Harry Potter was a treat for the 21st-century. It was something special and extraordinary that happens only once in the lifetime of a person or in a century.
Harry Potter is a story based on the life of a wizard boy who lost his parents after he was born. There are eight movies in the Harry Potter franchise which are based on the ‘Harry Potter’ book series written by world-famous author J.K. Rowling.
Eight movies showcase Harry’s daily life adventures in Hogwarts and how he tackles problems with his two best friends and two other leads in Harry Potter movies beautiful Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
The first movie in the Harry Potter franchise ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘ and was released in 2001 and the eighth and the last movie in the franchise ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2’ was released in 2011. Harry Potter is one of the most important events in the history of this century.
Now it’s been almost ten years since the last part in the Harry Potter movie series was released. Harry Potter movies took the acting career of the three British actors to the new heights.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint were only 10 or 11 years old child actors when they starred in the first movie of Harry Potter and after that, they went on doing many great things in their respective careers.
Emma Watson is the most successful out of all three English stars as alongside working in the movies she has also worked as an activist.
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe or rather I should say, Harry Potter. He is the wizard boy on which all Harry Potter movies are based. Radcliffe was only 11 years old child actor when he won the role of the young magician.
In 2001 alongside playing the role of Potter he also starred in ‘The Tailor of Panama’. In this movie, he shared the screen with Pierce Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Harry Potter movie series ended in the year 2011 but in between the series he starred in a 2007 movie ‘December Boys’. But after series ended people thought that he would take a break but he continued and starred in different genre movies and fully show off his acting skills.
In 2012 this British lad starred in the horror film ‘The Woman in Black’. And in 2013 he starred in two different genre films which include a drama film “Kill Your Darlings’ and then in rom-com film ‘What If’. He also starred in different television series. From 2012-2013 he starred in Sky Arts 1’s ‘A Young Doctor’s Notebook’ and from 2019-2020 he was in TBS ‘Miracle Workers’.
He starred in more movies like 2015’s ‘Trainwreck’, and ‘Frankenstein’. He played the role of Manny in the 2016 movie ‘Swiss Army Man.’ While working in big budgets movies he was also working on Broadway and theater. As a theater actor, he starred in ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ and ‘Endgame.’
Most recently he was a part of Netflix interactive special ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend.’
Emma Watson
This English flower was the youngest out of all Harry Potter cast. She was only ten years old when she starred in the first part of the Harry Potter movie.
After she made her acting debut through the first part of Harry Potter she starred in 2007 film ‘Ballet Shoes’ and she also worked as a voice actress for in 2008. This English actress is the perfect example of beauty with brain. After the Harry Potter film series wrapped she announced that she would return to the school and will complete her graduation.
In 2014 she graduated from one of the most elite universities ‘Brown University’ with a bachelor’s in English literature.
In between graduation she didn’t stop and continue her acting career and gave many wonderful and memorable roles like Sam in 2012 movie ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’.
She was also a part of many successful projects which include ‘My Week with Marilyn’ in 2011 and ‘The Bling Ring’ in 2013. She continued giving hit roles which include her role of Belle in 2017 Disney movie ‘The Beauty and the Beast’. Lastly, she was starred in the 2019 hit movie ‘Little Women.’
Alongside starring in hit movies, she is also a known feminist. From time to time the British actress also fights for gender equality and women’s rights. 2014 was special for this angel as Emma was named as the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
In the same year in September, she gave the speech to launch the UN Women’s campaign HeForShe. Through this campaign, she asked men to stand up for gender equality and support women all around the globe.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson isn’t just some actress who played the world-famous role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter movies, she is more than that. She is an influencer and woman who fight for equality and the person who believes in the right thing. Also, she is an angel from heaven.
Rupert Grint
This English actor also started his acting career through Harry Potter movies when he was only 12 years old.
While filming the Harry Potter movies he also worked in 2009 movie called ‘Cherrybomb’. After Harry Potter film series ended in 2011 he starred in English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran’s ‘Lego House’ music video. After that he went onto star in different movies like ‘Into the White’ in 2012, ‘Charlie Countryman’ and ‘CBGB’ in 2013 and ‘Moonwalkers’ in 2015.
In 2014 Grint also worked in a Broadway play called ‘It’s Only a Play’ and he also worked as a theater actor in West End play called ‘Mojo’. Recently he was starred in TV series like ‘Sick Note’ and also in Apple TV Plus ‘Servant’.
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