For 10 geezerhood , moviegoers watchedDaniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson , Rupert Grint , and the rest of theHarry Pottercast produce up right before their middle . Even today , the actors are so nearly associated with their Wizarding World characters that it ’s hard to imagine any other someone in their function . What ’s probably even harder to imagine is a cast of American actors playing Harry and the gang , but that ’s one alternative that was reportedly discuss while the movie dealership was being educate .
JK Rowling ’s book series was already wildly popular among American readers when development on the first film in the serial , 2001’sHarry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stone , begin . It wassuggestedthat a cast full of familiar American faces would appeal a large hearing stateside .
One of the best - live names suggest wasRobin Williams , who was on the face of it Warner Bros. ’ first alternative to playHagrid . Though Williams would have brought an interesting equipment to Hagrid , we ca n’t guess the half - titan as anyone but Robbie Coltrane .
Director Chris Columbus wanted Liam Aiken , the American actor who bet Klaus Baudelaire inLemony Snicket ’s A Series of Unfortunate Events , to be spew as Harry overDaniel Radcliffe .
Rowling was adamant about stay fresh the cast in the main British , though that did n’t stop a duet of Americans from sneaking into the batting order . Eleanor Columbus , the girl of the director , played a Hogwarts educatee inHarry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stone . Meanwhile , the late Verne Troyer dally Gringotts ’s goblin Griphook .
Actress Zoë Wanamaker , who played Madam Hooch in the first film , was born in America but pass most of her life in the United Kingdom .
While it would have been interesting to see some American look in the Wizarding World , the classic films would n’t have been the same . American actors , including Johnny Depp , Ezra Miller , Dan Fogler , and Zoë Kravitz , are now getting their shot at portray characters of the magical human beings in theFantastic Beastsmovies .
