1. Harry Potter has blue and green eyes in the film
In the books, Harry Potter has green eyes. It is logical that actor Daniel Radcliff should also have green eyes in the films. Which, of course, no one could have foreseen: Radcliff’s eyes couldn’t take the green contact lenses and he was rarely able to wear them on set. So if you look very closely, you can see Harry with green eyes and blue eyes.
2. Professor Snape is real
Sooner or later everyone has taken a liking to Professor Snape. But before the final, heartbreaking secrets about himself were revealed, he was the most frightening teacher at Hogwarts. Incidentally, Harry Potter author JKRowling found inspiration for this in her own chemistry teacher at the time.
But not only Snape was inspired by real people, Hermione Granger too. For this, Rowling took no less than himself as a role model. Under the circumstances, it’s not surprising that Granger’s Patronus is an otter – the author’s favorite animal.
3. Numbers, numbers, numbers
According to Carlsen Verlag, all seven Harry Potter books total 4,192 pages. Volume five “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” has most of them, the fastest one is with the first part “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. Of course, so many pages also mean many words on the pages. A total of 19018 times the name “Harry Potter” is said to be mentioned in the books. Incidentally, Ron Weasley came second with 6495 mentions.
The spell that is used the most is “Expecto Patronus” – it is used a total of 140 times in the books. Incidentally, in the first film, Harry doesn’t cast a single spell – it’s mainly Hermione who saves the trio from dangerous situations.
4. This is the number to the Ministry of Magic
Where we’re at numbers. In the movies, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll see Arthur Wessley dialing the number combination 6-2-4-4-2 on his way to the Ministry of Magic through the phone booth. Anyone who now takes a look at their cell phone or was present in the days of cell phones with buttons and T9 will notice that the word “magic” is spelled on the number keys.
5. Secret Letter Messages
Much to Hermione’s displeasure, Ron meets a girl named Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – a hidden message. Because if you look closely, you will discover that this is an anagram for “Brand New Lover”.
Another anagram is Voldemort’s actual name. In English it is “Tom Marvolo Riddle”, which spells out “I am Lord Voldemort” with twisted letters. Translators around the world seem to have had trouble finding names that spit out similar anagrams in the local language. In German, Voldemort is called “Tom Vorlost Riddle” which also means “Is Lord Voldemort”. For example, in Danish, Voldemort is called Romet G. Detlev Jr. So you could throw the letters together to “Jeg er Voldemort”, which means “I am Voldemord”.
6. From soft pink to neon pink
A penchant for (ugly) cat decorations, high-pitched laughter and pink costumes – of course we’re talking about Professor Dolores Umbridge. Anyone who’s been paying attention to the movies will have noticed that their pink costumes change color over the course of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”: “I started with a lighter pink. As the film progressed, the pink became more and more glaring and glaring and glaring because she’s getting more and more hysterical.”, told costume designer Jany Temime.
7. Relatives on the set
Not only the actors of Fred and George Weasly are related in the film as well as in real life. For example, the nephew of Voldemort actor Ralph Fiennes made it to the set. More specifically, the scene in film six when Dumbledore descends into his memories through the Pensieve and encounters young Tom Riddle. Mini Lord Voldemort is played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, nephew of Ralph Fiennes adult Voldemord.
Likewise, Bill Weasley’s actor Domhnall Gleeson is no stranger to at least one cast member in the last two Harry Potter films. In real life, he is the son of Mad-Eye Moody actor Brendan Gleeson.
2023-08-22 14:05:07
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