Latest Harry Potter News & Updates

Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Veteran Hollywood actor Gary Oldman, who is known for his work in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy, ‘Leon: The Professional’ and others, once narrated a funny incident when he paid a visit to his dentist. An old clip of the actor has resurfaced on the Internet, and it shows him talking about his dentist’s kid, who was a huge fan of the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise.He said, “I met this dentist and he said, ‘Oh my son is over there, T…

Los Angeles, June 30 (IANS) Actress Emma Thompson has shared that she feels “strange” talking about her role in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies. The 67-year-old actress played Professor Sybill Trelawney in the ‘Harry Potter’ film franchise, but Emma finds talking about the movies to be a bit odd, because she feels like a peripheral part of the series, reports ‘Female First UK’.Emma, whose first appearance as Trelawney was in the third film, 2004’s ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba…

Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS) Actress Emma Watson has shared that she once made a slip-up. The actress mistook a group of birdwatchers for paparazzi. The ‘Harry Potter’ actress, 36, was convinced her family home had become a target for photographers trying to snap her picture when she saw a group of people standing outside armed with cameras and long lenses, reports ‘Female First UK’.However, Emma soon found out they were just trying to capture images of a rare bird and weren’t interested …

Los Angeles, June 1 (IANS) Actor Daniel Radcliffe likes to take risks. The actor has shared that he regularly seeks out work that “scares the s***” out of him. The 36-year-old actor doesn’t want to get “complacent” about his career so enjoys searching for a challenge, such as his recent role in one-person Broadway show ‘Every Brilliant Thing’, which is based on audience interaction and human connections, reports ‘Female First UK’.He told ‘People’ magazine, “Every few years, I want …

Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) The ‘Harry Potter’ series already has its 2nd season approved even before the airing of its 1st season. The series is set to debut its first season this Christmas. The news aligns with the network’s plan to adapt all seven of J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ books into seven seasons of television over the course of a decade, reports ‘Variety’.The season 2 of the show, which will be based on the book ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’, will begin …

Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Actress Helena Bonham Carter is exiting the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 4. “With filming just underway on season four of ‘The White Lotus,’ it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set,” HBO said in a statement, reports variety.com.“The role has subsequently been rethought, is being rewritten and will be recast in the coming weeks. HBO, the producers and Mike White are saddened tha…

Los Angeles, March 30 (IANS) English actor Paapa Essiedu is hopeful about a conversation in society. The actor shared that Babies will help to open up conversations about pregnancy loss. The 35-year-old actor stars alongside Siobhan Cullen in the new drama, which follows a couple in their 30s as they navigate the emotional complexities of pregnancy loss and the strain it places on their relationship, reports ‘Female First UK’.Paapa told the BBC, “If it makes one person able to talk about pre…

Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Author JK Rowling has extended her full support to the forthcoming ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ series amid trolling over the first look at the show. The writer, 60, praised its first trailer as “incredible”, despite a sharply divided response from fans to the promo, reports ‘Female First UK’.The television adaptation, set to debut on ‘Christmas Day’, will reimagine each of JK’s seven Potter books across seven seasons over the next d…

Los Angeles, March 27 (IANS) Hollywood actor Andrew Garfield has revealed that he only recently just watched the ‘Harry Potter’ movie franchise. The actor said that he’s aware it is a controversial decision given author J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans views. The Oscar nominee wouldn’t even say her name, referring to Rowling instead as “she who shall remain nameless” in an apparent nod to the villainous Voldemort, reports ‘Variety’.The actor also noted that Daniel Radcliffe‘s perfor…