Miriam Margolyes is getting called out by a former Harry Potter star following her recent comments about the franchise’s fans.
10.03.2024 - 02:43 / deadline.com
Miriam Margolyes has some opinions about Harry Potter fans who have continued to stan the J.K. Rowland-created world into their adulthood.
In a recent interview, Margolyes opened up about her experience with fans of the wizarding world and mentioned she was concerned for them.
“I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should be over that by now,” Margolyes said in an interview with New Zeland’s 1News. “It was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children.”
Margolyes portrayed Professor Pomona Sprout in 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and reprised her role in 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2. The actress says she gets requests for Cameo from Harry Potter fans for special occasions.
“They get stuck in it. I do Cameos, and people say, ‘We’re having a Harry Potter-themed wedding, and I think, ‘Gosh, what’s their first night of fun going to be?’ I can’t even think about it. No,” she said.
Despite her thoughts on Harry Potter fans, Margolyes said, “Harry Potter is wonderful. I’m very grateful to it.”
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Margolyes recently made headlines after she accused Little Shop of Horrors co-star Steve Martin of horrible treatment on the film set.
“I was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin – perhaps he was method acting – and came home grumpy with a splitting headache,” Margolyes wrote in her memoir Oh Miriam: Stories
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