

Director Chris Columbus told him to just say whatever he wanted. When filming the Dumbledore's office scene, Lucius was originally going to just walk away, but Isaacs felt like Lucius should say something before he walked out. An exchange between Harry and Lucius was completely improvised by both actors. You know, when I saw her in the film for the first time before I read the book, I thought Harry was just getting haunted by his ghostly female counterpart. Shirley Henderson was 37 years old when she portrayed Moaning Myrtle.ĭespite the fact that Myrtle was supposed to be only 14, she was portrayed by 37-year-old Shirley Henderson, making her the oldest actress to portray a Hogwarts student. So, he improvised his funniest line, "I didn't know you could read." While filming this scene, Felton forgot the line he was supposed to say after Harry/Goyle said the glasses were reading glasses. Draco's line, "I didn't know you could read", was improvised by Tom Felton. And it means that Lucius Malfoy was blown backwards by the orange ball and stick that he owned.ĭobby was created in CGI during post-production. That means an orange ball was hitting itself with a lamp. That must have been a very strange experience for the actors. Dobby was portrayed by an orange ball and stick. His portrayer, Jason Isaacs, came up with the idea for long hair in order to have a contrast with actor Tom Felton's hair (he played Draco Malfoy). In the book, it wasn't specified what kind of hair Lucius had. Actor Jason Isaacs came up with the idea for Lucius Malfoy to have long hair.


Well, at least they weren't coughing up slugs. Head lice broke out on the set during filming, and everyone had to get checked. But Watson was too embarrassed hugging them both in front of that many people, so she simply shook Grint's hand instead, which makes sense for their characters. In the original script, Hermione was originally supposed to hug both Harry and Ron in the Great Hall scene ending. Emma Watson was too embarrassed to hug both Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in front of the whole set.
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Filming took place three days after the release of the first film.ĭamn, these actors really grew up on this movie set, didn't they? 2. Last month, I wrote " 10 Fun Facts About 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!'", and to continue with the series, here are ten fun facts about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the film.
