The special that fans around the world are eager to watch is getting closer to being released, 'Back to Hogwarts' is the 20th anniversary special of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and has won a new trailer that has already given that taste of what will be the reunion of the protagonists of the long franchise.
The trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are joined by Tom Felton, Gary Oldman, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane to get back to the set.
With an air of nostalgia and a lot of emotion, the special takes place behind the scenes of the wizard's films and recalls the time when the cast was made up of teenagers and how they dealt with all the sudden fame.
It was then that Emma Watson revealed that she was scared of the proportion of everything, the way the saga reached the world. According to her, she came to consider the role of Hermione as a key moment. “The fame business hit me hard,” said the actress.
In that same context, Rupert Grint took the opportunity and also spoke about having felt something similar and said that he thought several times about what his life would be like if he didn’t play the role anymore: “I think we went through [this moment of reflection] at our pace. We were very involved at that time. It didn't cross our minds that we all felt the same way.”
The purpose of the production is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of 'Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone', the first feature in the saga. That said, the HBO Max special will feature filmmaker Chris Columbus as well as other cast members from all eight films.
Including, already write it down: 'Harry Potter 20 years: Back to Hogwarts' will premiere on HBO Max precisely on New Year's Day, January 1, 2022.
'Harry Potter' series almost lost main cast actors because of fame
Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who played, respectively, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film saga, the two main actors of the films, admitted that they almost gave up on continuing the work because of the impact that the sudden fame brought to their lives.
Watson and Grint were, respectively, 10 and 12 years old at the release of the first film in the saga – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone -, which returned to the spotlight thanks to a cast meeting to commemorate the twenty years of the feature film that started. the long-running film series, by HBO.
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