After seeing Daniel Radcliffe successful the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield, manager Chris Columbus was determined to bring the young actor in for an audition. However, Daniel's parents weren't keen connected the thought of their lad signing onto respective films, which were primitively going to beryllium filmed successful Los Angeles. Daniel recalled, "So my mum and dada were like, 'No, that's a hug disruption to his life."

But, pursuing an brushwood with producer David Heyman astatine a theatre, the Radcliffes agreed to fto Daniel audition.

It's hard to ideate anyone other but Jason Isaacs arsenic Lucius Malfoy. Yet, successful HBO Max's Harry Potter reunion, Jason admitted that helium didn't primitively privation to play Draco's evil begetter successful Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. "I'm convinced I ended up playing Lucius due to the fact that I didn't privation to," helium shared. "I went to audition for Gilderoy Lockhart and Chris said, 'That was great. Would you caput speechmaking a antithetic part.'"

As Jason detailed, helium work for Lucius "through gritted teeth," since helium was acceptable to play Captain Hook successful Peter Pan and didn't privation to represent "two children's villains." However, Jason's bitter instrumentality connected Lucius was "exactly what was necessary" for the part. 

During a chat with Gary Oldman, Daniel revealed that Alan Rickman was the lone 1 successful the formed who knew the information astir Severus Snape. "I privation I'd had the full picture," Gary remarked to Daniel portion discussing the twists and turns of the series. "We lone ever recovered retired [through the] book."

Per Daniel, Alan was the 1 who "had the wrong line" due to the fact that helium asked writer J.K. Rowling for much accusation aboriginal on, adding, "He ne'er told Chris [Columbus], ne'er told anyone. Chris would virtually accidental to him, 'Why are you ding that?' He said, 'I'll archer you later.'"

Mike Newell, who directed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, revealed that helium cracked his ribs portion directing a combat country betwixt Oliver and James Phelps. Apparently, the twins, who played Fred and George Weasley successful the Harry Potter franchise, weren't leaning into the fight, so Mike tapped successful and showed them however to bash it—injuring himself successful the process.

"I was a tubby 60-year-old gent astatine that stage, and I truly shouldn't person done it," helium said with a laugh. "And truthful was successful implicit agony from past on. But, of course, the fantastic happening was that I had made a implicit twit of myself and everybody felt overmuch amended for that."

As the main formed went from children to teenagers connected the acceptable of Harry Potter, it isn't astonishing to larn that immoderate of the stars had crushes connected 1 another. In the reunion, Emma Watson admitted to falling hard for co-star Tom Felton.

"I walked into the country wherever we were having tutoring," she said. "The duty that had been fixed was to gully what you thought God looked like, and Tom had drawn a miss with a backward headdress connected a skateboard. And I conscionable don't cognize however to accidental it—I conscionable fell successful emotion with him."

Emma further revealed that she would "come successful each time and look for his fig connected the telephone sheet." Alas, thing romanticist ever happened betwixt them.

Though Ralph Fiennes' chemoreceptor was removed via CGI for his terrifying translation into Lord Voldemort, the histrion explained that the remainder of the look took immoderate time to happen. "It took astir 3 hours successful makeup," helium remembered, "the coating of the hands, the nails, the teeth. And adjacent with my nose, I felt strong."

Co-star Jason Isaacs expressed that helium was "terrified" of Ralph erstwhile the cameras were rolling.

At the reunion, Helena Bonham Carter took a infinitesimal to stock a cheeky note Daniel gave her during production. Apparently, HBC asked for Daniel's autograph, who successful crook wrote: "It was a pleasance being your co-star and coaster successful the consciousness that I ever ended up holding your coffee. I bash emotion you. And I conscionable privation I had been calved 10 years earlier. I mightiness [have had] a chance. Lots of emotion and acknowledgment for being cool."

Helena revealed that she treasures this enactment and keeps it successful her bathroom.

Before filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Emma considered walking distant from the magical franchise. The now-31-year-old histrion shared this during Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, successful which she admitted to feeling "lonely" astatine times.

"I deliberation I was scared," Emma shared with Rupert Grint. "I don't cognize if you ever felt similar it got to a tipping point, wherever you were like, 'This is benignant of everlastingly now.'"

Rupert confessed that helium excessively had moments similar that, noting aboriginal on, "I besides had akin feelings to Emma, contemplating what beingness would beryllium similar if I called it a day."

Emma said the fans inspired her to enactment with the franchise, explaining, "No 1 had to person maine to spot it through. The fans genuinely wanted you to succeed, and we each genuinely person each other's backs."

Prior to landing the relation of Luna Lovegood successful the Harry Potter movies, Evanna Lynch was a immense instrumentality of the publication bid and its author. In the special, she revealed that she wrote to J.K. Rowling and expressed however overmuch the books meant to her.

"Luckily for me, she work the missive and responded to it," she said. "So I'm 1 of the precise fortunate fewer radical who tin accidental J.K. Rowling was my pen friend."

The reunion took a infinitesimal to retrieve the Harry Potter formed members who are nary longer with us, including Alan Rickman, Helen McCrory, Richard Griffiths and more. Here's what immoderate of the formed had to accidental astir those precocious icons...

Emma Watson connected Richard Harris, who passed distant successful 2002: "Richard Harris was specified a special, lukewarm person. He was truthful twinkly."

Daniel Radcliffe on Richard Griffiths, who passed distant successful 2013: "His passing was the 1 that affected maine most, due to the fact that helium was generous with knowledge. He conscionable wanted to stock everything with you."

Tom Felton connected Helen McCrory, who passed distant successful 2021: "She had taught maine a lot. [Fighting backmost tears] See I can't adjacent accidental it, um, she had this quality conscionable to benignant of amusement specified empathy successful her eyes. It was a existent dainty to enactment with her."

Ralph Fiennes connected Alan Rickman, who passed distant successful 2016: "Alan was a very dear friend. His last scene—I was a small intimidated by him, his precision, his adept transportation of lines. And we benignant of went toe-to-toe successful a comic way, you know, Snape and Voldemort. Two actors tin relish, metaphorically fencing with each other, Alan was a magician successful that mode arsenic an actor."

Forget the stunts and magical moments, a elemental creation country with Daniel is Emma's favourite infinitesimal from the Harry Potter franchise. According to Emma, portion filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows–Part 1, she initially thought the infinitesimal wherever Harry and Hermione creation aft Ron bails connected their ngo would beryllium awkward.

"Now that's 1 of my favourite scenes from the full of the series," she shared, "because the level of familiarity that you and I had with each different astatine that point, I don't deliberation I could've done a country similar that with different actor."

Ron and Hermione may've loved each different successful the Harry Potter franchise, but the actors who played them dreaded that buss country successful the last film. Per Emma, she and Rupert struggled with the country due to the fact that they could ne'er "take it seriously."

"I knew I was gonna person to beryllium the 1 to benignant of marque this happening happen," she further shared, "because Rupert was not gonna, truthful I conscionable had to spell for it."

She aboriginal called the buss the "hardest thing" she's ever had to do, arsenic they had go similar siblings, noting, "It conscionable felt wrong. So incorrect connected each level."

As for however Rupert remembered the smooch? "I kind of deliberation I blacked out. I conscionable retrieve your look getting person and person to mine."