In a new interview with actors James and Oliver Phelps on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the pair talk about being cast as Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films, nicking props from the set, they give a few amusing anecodtes about costars Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman, talk about their favourite Potter film to work on, and continuing to act in the future.
Q: Can you tell us how you got the roles for Harry Potter?
James: Our friend had seen the advert in the paper. We'd never done any acting or anything so mom came into our room and said, “You fancy it? It's there if you want to. It's like near the end of school term and she says, “Unfortunately it's a Wednesday. So that would mean you're going to have to take a day off of school.†So we were like, “Oh, Gosh no!â€
Oliver: Any fourteen year old would probably say the same thing. So we go to this audition and they're auditioning for every single part in the film. There's probably three thousand people there going for different parts. And I've never seen so many people with glasses with just frames, no lenses or anything. Kids walking around with lipstick lightning bolts on their head!
James: There were loads of guys there with huge portfolios from the acting schools and everything, and we turned up with nothing. We didn't even have shirts that matched because we never ever wore the same thing, apart from our school uniform. So we quickly legged it over to the nearest department store and just grabbed two shirts off the rail. Then we waited for two and a half hours and eventually met the main casting director. Then six or seven auditions and screen tests later we got the parts. And that was nine years ago.
Scholastic promises another new interview next Friday with another Deathly Hallows cast member, so stay tuned.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011.
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