Why the director of the Harry Potter movies does not want to be involved in the series
Chris Columbus has “no desire” to come back to play the sorcerer. “I have nothing left to do in this universe”.
More than twenty years after launching the cult saga in the cinema, Chris Columbus has no desire to return to Hogwarts.
Maman’s cult director, I missed the plane and Madame Doubtfire, who staged the first two films Harry Potter and produced the third, told Variety that he had “no desire” to participate in the serial reboot for filming for HBO.
“No, I have already given, you saw my version,” he explains during the London promotion of his new film, the Murder Club of Thursday, for Netflix. “I have nothing left to do in Potter’s universe.”
But beware, Columbus is not opposed to the project. He who has recently reached the idea of remaking mom, I missed the plane is, on the contrary, enthusiastic for this return to the world of wizards. Better still: he even admits a certain jealousy.
“The great thing in this series is that for the first three books, we wanted to adapt everything. But we did not have the opportunity,” he says. Among the shortcomings of his films, he notably quotes the character of Peeves, never integrated for lack of time, or even a plot where Harry and Hermione drink potions by fearing to be poisoned. “We have never been able to put this incredible scene in the films, and I’m sure she will be in the HBO series. For me, it’s a chance to see all these scenes come to life.”
Chris Columbus also says he had a time of already seen by recently discovering shooting photos showing Nick Frost in Hagrid and the young Dominic McLaughlin in Harry Potter, in the streets of London.
“It was exactly in the same place as 20 years ago! We had shot a Sunday with Dan (Radcliffe) and Martin Bayfield, the lining of Robbie Coltrane.”
Speaking of Daniel Radcliffe, Columbus expresses an immense pride for the man and the actor he has become. He also remembers the mom experience, I missed the plane to explain how the Potter team made sure to protect its young stars.
“We had learned a precious lesson on mom, I missed the plane. So when David Heyman and I arrived on Potter, I said: You also have to be the parents. We had to make sure they were prepared for what was going to happen. The eyes of the whole world were going to turn on these three children, and fortunately, they had great parents.”
And to conclude, moved: “Seeing Daniel Radcliffe winning a Tony Award was just remarkable. Seeing him on stage, discovering how talented he is in musical, it was very moving for me.”
