The Harry Potter movies were not just full of magic and adventures – they were also full of celebrity cameos!
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Harry Potter fans should “forget” about the series “if your balls have dropped”.The actress, who played Professor Sprout in the film series, recently drew headlines after suggesting that adult fans “should be over that by now”.In a new interview with Australia’s News Breakfast, Margolyes doubled down on her criticism, saying: “I’m not unhappy about it. I just think that it’s for children. And if your balls have dropped, then it’s time to forget about it.
You know, go on to other things.“No, seriously! It’s a great series, it’s a wonderful set of films. I’m proud I was in it, but it was 25 years ago. You know, grow up!”A post shared by ABC News (@abcnews_au)In her original interview with New Zealand’s 1News, the actress declared: “I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should be over that by now.
It was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children.“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.”This isn’t the only time Margolyes has spoken out about the films in the past year, saying last year that the franchise “doesn’t mean as much to me as it does to [the fans]”.“For me, Harry Potter wasn’t important. I was very glad I got the part and I enjoyed being in it and meeting all the people, but it’s not Charles Dickens,” she told Vogue. “People come up to me and say ‘I just love you’, and want to hug me.
The Harry Potter movies were not just full of magic and adventures – they were also full of celebrity cameos!
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hitting New York’s art scene. Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter opened her textile exhibition at a cannabis store on the Lower East Side Thursday — where she peddled knit portraits for several thousand dollars.Ella Emhoff — whose father is second gentleman Doug Emhoff — debuted her knit pieces, which she said marks her transition out of the fashion world and into her new phase of life as an artist.“This new art form kind of was birthed out of my knitwear, where I started kind of playing around with this duplicate stitch technique,” Emhoff, 24, told The Post during her reception at Gotham NYC, billed as a “woman-owned legal cannabis concept store on the Bowery.”“But I found that no one really wanted to wear all of this stuff, because it’s kind of crazy and loud, but they liked looking at it.
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Harry Potter star Jessie Cave has responded to Miriam Margolyes’ recent claim that fans of the franchise need to grow up.Cave played Lavender Brown in the final three Harry Potter movies, while Margolyes appeared in the series as Hogwarts professor Pomona Sprout.Last month, Margolyes sparked controversy during an appearance on New Zealand’s 1News for saying: “I worry about [grown-up] Harry Potter fans. They should be over that by now.“You know, I mean, it was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children.
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The Harry Potter movies were not just full of magic and adventures – they were also full of celebrity cameos!
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Miriam Margolyes has some opinions about Harry Potter fans who have continued to stan the J.K. Rowland-created world into their adulthood.