31 Magical Facts From the Making of the Harry Potter Movies

Experience the magic again with these fun behind the scenes facts. 

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    Transport - The Knight Bus was so top heavy that 4 tons of weight had to be added to the bottom so it didn't fall over.
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    Vehicle - The scenes for 4 Privet Drive were originally shot on an actual street.
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    Wildlife - The graphics team hand-wrote thousands of letters but then found out that they were too heavy for the owls, so they had to make them again
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    Bird - Even then it took the owls six months to learn how to carry them
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    Text - The doors at Gringotts actually work. It took three months to make the door they used for Bellatrix's vault.
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    Text - WISEACRE'S WIZARDING EQUIENT There were over 20,000- packages and goods in the windows of Diagon Alley. Each was handmade.
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    Text - The hands on the Weasley's clock are actually scissors with photos of the actors pasted into their handles RDEN
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    Advertising - Crew members used ropes and wrenches to bend and twist the set once it was fully assembled to give it that whimsical look. OF MODERN DELIGHTS
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    Text - There were actually two murals each end of the Great Hall. They were painted to look faded so they were hard to see on camera
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    Font - FGWreb arnont There was only one staircase built for the movies. The rest were multiplied digitally
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    Hair - And things got stuck in it all the time, including live bats.
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    Hair - Hagrid's beard was made of six different hair pieces.
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    Spire - Andevery single shingle was laid by hand
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    Photo caption - Over 40 kittens were brought in for a"kitten photo shoot" to be featured in the dishes in Umbridge's office. After the. fifmingithey were all adopted
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    Flightless bird - The crew hired baby ostriches to sit in the baskets at Hagrid's but by the time they came they were too big to fit.
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    Room - There were over 588 sets built for the eight movies
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    Event - Danie Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson dídn't see the Great Hall until they filmed the Sorting Hat Scene
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    Property - Many of the portraits in Hogwarts were based on cast, and crew.
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    Font - The Gryffindor sword was a real sword that was purchased at an auction.
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    Ring - The horcruxes were designed by props concept artist Miraphora Mina, whose experience was rooted in her mother's work as a jeweler.
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    Drink - There are over 1,000 bottles in the Potions classfoom
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    Library - Most books in Dumbledore's office are phone books that have been rebound and covered in dust
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    Face - Dobby's ears were based on an art department dog named Max that used to sit under the designer's desks.
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    Property - There are two Hagrid's hut sets. One is oversized with oversized props so that the actors would look small and the other is normal size so that the actor that played Hagrid would look like a half giant
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    Landmark - Every exterior shot of Hogwarts was made using this model It took seven months and 40 people omake it
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    Facial expression - And all the potions they drank were actually soup. Cast favorites were carrot and coriander
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    Landmark - They used salt for snow.
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    Games - Each wizard chess piece weighed almost 500 pounds.
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    Landmark - It took three months alone to create the bridge. This is a 'first draft' model for the above model.
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    Landmark - All the furniture placed in the front towers in the Ministry of Magic was.made out of cardboard.
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    Head - There were 60 types of goblins made.
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