The release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” marks the ending of JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series led by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
With eight movies made during ten years, the series has become a pop cultural phenomenon and the highest-grossing franchise of all time.
Everything belongs to the boy wizard and other characters of the “Harry Potter” receives serious attention of its fans. However, some surprising facts about the series we may not have ever known.
For instance, it is estimated that makeup experts had to administer Harry Potter’s famed scar on Daniel Radcliffe’s forehead over 2,000 times, and even 5,800 times if counting body and stunt doubles.
Author JK Rowling was listed the 12th richest British woman in the 2008 Sunday Times with £560 million ($798 million) in the coffers
More than 600 Hogwarts school uniforms and 25,000 items of clothing had been created for the entire “Harry Potter” series
“Harry Potter” fans honestly expect to visit the platform 9¾ at London's King's Cross Station, where the Hogwarts Express departs to take magic students to Hogsmeade
It is estimated that makeup experts had to administer Harry Potter’s famed scar on Daniel Radcliffe’s forehead over 2,000 times, and even 5,800 times if counting body and stunt doubles
A dentist was employed to put in fake teeth for kids, who lost their milk teeth during filming, to prevent continuity issues
Currently owned by Warner Bros, Leavesden Studios provided home for the “Harry Potter” franchise and other famous movies like “GoldenEye”, “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace” and “Inception”
Rowling said in a 2007 interview that she saw the character Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who was acted by the late Richard Harris and Michael Gambon, as gay. Dumbledore had fallen in love with Gellert Grindelwald in his younger years
Ministry of Magic was the biggest set built for the “Harry Potter” series
The model dimensions for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was built at a scale of 1:24
Daniel Radcliffe wore 160 pairs of his character's iconic glasses throughout his time working on the series
Hagrid's blind Acromantula Aragog has a leg span of 18 ft. That's one scary spider!
Robert Pattinson played his first role in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
In the epilogue to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, Draco Malfoy's wife Astoria Greengrass was played by Tom Felton's real-life girlfriend Jade Olivia
More than 3,000 were casted for the role of Cho Chang in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. Finally, the character was played by Katie Leung
During the making of the “Harry Potter” movies, Daniel Radcliffe has worn out 60-70 wands, which are between 13 and 15 inches long on average
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