15 Magical Facts About the Making of the Harry Potter Movies
Of course the books were better, but the movies weren't so bad (they were very good, actually). It took about a decade to create the eight films, from 2001-2011, the highest grossing one being 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2'. Many interesting things happened while the successful installment was being filmed, so be ready to read about them in this fascinating article.
1. There are thousands of letters that get delivered to Harry in the first movie, and did you know that every single one was written by hand by the production team.
2. Ever noticed in the movies, Harry's eyes are not green? The production team tried to make Daniel wear colored contacts, but he had an allergic reaction.
3. In the first movie, all the food in the great hall was real and edible. They started freezing food in movie two
because it spoiled easily under the lights.
4. Fourteen cars were wrecked while filming the Whomping Willow scene in the second movie.
5. Originally, Hugh Grant was cast to play Gilderoy Lockhart.
6. Alan Rickman wore black contacts for his role as Snape.
7. The actor that played young Tom Riddle is related to the actor who played Lord Voldemort.
8. Daniel Radcliffe broke about 160 pairs of round glasses throughout the eight movies.
9. He also used wands as drumsticks, which resulted in them breaking often as well (about 80 wands).
10. During one of the Yule Ball entrance takes, Emma Watson fell down and tripped on her dress.
11. The prop department made 40 identical Slytherin lockets.
12. In the movies, butterbeer was made out of foamy apple juice.
13. Hedwig was played by 4 male snowy owls, and Fang was played by 9 different dogs.
14. The fancy books in Dumbledore's office are actually phone books covered in leather.
15. If you wanted to watch all the movies in one sitting, it would take about 18 hours! Get your butterbeer supply ready.