Now I’ve got to do this.” It was only really through meeting Jo Rowling in Edinburgh. There was 20 seconds of “This is amazing” and then a lifetime of, “Oh s. When you got the job, were you like, “This is amazing.” or were you like, “Oh s-, now I have to do this.” Indeed, one of the hallmarks of the “Potter” franchise is the wealth of esteemed British actors who took on roles, and that all started with “Sorcerer’s Stone.” Columbus said he and producer David Heyman had what they called the “Potter Dinner Tour” where they wined and dined performers like Richard Harris and Maggie Smith to convince them to join the film. This insight into Snape’s character is what convinced Rickman to sign on in the first place, Columbus said, as the “Die Hard” actor was eschewing villain roles but had a private dinner with Rowling when he was considering signing on. I would go up to him after the take and I’d say, ‘Alan, what was that?’ He goes, ‘You’ll know after you read book seven.’ I thought, ‘Why don’t you tell me? I’m the director for Christ’s sake!’” he said with a laugh. “Some sort of idiosyncratic behavior and I didn’t understand why he was doing it. “So I’d be on the set, Alan would be doing the scene and there would be one or two moments that seemed a little odd to me,” Columbus remembered. The author told Alan Rickman where the character of Snape was going through the rest of the series, but Rickman withheld that information from Columbus. Rowling shared another key piece of info early on, but not with Columbus.
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So Columbus told his team that they had to design a world (and more specifically, sets) that could withstand the series getting darker and darker with each film.
While developing “Sorcerer’s Stone,” only three “Potter” books had been published, but Rowling told Columbus and the filmmaking team that the books were going to get progressively darker.
Still, once Columbus got the job, he acknowledged there was “20 seconds of ‘This is amazing’ and a lifetime of ‘Oh s-, now I’ve got to do this.” He didn’t want to “mess it up,” but he and his team were armed with key knowledge of where the book series was going that he hoped would set the franchise up for success.
I knew with her support and her believing in what I wanted to do, that I could make the film that I wanted to make.” That was the burst of confidence I needed. “She said to me in the very first part of our meeting, ‘So what’s your vision of the film?’ I speak for two and a half hours about my vision for the film, and she says, ‘That’s exactly the way I see the film.’ And that was it. ‘Harry Potter’ Reunion: Tom Felton Catches Up With the Weasleys (Photo)īut before Columbus could land the gig, Warner Bros.
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