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Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?
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The Harry Potter cast may seem like they had the ultimate
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childhood living on set of one of the biggest film franchises of all time.
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But just like on screen, Hogwarts had some pretty strict rules they had to follow, no matter how much they hated them.
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Working for Warner Bros and J .K.
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Rowling was no walk in the park, and the cast have shared some of the bizarre rules they had to follow
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that even prevented them from being who they truly wanted.
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I'd had my hair long for 10 years.
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Imagine if for 10 years you weren't allowed to change your appearance.
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That's how it was for the young Harry Potter cast.
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It might not seem like a huge struggle, but Emma Watson explained
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that finally being free of Harry Potter allowed her to express herself in a way she'd never been able to before.
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In order to keep in character, she wasn't allowed to cut or dye her hair until she was in her 20s.
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I didn't get to experiment with dyeing and chopping off my hair like most teenagers.
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That's why when the franchise finally wrapped up, she chopped all her hair off and basically claimed back her individuality.
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I needed to...
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I needed to do something different.
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Tom Felton had the opposite problem.
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When asked what he'd miss the least about Harry Potter, he said, The least is going to be the hair dyeing situation the lack of blonde hair is a good thing.
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While Tom's hair is fairly light naturally, it just wasn't the sleek silver Warner Bros needed,
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meaning Tom was constantly dying his hair for 10 years before
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he was finally allowed to show us what was hiding beneath the dye.
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There was no riding a bike, skiing, or even sun tanning for this cast.
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Basically, they weren't allowed to put themselves at risk of injury.
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An injury for one of the main cast members would mean a huge delay in filming that the studio couldn't afford.
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So Tom Felton went to huge lengths to follow this rule, saying anytime he had off,
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he'd slap on the SPF 50 and sit under an umbrella with three caps on.
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I had to be careful not to get myself in any trouble.
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Just like being able to stop dyeing his hair, being able to partake in some adrenaline -inducing activities was freeing.
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We've all heard the horror stories of Disney kids having to keep up a certain image.
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Well, this was also applicable to the Harry Potter cast.
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The cast was controlled in terms of what other projects they were able to take on.
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That PG image was an important factor to keeping the Harry Potter films popular with a younger audience.
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Emma Watson said, For the first time, I really felt like an actress, after taking on roles post -Hermione.
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It was a real… I mean, it was an awakening.
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And if you were wondering why Daniel Radcliffe has taken on some very interesting roles since Harry Potter, this is why.
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You're special.
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You're special.
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We've all witnessed the hottest Hollywood stars dating after working on a project together, and then things taking a turn for the worst.
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Robston, anyone?
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But the Harry Potter filmmakers wanted to make sure that never happened.
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However, this is one of the on -set rules that weren't exactly followed.
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Tom Felton's on -screen wife was actually his girlfriend, and Bonnie Wright?
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She was engaged to Jamie Campbell Bower, who played Grindelwald for several years.
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Oh, to be young and to feel love's keen sting.
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Even the adult actors brought their relationship drama to set.
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Emma Thompson's ex -husband is Kenneth Branagh, also known as Gilderoy Lockhart.
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Wait, it gets worse.
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Their marriage ended because of an affair he was having with Helena Bonham Carter, Or, as Harry Potter fans know her, Bellatrix.
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Yikes.
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I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading.
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This is light.
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There's no owls in the muggle world, but the Phelps twins revealed being on Harry Potter didn't mean skipping school.
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In fact, even when the cameras were rolling, they were studying.
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In the exercise books in the Great Hall set, we'd actually do our own schoolwork.
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It was the filmmakers' top priority to have the child actors focus on school despite the unusual life they were leading.
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Emma Watson was extremely grateful for this rule
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because it allowed her to pursue her education and film the franchise all at once, saying, I feel very lucky about the whole situation.
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There was no spilling the tea for this cast.
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Although the books were well known across the globe, the Harry Potter cast was sworn to secrecy by J .K.
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Rowling and the filmmakers.
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This is because J .K.
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Rowling would confide in the actors her plans for their characters in unreleased novels.
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Listen to the secrets she shared with Alan Rickman.
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I told him really early on that Snape had been in love with Lily.
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You'd probably think that Accio -ing a wand every now and then wouldn't be a huge deal for the actors, but they weren't allowed to take anything from set while filming the franchise.
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Did you take anything from the Harry Potter set?
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Technically, no. Those props were a property of Warner Bros.
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If they fell into the wrong hands, there was a fear they'd be sold on the internet.
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Rupert once tried to get his hands on the Triwizard golden egg, but the filmmakers literally tracked him down.
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However, by the end of the eighth film, multiple cast members had taken things like glasses, time turners, and wands.
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Despite not being allowed, substance abuse was something that plagued multiple people in the Harry Potter cast, Jamie Waylett, who played Crabb,
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was removed from the movies after he was arrested for possession of marijuana.
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Even Daniel himself struggled with some severe alcoholism while filming Half -Blood Prince.
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Can point to many scenes where I'm just gone, dead behind the eyes.
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The quickest way of forgetting about the fact that you were being watched was to get very drunk.
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Daniel was never removed from the films, but he worked to improve himself and returned for the last two films better than ever.
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This rule was set very early on, and it was all thanks to Tom Felton.
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I used to stuff a lot of chocolates and sweets inside the robe, and I remember they used to melt and they'd get stuck in there.
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The melted sweets were a nightmare for the costume department, and there were rumors that they even sewed Tom Felton's robes shut on top of the rule,
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just to make sneaking food on set even more impossible.
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One of the main cast members leaving the Harry Potter franchise could have been detrimental to the films.
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This is why Warner Bros made the cast sign long -term contracts.
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However, after their first one was up following the fourth film, they almost lost both Emma and Daniel.
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By the third film, I thought, if there's a time to get out, it's now.
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Luckily, they were able to work around Emma's school schedule
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and convince Daniel that Harry Potter was the best choice for his career.
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They managed to get them both to sign a contract, binding them to the next five films.
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Yeah, so I was just, I was very much in.
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Remember the pristine image the cast had to maintain that we mentioned earlier?
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Well, that didn't just pertain to their film roles.
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They had to be PG perfection to the public eye as well.
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Part of the thing is the expectation that you should just be delighted all the time.
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It may have seemed like the cast did a good job of this, but when the franchise was over, plenty of scandals were revealed.
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Daniel admitted that he had relations with Harry Potter fans while filming the movies, and was even accused of smoking marijuana alongside Rupert.
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However, their reps shot those rumors down immediately.
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Daniel does smoke the occasional roll -up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this.
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Worst of all may have been actor Nicholas Reed, who was arrested for indecent exposure.
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This rule comes with a hilarious story.
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While filming The Order of the Phoenix, Alan Rickman banned anyone from coming near his car because Rupert Grint
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and Matthew Lewis spilled milkshakes and ruined the interior of his old car.
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BRB while we imagine Alan taking the teen cast out for milkshakes.
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People will think you're up to something.
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The studio had amazing plans for Harry Potter, including casting Robin Williams as Hagrid.
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That is, until J .K.
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Rowling swooped in and was adamant that the entire cast be from the UK.
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Even Harry Potter was slated to be offered to American actor Liam Aiken.
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The only exception to this rule was Verne Troyer, who played Griphook.
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Although the young cast of Harry Potter got their careers started on set, they also shared the screen with some well -established actors.
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Although they all got along fairly well, it was an on -set rule that the children had to respect those that were older than themselves.
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In return, they got amazing advice and technique from some of the UK's best.
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I suppose you're the young ones now.
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It sounds like the Harry Potter cast grew up in an extremely strict boarding school, but tenfold.
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Of course, that boarding school was filled with fame, fortune, and magic.
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But life on set still seemed so constricting.
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Do you think the pros of working on Harry Potter outweighed the cons?

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dye sostantivo/daɪ/tintura
milkshake sostantivo/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/frullato, milkshake
wand sostantivo/wɑnd/bacchetta
robe sostantivo/ɹoʊb/veste, abito
rumor sostantivo/ˈɹumɚ/voce, voci di corridoio
chop verbo/t͡ʃɑp/tagliare
spill verbo/spɪl/rovesciare, versare
melt verbo/mɛlt/sciogliere, fondere
marijuana sostantivo/ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/erba, marijuana
adamant aggettivo/ˈæd.ə.mənt/irremovibile, ostinato
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awaken verbo/əˈweɪkən/svegliare
individuality sostantivo/ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/individualità
outweigh verbo/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/eccedere
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Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?
  • People will think you're up to something.
  • I suppose you're the young ones now.

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Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo faweren't allowed · wasn't allowed · was finally allowed
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave shared · has taken

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Chi parla usa 26 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come weren't, you're, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: milkshake /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: marijuana /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/, alcoholism /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/, individuality /ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/, adrenaline /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/, detrimental /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: milkshake /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/, wand /wɑnd/, robe /ɹoʊb/, chop /t͡ʃɑp/, melt /mɛlt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: adamant /ˈæd.ə.mənt/, alcoholism /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/, individuality /ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/, slap /slæp/, tan /tæn/

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