15 facts about the movie "Harry Potter"
Perhaps there is not a single person who would not know who Harry Potter. Films about the adventures of the young wizard created a furor. It is interesting to see what's left overs. Shooting of "Harry Potter" - a real magic
1. The secret Dumbledore on Dumbledore's role was originally approved by Richard Harris, who you could see in the first part of the film. In August 2002, the actor died suddenly, and was replaced by Michael Gambon. By the way, according to JK Rowling, she has always been Dumbledore's gay, although no direct evidence of this fact in the book there. Dumbledore was played by two actors kiss
2. 1 and 3,000 actresses to audition Cho Chang auditioned about three thousand young actresses who were eager to kiss the great Harry Potter. Or at least with Daniel Radcliffe. Katie Leung (Cho Chang) was able to bypass other contestants
3. Replacements and understudy. Are there more? 3 understudy Emma Watson took part in the filming of the saga of the boy wizard, but at Radcliffe was only one alternate. Emma Watson with understudy
4. Only English Before starting work on the "philosopher's stone" Rowling warned producers: the entire cast to be originally from the UK, otherwise the film will not be. The producer could choose akterov.Tak brilliant in the film played by Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, and many others. Actors other nationalities appear only in "Prisoner of Azkaban", as demanded by the script. "Harry Potter" - a truly English film
5. Magic School 88 artists created for the filming of the general plan of the school of magic model was used in the proportions 1:24, over which worked 88 artists. The creator of the idea of the scenery designer Stuart Craig, was awarded the British Academy of Film. The magnificent castle magic school
6. How to remove nose Lord Voldemort to make Lord Voldemort noseless, on the face of Ralph Fiennes attached multicolored dots that serve distinctive markers for further computer processing. And the rest of the awesome appearance of the evil wizard - the merit of makeup. The lack of a nose made Lord Voldemort even more frightening
7. Green Pensieve Similar technology has been used in the Pensieve - at the bottom of the bowl was placed a green screen on which the video was imposed memories while working on the special effects. Magic Pensieve
8. How was the tennis ball elf characters like Dobby elf, filmed parts, and then simulated on a computer. During the filming of the elf's body replaced the tennis ball on a long stick. With this design the actors talking to the camera. The elves in the film were very realistic
9. The vehicle of the memories of his father flying car Ron Weasley in "Chamber of Secrets" was created by JK Rowling memories - in her youth she drove a Ford cerulean. During the filming of a scene from the rattlesnake willow Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe destroyed 14 identical machines. More than a dozen vehicles smashed during the filming
10. The debut of Robert Pattinson Cedric Diggory in "Goblet of Fire" played a future star of "Twilight" Robert Pattinson. It was his first major film role. Robert Pattinson great cope with the role
11. Two houses for giant to actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid looked at the giant frame for scenes in the full-length he picked up a stand-height of 210 centimeters. In addition, decorators went to the trick: they have two huts, one standard size (it filmed an internal plan), and a second, smaller, standing next to a giant Hagrid looked. Actor Robbie Coltrane is not too high
12. Optical illusions can make the old new to the house of the family Weasley looked shabby, the walls of his rooms were placed at different angles. House Weasley turned eclectic but cozy
13 200 human foot for a spider to trigger the mechanism, showing a giant spider Aragog, 100 people took. It was created several large and small akromantulov
14. Unfinished at Diagon Alley took a lot of time preparing decorations Diagon Alley, for example, to create the scenery alone shop Weasley twins spent 3 months. Scenery Diagon Alley
15. 40 thousand "magic vredilok" All the props in a warehouse of the eight Harry Potter films stored on five huge warehouses. This includes thousands of pieces of furniture, 12 thousand handmade book volumes, 40 thousand "magic vredilok" Weasley out of the store.