Harry Potter Kids.....Then and Now (Pics).........%

Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter

Producer David Heyman thought Radcliffe was perfect for Harry after seeing him in ‘David Copperfield’, but it wasn’t until bumping into the actor and his parents at the theatre that he was able to convince them to let 11-year-old Daniel audition.


Now: Since leaving Potterworld, Radcliffe has shown an impressive desire to spread his thespian wings, appearing in a musical on Broadway, naked in the West End and as a man with horns in, er, ‘Horns’. Next up – playing Igor in ‘Victor Frankenstein’.

Emma Watson – Hermione Granger

Then: Watson was all wobbly eyebrows as a 10-year-old having been cast through her Oxford theatre teacher.

Now: She flirted with quitting acting for the real world, before diving back into the spotlight as a model and UN Goodwill Ambassador. The latter has seen her take feminism by the scruff of the neck, while on-screen she’ll be playing Belle in a live-action ‘Beauty And The Beast’.

Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley

 

Then: Grint was the oldest of the lead trio and scored the role after making a video of himself rapping about why he should get the part.

Now: Aged 26, he provided a voice for ‘Postman Pat: The Movie’, bought an ice cream van with some of his Potter earnings and will star in British action drama ‘Enemy Of Man’, based on ‘Macbeth’.

Tom Felton – Draco Malfoy

 

Then: Felton was an experienced child actor when he auditioned to play baddie Draco at the age of 12, having starred opposite Jodie Foster in ‘Anna and the King’.

Now: Felton featured in ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ and ‘Belle’, while he’s currently starring on US TV as a homicide suspect in ‘Murder In The First’.

Bonnie Wright – Ginny Weasley

 

Then: It was Wright’s brother who convinced her to audition after saying that she physically resembled Rowling’s character, though Ginny’s role was reduced in the movie versions.

Now: She aspired to work behind-the-scenes, with her short film premiering at the Cannes Festival. She has her own production company and balances that with appearing front-of-camera like in upcoming ‘The Highway is for Gamblers’ opposite Joe Jonas.