Where did the cast of harry potter audition for the film?
Rowling personally insisted that the cast be kept British.[6] Susie Figgis was appointed as casting director, working with both Columbus and Rowling in auditioning the lead roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione.[7] Open casting calls were held for the main three roles,[8] with only British children being considered.[9] The principal auditions took place in three parts, with those auditioning having to read a page from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, then if called back, they had to improvise a scene of the students’ arrival at Hogwarts, they were then given several pages from the script to read in front of Columbus.[9] Scenes from Columbus’s script for the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes were also used in auditions.[10] On 11 July 2000 Figgis left production, complaining that Columbus did not consider any of the thousands of children they had auditioned “worthy”.[10] On 8 August 2000 the virtually unknown Daniel Radcliffe and newcomers Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were selected fr
