stage debut in a production of The Moment of Truth. But after graduating from the University of Arts London with a degree in writing and directing she moved ...
Like many of his co-stars, Matthew Lewis continued with acting after playing the bumbling and unlucky Neville Longbottom. But it was the British actor's "glow up" that landed him a new legion of fans. In 2015, he appeared shirtless on the cover Attitude magazineunder the headline "From Hogwarts to Hottie”, prompting Harry Potter's creator JK Rowlin...
The eccentric Luna Lovegood only joined the franchise in the fifth film, but her character has endured as one of the most-loved of the series. It's the story of how Irish actor Evanna Lynch came to appear in the series, however, that has become the stuff of legend among fans. From the age of 11, Lynch struggled with eating disorders and turned to t...
Alfred Enoch has spent his years since Harry Potter racking up a number of successful acting roles and graduating from Oxford University. Most notably, he appeared in The Picture of Dorian Grey adaptation in 2021 and in the television series How to Get Away with Murder between 2014 and 2020. Speaking to The Guardianthis year, Enoch reflected on pla...
Leung played Harry's first love interest — and his first kiss — and one of the few Asian Hogwarts students in the movies. The much-anticipated smooch earned her and Radcliffe a nomination for MTV's Best Kiss award in 2008. Since appearing in four of the Harry Potter movies, the Scottish-Chinese actor has gone on to complete degrees in painting, des...
Jamie Waylett's acting career was short-lived — his only role being Draco Malfoy's Slytherin sidekick in the first six movies. According to the BBC, the former child actor was sentenced to two years' jail for his participation in the 2011 London riots. He was 22 years old at the time.
Nov 5, 2019 · With the end of the series and a sense of graduation looming, its young stars appear to have emerged from the most treacherous of adventures — child actor stardom — as remarkably grounded people...
How did the Harry Potter movies influence the film industry? The Harry Potter movies revolutionized the film industry in several ways. First, they demonstrated the financial potential of adapting popular book series, leading to a wave of book-to-film adaptations in subsequent years.
Sep 2, 2017 · Kayti Burt explains how 'Harry Potter', whether intentionally or not, became a touchstone for a generation wrestling with the fallout from 9/11.
Apr 19, 2016 · Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) After playing slightly-loopy-but-totally-lovable Luna, Evanna went on to continue acting, with roles in TV's Sinbad and the teen comedy G.B.F, amongst others, but her path wasn't as clear-cut as some others.
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