Considering just how epic the Harry Potter franchise is and how memorable the movies are, it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing these iconic roles like the Boy Who Lived or any of the Weasley’s - but the fact is, lots of great actors auditioned for roles in the series but ultimately, faced rejection. There are a couple of different situations for actors who auditioned for the HP series - either they lost out on the role OR they were brought in at another time and considered for a different role, which they eventually performed on screen.
Tom Felton actually auditioned for two other lead roles before he landed the part of Draco Malfoy. Felton could have been the boy with the scar on his forehead or his best friend- Ron Weasley! Jason Isaacs actually almost didn’t even consider auditioning to play Draco’s father and once he got the offer, it actually took a family member convincing him to go for it! Eddie Redmayne took to the screen in Fantastic Beasts, but he’d actually been vying to play the role of a young Tom Riddle a number of years earlier. It didn’t work out since the audition wasn’t so great - though he never lost hope that he might be cast as a Weasley boy one day.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster has had an incredible career for someone without any formal training - and his life had a chance to turn out quite differently when he auditioned for the youngest Weasley boy, Ron. The rejection was actually an extremely pivotal moment for the actor. We’re covering all these and more to see just how different the movies would have been with different actors!

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:31 Saoirse Ronan
01:10 Thomas Brodie-Sangster
01:53 Hatty Jones
02:18 Tom Felton
02:45 Robin Williams
03:10 Eddie Redmayne
03:41 Jason Isaacs
04:10 Henry Cavill
04:43 David Thewlis
05:13 Jude Law
05:34 Jamie Campbell Bower
06:01 William Moseley
06:32 Liam Aiken
06:56 Richard E. Grant
07:12 Joseph Morgan
07:50 Outro

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Written by: Thalia GK
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Edited by: V.Serhii


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