My kids will grow up and I’ll never get to know them.’”Īfter filming Chamber of Secrets, the director recalled a moment when he “could barely speak.” Emotionally drained, he stepped down and subsequent movies were helmed by other directors, but he did stay on as a producer. I thought, ‘I can’t do another six, seven, eight years of this. Columbus certainly felt that way at times. “I wasn’t seeing my kids, who were young at the time, growing up,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. Given the scope and ambition of something like Harry Potter, it’s only natural that the filming process could be exhausting and monotonous. “It would have been a different interpretation - I thought David Thewlis was great - but Robin would have been brilliant.” “Robin would have been brilliant,” Columbus said. But when he wanted a role in Harry Potter - apparently he wanted to play Rumus Lupin - the super strict “British only” edict meant the American actor and comedian was rejected. Williams was one of those very special, ubiquitous actors who was a credit to any project he was involved in. “But she never spoke because you know the rule was if you’re not British, you can’t speak.”Įven the great Robin Williams was rejected under this rule. “She worked about 80 days,” Columbus revealed. It was Columbus’ daughter, Eleanor, in a non-speaking role she had the honor of being one of the first Hogwarts students to put on the sorting hat. And while you won’t hear any non-British accents while watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the U.S.), you may have missed the one American actress that made a cameo. “Jo Rowling and myself said to each other when we first met, ‘Look, we want this cast to be 100% British.’ And by the way, I stuck to that,” Columbus recently told Insider. Original director Chris Columbus, who is American, was happy to adhere to this ruling, although he did twist it a bit. Rowling set a strict mandate that only British actors get cast in the adaptations of her novels. That said, what is surprising is that creator J.K. This is no real surprise given the story is set in England. On January 1, Columbus will be part of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts' special alongside Radcliffe, Grint and Watson, plus other cast members including the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton and more.What do Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and pretty much every other star from the Harry Potter movies have in common? Easy, they’re all British. It would be amazingly fun to make that film - or two films." To able to actually see these adult actors now back in these roles? Oh, yeah. "I think that would be the same situation for 'Harry Potter' fans. There's no question if you're a 'Star Wars fan,' you were moved just seeing them on screen, seeing Harrison Ford as Han Solo again - and Chewy. "If you're a film nerd or cinephile, it's kind of like what J.J. He said: "A version of Cursed Child with Dan, Rupert and Emma at the right age, it's cinematic bliss. Rowling's wizarding book series and helm a movie adaptation of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'. Meanwhile, Columbus - who served as a producer for 'The Prisoner of Azkaban' - recently revealed he'd love to return to the big screen world of J.K. I thought, well, the kids presumably have a shorter attention span, so this is a good thing." "Parents afterwards said it was too long, the kids said it was too short. Particularly a Chicago preview where our first cut was a three-hour cut. He added: "We knew that the film worked because we did a couple of previews. decided to remove almost half an hour of footage. The full three-hour version was screened in Chicago with kids left wanting more, but Warner Bros. We have to put Peeves back in the movie, who was cut from the movie!” The 63-year-old filmmaker - who directed the first film in the magical franchise as well as its sequel 'The Chamber of Secrets' - has admitted he would love to see the full version available to viewers, which would include poltergeist Peeves played by the late Rik Mayall.Īs TheWrap suggested they would love to see the cut out in the world, he said: "I would too. Chris Columbus wants to release the original three-hour cut of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'.
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