Daniel Radcliffe Hated Shooting These Harry Potter Scenes

Daniel Radcliffe was not fond of shooting certain sequences in the Harry Potter movies. The actor revealed why he has bad memories of working on the set.

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Maciej Gaffke04 September 2023
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chris Columbus, Warner Bros., 2002
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For many Harry Potter fans Quidditch represents one of the most exciting elements of the universe created by J.K. Rowling, especially in the screen adaptations of the writer's books. However, Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the titular wizard, does not necessarily share this enthusiasm.

The actor admitted, that shooting scenes related to magical sports was a nuisance for him. Interestingly, the same was said by Tom Felton playing the role of Draco Malfoy - Harry's rival.

"Quidditch was the least fun thing I did in Harry Potter. It was not a pleasant experience, shooting the scenes really hurt a lot and I don't remember it very well," said Radcliffe.

Felton shares this opinion and is glad that he is done with the sport after the first two movies.

It should be noted that at the time of shooting the quidditch scenes, the actors were still very young, and the intensity of the sequences was written into their memories - especially in the case of Radcliffe, who was heavily shaken by the flying broom.

The most fragments showing this magical sport appeared precisely in the first movies, especially in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Subsequent games were shown in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the next movie quidditch appeared sporadically - Harry with friends went to the world championships in the Goblet of Fire, and Half-Blood Prince mainly showed Ron's adventures in the Gryffindor team.

However, this does not change the fact that watching quidditch matches in the movies gave the viewers a lot of fun. There are even real clashes organized around the world based on the rules of the sport for wizards.

If you want to remember the quidditch scenes in Harry Potter, you can watch them on HBO Max, where you can find all the movies with the young wizard.

Maciej Gaffke

Maciej Gaffke

At Gamepressure.com, he is mainly involved in writing news. Graduated in Polish philology and sightseeing and historical tourism at the University of Gdansk, which is related to his other "non-game" interests - history, books, and travel. As for video games themselves - once a fan of FPS, now converted to action-adventure games. Also interested in fighting games (especially Mortal Kombat), RPGs, and all titles focused on single-player. From time to time, likes to play tennis, volleyball, or football. Proud resident of Pomerania and Puck.

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