Random Azkaban Trivia

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I don't think anyone's posted these as yet... here's some trivia from www.imdb.com




Steven Spielberg was rumored to be directing this movie.


Director Chris Columbus opted out of directing the third installment, citing that he missed his family and wanted to spend more time with them. He says he is very open to the idea of directing the fourth Potter film.


Other directors reportedly considered for this installment of the Harry Potter series included Callie Khouri and Kenneth Branagh.


After the death of Richard Harris, many actors were considered for the vacant role of Albus Dumbledore. Christopher Lee was in the frame for a while, and there was a rumor (reported in many newspapers) that Ian McKellen was also considered. Michael Gambon finally got the role.


Ewan McGregor was considered for the role of Prof. Lupin.


The effects team spent six months creating the dementors.


Honeydukes "is floor-to-ceiling psychedelia" and includes Mexican skulls made of sugar. The cast was told that the Honeydukes candy was lacquer-coated, when in fact it wasn't, to prevent candy from disappearing between takes.


Illusionist Paul Kieve served as a consultant. He taught magic to several members of the cast including Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson (Hermione and Harry) and worked extensively to create physical magical effects. He is the first illusionist to have worked on any of the series of films. He is also to make a cameo appearance in the film in a scene in the Three Broomsticks pub.


Filming was halted following the vandalization of the train used as the Hogwarts Express.


The set for Honeydukes was previously been used for Olivander's Wand Shop in _Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (2001)_ .


The film was offered to director 'Guillermo Del Toro' but he opted to do Hellboy (2004) instead

Ewan McGregor for Lupin oh man I love Ewan!

Ewan McGregor as Lupin?? Sorry to be interrupting the fantasies.... yours and mine, but David Thewlis has got the role........

I had no idea about the Hogwarts Express being vandalized. It takes a real ass to do something like that. It's like that group of trees on a small mountain on the West coast; one of them is 4700 years old, it's the oldest living organism on the planet, but they can't state which because they're worried about vandals. Sorry to go off-topic. Anyhoo, Ewan would have been a nice choice but he may be a little too young for the part. It's not his fault though, as he's a perfectly competent actor.

Maja, it just said he was considered and it gave Sherry a brief moment of pleasure, so it was good for something

I agree about the Hogwarts Express mike... almost can't believe it.

I seriously wanna get to that Honeydukes set!!! ooooh maaaaaaaaaaaan!

Sweeeeeeeets...

If someone told me they were lacquer coated, i would have eaten them anyway...just to check!

A new piece of trivia, though I read this somewhere ages ago:

"Emma Thompson accepted the role of Professor Trelawny to impress her four year old daughter, Gaia."

hehehe Emma Thompson is a fantastic actor, that is true

Have you seen her in the trailer for the film? She looks like she has a lot of fun in the role.

Yeah, she probably did. I saw her say once that she plays someone who's out of their mind and in one scene standing at the top of a stair-case waving a glass of brandy around and babbling about nothing in particular - she said that's just a typical day for her, so it wasn't a stretch

She does look the part in the trailer!

I think she is going to be awesome. Those glasses crack me up.

Me too.

Ahh man, I didn't know Ewan McGregor was considered for Lupin! I don't know if I would have been able to handle that. I would have been too busy staring and thinking how hot Lupin is to realize the full moon and that he's turning into a warewolf, and that would have just ruined it for me. But ah man, that would have been great.

It would have been cool

I did too. When I saw the guy who actually played Lupin, it was kinda weird 'cause it's not how I pictured him at all.

I always pictured Lupin as kind of scrawny and sickly actually. Not good looking.

Sickly is the way I imagined him too...

Maybe Ewan will go for another part later one or maybe he'll just stay away from it; he's not one that takes on big-budget roles ('cept star wars...)

Ewan wouldn't look old enough for the role though... not for me at least.

You can always make people look a little older than they are... I wonder what other roles there could possibly be that he could take on? Lord Voldemort perhaps? Oooh spooky

I pictured Lupin as good looking, but pale and tired.

That is how I pictured him too.....
The same with Sirius, but more rugged.

You guys just imagine all fictional male characters as being handsome .... except you Kris, you imagine them all looking like Brad Pitt. Some Se7en Brad, some Meet Joe Black Brad. Some probably look like Lucy Lawless even

Me, all the blokes were ugly in my imagination wonder why that is

No, that's not true, Grant. It's just the way that they were described in the book... that's all.

Besides, they just CAN'T all look like Lucy or Brad. Impossible.

no no no, that's right, some look like meet joe black brad, and some look like se7en brad some look like xena Lucy, some look like .... not xena Lucy

You are such a dork, but I love ya still... I mean, you have to love your little brother, right?

HEY... Lucy is NOT a wench... errrr, well, in a few fantas... never mind!

I actually don't picture Brad in books, or movies.

Now, I read a lot of "fan fiction" that has characters that are based off of Lucy and Renee, and therefore, I do picture her in that role. But, that's it.