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Richard harris didn't agree to play albus dumbledore at first. His 1 1 year-old granddaughter threatened that if he didn't act, he would never talk to him again. Only then did he agree to attend.

Warner originally wanted Steven Spielberg to be a director, but he turned down the position because he couldn't accept Rowling's insistence that "all actors are British actors". Spielberg had hoped that American boy Xinghai Lai Joan Osman could play Harry.

When the crew decided to shoot part of the interior of Hogwarts with a cathedral in Gloucester, England, the local media was in an uproar. The protesters wrote bags of protest letters to the local newspaper, calling it blasphemy and threatening to prevent the crew from entering the church collectively. But there was only one protester on the day the film crew went to shoot.

During the filming, the tabby cat who plays Mrs. loris suddenly ran away. It came back by itself two days later.

During the filming, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, who plays Harry, changed the cell phone language of robbie coltrane, who plays Hagrid, into Turkish. Coltrane had to call the Turkish father of hairdresser Eithne Fennel for help, trying to find the item "Change the language" in the Turkish menu.

Hagrid was playing bagpipes when Harry, Ron and Hermione ran to find him. The tune he played was Hedwig's Melody.

There are many portraits hanging on the wall next to the moving stairs. You can clearly see a picture of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I. She is considered a witch by the public.

On the Quidditch medal in Zhan Mu, M. McGonagall and R.J.H King were mentioned. Next to it are T.M. Riddle's school special contribution award and R.J.H. King's medal. R.J.H King is the artistic director of the film John King.

◎ Eris's mirror is engraved with the following words: "Risedstra Ehru oytube cafe on Voss". On the other hand, it means "I don't show your face, but your inner desire", which means "I don't reflect your face, but your inner desire".

◎ The word "bloody" appeared six times in the movie, plus "ass", "penis" and "damn" twice. These vulgar words and some horrible scenes in the forbidden forest are the reasons why the movie level became PG.

◎ The movie tells us that the twelfth use of dragon blood is oven cleaner.

Nicolas flamel was indeed an alchemist, and some people thought that he made the philosopher's stone. There are also various rumors surrounding his death. Rumor has it that he is still alive. If he is still alive, he should be over 600 years old as mentioned in the book.

Hedwig is played by three owls.

Tim Roth was originally a popular candidate for the role of Professor Snape, but in order to shoot tim burton's "The Battle of the Planet of the Apes", he withdrew from the casting contest.

◎ In the script, the screenwriter of the scene where Voldemort killed Harry's parents was Rowling himself (HP screenwriter has always been Steve Clovis). The producer knows that only she knows what happened at that time.

Rowling personally nominated alan rickman to play Professor Snape. She also personally chose robbie coltrane to play Hagrid.

In the troll scene in the ladies' room, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe didn't really ride on the troll's neck. Because such a big action may make people twist their necks. His image is post-synthetic.

In the wizard chess played by Harry and Ron, the prototype of the red queen is Lewis chess, which is the most famous chess piece since 12 century. Lewis chess was discovered in Lewis in 183 1 year. At present, 78 chess pieces have been restored by a * * *, and are now displayed in the National Museum of Scotland and the London Museum respectively.

◎ The interior of Gringotts Pavilion was borrowed from the Australian Embassy in London.

◎ The crew once considered letting gabriel thomson play Harry.

Body double of Hagrid is Martin Byfield, a former professional football player.

◎ All cars parked on Privet Drive are vauxhall brands.

David hume Lisbon, who played Professor Lu Ping in HP3 film, should play Professor Quirrell.

Harry's scar in the movie is not in the middle of his forehead. This is at the request of Rowling. Many people think that Harry's scar is in the center of his forehead after reading the cover illustration. In fact, this book does not specify where the scars are.

Great north Train Company of West Anglia, all companies of "platform 9 3/4", stuck half a suitcase on a post in the station, and it looked as if the suitcase was disappearing into the post. Visitors can take some photos of themselves walking into the column with it.

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A lot of Harry? Potter fans are rushing to see the movie Scooby-Doo just to see the trailer of Chamber of Secrets.

In order to shoot the scene of Harry and Ron colliding in whomping willow, the crew destroyed fourteen Ford cars.

When Hagrid dragged Harry away from knockturn alley, there was a whole set of Harry Potter in the window of a store in the background.

When shooting in the wild, Dobby is just an orange ball stuck on a stick.

When Harry looked around Dumbledore's office, a "Gandalf in gray" appeared in a portrait of a famous wizard on the wall. It's above the door frame, a little to Harry's right.

When Harry walked out of knockturn alley's shop, it was Rowling herself who greeted him.

◎ A cinema manager in Norway complained that movies made young fans vomit. Many fans ate a lot of sugar and popcorn, and then threw up in the scene where Ron vomited slugs.

There are also props designer Stuart Craig and executive producer mark radcliffe in the paintings on the Hogwarts wall.

In the original script, Hermione should hug Harry and Ron last. But emma watson was embarrassed to hug in front of the actors, so director Columbus revised the script.

◎ The tapestry of Gryffindor Lounge is an imitation of the series Girls and Unicorns. Originally a16th century tapestry, it is now displayed in the Clooney Museum in Paris.

The license plate number of the Weasleys is 7990TD.

All four children of director Columbus appeared in the film. Eleanor Columbus plays Susan? Borns (she also played this role in the first movie), Brendan Columbus played a boy studying in the hall, Violet Columbus played a girl with flowers, and Isabella Columbus played a girl in a bookstore.

The Weasleys' Ford prototype is Rowling's car. She and her good friends always went for a ride after school when they were children.

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◎ The crew once thought that ewan mcgregor was Lu Bang.

The special effects team spent six months making dementors.

◎ In the scene of The Duke of Honey, the crew was told that "those sweets have varnish on them", but they didn't. The purpose of saying this is just to prevent the candy from disappearing during the filming.

The Duke of Honey's cabin used to be Ollivander's wand shop during the period of the Sorcerer's Stone.

Emma thompson plays Professor Trelawney to make her four-year-old daughter Gaia happy.

Gary Oldman plays Sirius because he is in urgent need of work. He hasn't made a movie for a year.

◎ Daniel has a scene to make an expression of awe. Director Alfonso prompted him: "Imagine cameron diaz standing in front of you wearing only a fig leaf." This move is very useful.

There is a provision in Alfonso's contract that the director shall not cast spells on the children on the set.

Ian Brown, a former "Shi Meigui" singer, appeared in a bar. His book is a brief history of time.

When we first saw the marauder's map, the name of a dot showed "Newt Scamander". He wrote Fantastic Animals and Where can I find them in Harry Potter's World, but he is not a teacher at Hogwarts.

In order to prevent people from stealing movies, Warner specially equipped the cinema inspectors with night vision goggles.

Gary Oldman knew Daniel Jacob Radcliffe's love for music. When he first met Daniel, he gave him a bass guitar.

◎ In order to let the three leading actors have a deeper understanding of their roles, Alfonso asked the three children to write papers on their roles in the first person. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson handed in sixteen pages, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe only wrote one page, and Rupert Grint didn't hand it in.

When the Weasleys gave Harry a map, the word "Moony" on the map was written as "Mooney". This is an internal joke played by the staff to Karl Mooney, the visual effects director.

◎ The lyrics of Double Trouble come from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1. In Macbeth, three witches read this passage repeatedly, and made predictions to the cruel king. Shakespeare never "borrowed" this passage from the real witch who cursed the theatrical performance. If you whisper "Macbeth" in the theater, it will bring bad luck to the play. The above is the origin of this allusion.

When Harry looked at Peter's whereabouts in the corridor, the people in the portrait behind him accused him of the candlelight in his hand. That man is the director Alfonso himself.

Before Lu taught Harry to defend against dementors, this was Dumbledore's office in the secret room.

When Harry approached Ms. Rosemerta's bar, the man sitting in the back with two lighted candles was director Alfonso.

The scene of paul whitehouse, who plays Sir Cadogan, was deleted in all aspects.

◎ The crew built two Chevrolet buses: one for exterior shooting and one for interior shooting.

Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, turned down the invitation to play Dumbledore. He said: "I have caused myself a lot of trouble by playing an epic. Two epics are really out of reach."

◎ Dumbledore used his signature on the torture book to delay the time. He said, "His name is very long". His full name appeared in the Order of the Phoenix. His full name is Albus? Percival? Woolfrick? Brian? Dumbledore.

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione "witnessed" Buckbeak's death, Hermione hugged Ron, and Harry hugged Hermione-this scene was taken from Alfonso's previous film "Your Mom, too".