14+ Actors who almost didn’t play outstanding characters from the “Harry Potter Universe”

Many factors are taken into account when choosing the casting for a film production, in order to cast the artists who best fit certain roles. These choices, therefore, are sometimes so accurate that the viewer himself creates an identification with the character, making it difficult to disassociate the actor’s image from that figure.

Today, for example, would you imagine a Harry Potter if not Daniel Radcliffe, or even a Hermione without Emma Watson? While many of us think they were “born” to play them, the producers’ vision may not always have been the same, as other artists almost made it to the franchise’s cast. Can you believe?!

O awesome.club loves to bring the curiosities of the “Wizard World” and, therefore, invites you to meet the artists who almost replaced the actors of the saga on the big screen, how they would look in the roles and for what reasons they stopped being cast. Check it out below (and don’t forget the bonus at the end)!

Ian McKellen, well known for his works in Lord of the Rings and The Da Vinci Codewas invited to play the famous wizard Albus Dumbledore on the big screen after the death of his first interpreter, Richard Harris, in 2002. However, the British actor turned down the opportunity for a very plausible reason.

Harris had said that while he was technically brilliant, he lacked passion. Soon, the artist replied: “I could not take on the role of an actor who did not approve of me”. Ian would probably have been a genius Dumbledore too, but the character, in the end, ended up with Michael Gambon.

The actress Saoirse Ronan, well known for the A Look at Paradise and lovely womeneven auditioned to play Luna Lovegood in the “Harry Potter Universe” films, but didn’t get the role, which, in turn, went to Evanna Lynch – named by the story’s creator, JK Rowling, as the “perfect” interpreter. ” for the character.

Saoirse, however, admitted her disappointment with the experience: “I was very young — but at the time I thought, ‘I would love to be in Harry Potter.’ When I was younger, I used to think they had the best job in the world.” Today, with more than three Oscar nominations, one can wonder what a Luna would be like by Saoirse’s hands. Would she be as genius as Evanna’s?

Originally the star of A Series of Unfortunate EventsLiam Aiken, could star in the role of Harry Potter on the big screen, if it weren’t for a demand from JK Rowling that would change everything: the cast of the feature should be formed only by British actors, and that’s why Daniel Radcliffe won the chance to live the character.

according to The Guardian, the author even called the producer responsible for the adaptation, Chris Columbus, to verify that Aiken had not really been cast. In theory, the concern was about ensuring that the films were faithful to the books, British, therefore. With all the success they’ve had, it’s believed that it was a good decision, right?

JK was really adamant about admitting American actors to make up the story of the most famous little wizard in cinema. Britannia, pushed the production until the final cast was entirely English. Therefore, in addition to Liam Aiken, another person who also had a bad time with the decision was Robin Williams, vetoed from playing the iconic Rubeus Hagrid on the big screen, a character represented with mastery by Robbie Coltrane. We bet they would both do a great job!

The great witch Bellatrix Lestrange was originally going to be played by Helen McCrory, however, at the time of filming, the protagonist of the series Peaky Blinders: Blood, Bets and Razors was pregnant, which made her give up the character, who had stayed with Helena Bonham Carter. Luckily for us, she was able to return to production, but this time as Narcissa Malfoy, in the last three films. Anyway, both actresses played their respective roles masterfully, do we agree?

Before becoming the famous Superman, who won the hearts of many people around the world, Henry Cavill lost not one, but two roles to Robert Pattinson. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire he auditioned to play Cedric Diggory, while in Twilighttried to bring the protagonist Edward to life.

In the latter, he was even the first choice of Stephanie Meyer, the creator of the “Cullen Universe”, but both roles, in the end, went to Pattinson. Cavill, however, saw the rejections as “a good thing” that happened in her life. After all, things happen at the right time, it’s no wonder that today he became the great actor he is, right?

As far as Hermione Granger is concerned, two child actresses were in the sights of producers to play the smart little witch: Hatty Jones, the star of the feature Madeline, and Emma Watson, hitherto an unknown artist. Interestingly, the decision was made based on the impressions of the casting director, Janet Hirshenson, about Emma, ​​as she believed that the young woman would present a “boring” side on the big screen, which was necessary, but after a while, she would be able to do it. make everyone fall in love.

“We were all ‘Oh my God, a star is born,’” he said in an interview. Today, it would be hard to imagine any other Hermione than the one we already know, right? And apparently Janet was right!

Actor Jamie Campbelll Bower is likely to be a fan of sagas; the star had not only been in the cast of Twilight, but also in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and, of course, in the franchise Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, derived from the “Harry Potter World”, in which he played the young Grindelwald.

However, what many do not know is that before this role he had auditioned to play the young version of Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort) in the sixth film of the Harry Potter series, and even appeared in Vogue Teen magazine, although he did not past and the role went to Frank Dillane.

It wasn’t just Jamie Campbell Bower who tried to play the young version of Lord Voldemort, Tom Riddle, on film. Like him, Eddie Redmayne not only lost the role of the biggest villain in the “Harry Potter World”, but was also cast later in the franchise. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themas the protagonist Newt Scamander.

In an interview, Eddie revealed that even without having received feedback after the audition, over the years, he still had hopes of being cast as a member of the Weasley family, which is known, did not happen. But luckily, this brilliant actor is transiting the Universe created by JK Rowling and doing a great job. Christian Coulson was the one who played Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets🇧🇷

It was Oscar winner Emma Thompson who took the role of Professor Trelawney, but before that was defined, the character would have been offered to also the golden statuette champion Tilda Swinton, who turned it down. In an interview, she explained why, arguing that the film romanticized boarding school life:

“I think they have a very cruel environment to grow up in and I don’t think children benefit from that kind of education.” Regardless of our choices, we all agree that Emma was just as perfect for the role as Swinton would have been, right?

Jason Isaacs, the famous Lucius Malfoy, initially auditioned to play the half-blood wizard Gilderoy Lockhart. However, the producers felt that he would fit in very well as the father of antagonist Draco Malfoy. The curious thing is that at the same time, the actor was already slated to play Captain Hook, in Peter Panand for that reason he didn’t want to have the image tied to two childish villains, which made him almost refuse the role.

Lucky for us, his family stepped in and convinced him to play the long, blond-haired wizard. “Over the weekend, everyone I knew called me — nieces, nephews, godchildren and then the parents,” he said. “They all tried to persuade me to take the job, not because they cared about me, but because they wanted to visit the set! So I accepted and thank God I did!” he completed.

With the film franchise coming to an end, the producers wanted an actress to match the greatness of Helena Ravenclaw, a character whose participation, even if it was short, was very important. The name quoted at the top of the list, therefore, was Kate Winslet, but her agent rejected the role before consulting her. Thus, the Gray Lady ended up being played by the also brilliant Kelly Macdonald. How would things have been if the star of Titanic had been consulted?

Thomas Brodie-Sangster revealed that he tried to play Ron Weasley on the big screen, but ended up losing the character to Rupert Grint, the redhead already so well known by fans of the franchise. However, even though he didn’t pass the test, the actor from Nanny McPhee — The Enchanted Nanny, said that this first “hard” experience of his life in the entertainment industry “made him promise to maintain a more ‘optimistic’ attitude towards the audition process for future roles”. So, as a popular saying would say, “There are evils that come to good”, right?

It may be hard to believe, but before becoming the famous Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton auditioned to play Ron Weasley and also Harry Potter. In addition, despite not having won the roles, the actor said that there was never any kind of jealousy or rivalry behind the scenes of the films. On the contrary, he was very grateful to have been cast: “And even more grateful to have the Draco character,” he said. And it seems that the choices were really perfect, since that’s how each one consecrated themselves in their role.

It is undeniable that there is a similarity between JK Rowling and Geraldine Somerville. Maybe that’s why the producers of the films in the saga wanted the writer to take on the role of Lily Potter, since she could also have “the profile”. However, she declined the invitation: “The filmmakers asked me to play Lily Potter in the first film, …