Tom Felton was almost cast as Harry Potter

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Tom Felton nearly beat Daniel Radcliffe in his iconic role as Harry Potter.

The actor is best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the magical saga, but director Chris Columbus, who directed the first two films, revealed that Warner Bros. bosses were eager to cast him in the title role.

But the filmmaker “knew” that the young actor would be better as the school villain, and explained, “Tom was a great actor too, so we thought, let’s dye Tom’s hair, give him a scar, give him the glasses and let’s see.” . .

“Did a great Harry Potter reading. The problem is, you can really tell when an 11 or 12 year old’s hair gets dyed.

“He was so good to Malfoy. He just couldn’t let that go. I knew Tom had to play Malfoy. “

Chris had been itching to cast Daniel Radcliffe as Harry from the moment he saw the 11-year-old actor’s “complex and interesting” screen presence on television.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: “I was up late one night in London watching the BBC and there was a David Copperfield miniseries. There was a young Dan Radcliffe in it, for two or three scenes. But I thought, ‘That’s Harry Potter.’

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But after requesting a meeting, the casting directors warned him to “forget” about Daniel.

They told Chris, “’You’re never going to find it. His parents are in the industry. They have no wish for him to do this. Just forget it.'”

But Harry Potter producer David Heyman traveled to meet Daniel’s family and spoke to them during the interval at a theater show.

Chris said: “In David’s usual charming way, he was able to convince them to attend a meeting. That was kind of like the end. “

The deal was sealed when Harry Potter author JK Rowling praised Daniel as the “perfect” choice to play her wizard boy.

“So when the studio heard that she loved him, and I loved him and David loved him, they said yes,” he added.

“Two days later, we made the announcement in London. The rest is history. “

Reference-torontosun.com

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