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Daniel Radcliffe’s tendency to prank his fellow Harry Potter cast-mates often added levity to the set, but there was at least one time when his antics went a little too far.
Reportedly, Robbie Coltrane, who portrayed Hagrid in the films, was once a victim of a prank where the young actor changed the settings on his friend’s phone from English to Turkish. The joke seems harmless enough—except that Coltrane was left unable to make calls!
The infuriated actor had a hard time finding anyone on set who could change the settings of his phone back to English, and Radcliffe was left feeling understandably sheepish about what he had done. Coltrane remembers the event clearly:
Eventually we found a girl in the Harry Potter make-up department who was Turkish Cypriot. She phoned her mum and was chatting away in great detail until they sorted it out. I think Daniel was so upset at what had happened that he wrote me that note...'Dear Mr. Coltrane, I'm sorry I changed your mobile telephone into Turkish...
Have you ever been part of a prank gone too far? Let us know in the comments!
Posted by Jessica on 12-06-2012 at 12:50 AM
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The Harry Potter Shop has the Ultimate Editions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Parts 1 & 2 now available right here.
This Ultimate Edition collection is filled with more than six hours of special features and collectibles including a photo booklet featuring 48-pages of rare photos of the cast and crew, concept sketches and behind-the-scenes insight. The collection also includes four limited edition character cards, a lenticular card and more!
If you are like many fans who have been collecting the Ultimate Editions for the exclusive documentary included with each one, now is your time to complete the set. You can order the collection now for only $43.99 by heading to this link right here.
Posted by Keith on 11-13-2012 at 11:45 PM
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Last month, the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection, a 31 disk DVD set, was released in major marketing nations such as the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. On November 21 of this year, 13 nations that do not sell the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection will have a boxset of their own available. This complete DVD collector's set will include 24 disks--all eight Harry Potter films and all eight segments of the Creating the World of Harry Potter documentary. This collector's set will not be available in nations where the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection has been released.
The Harry Potter Complete Collector's set will be available in these nations:
Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the Gulf States which include Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.
Anybody plan on purchasing this neat-looking set?
Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the tip!
Posted by Keith on 11-12-2012 at 4:25 PM
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The WB Shop has the Ultimate Editions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Parts 1 & 2 now available right here.
This Ultimate Edition collection is filled with more than six hours of Special Features and collectibles including a photo booklet featuring 48-pages of rare photos of the cast and crew, concept sketches and behind-the-scenes insight. The collection also includes four Limited Edition character cards, a lenticular card and more!
If you are like many fans who have been collecting the Ultimate Editions for the exclusive documentary included with each one, now is your time to complete the set. This Blu-ray/DVD collection comes out on November 13th. You can Pre-order now for only $43.99 by heading to this link right here.
Posted by Keith on 10-12-2012 at 3:25 PM
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If you are like many of the devoted Harry Potter fans that have been collecting the enormous amount of merchandise that Warner Brothers has been putting out over the years, then you are probably also going to be getting the new Wizard's Collection Blu-ray/DVD set that is being released tomorrow here in the US.
One of the main reasons fans are anxious for this collection is to complete one of the most spectacular special features that WB has produced: The 8-part Creating the World of Harry Potter that was only available on the Ultimate Editions collection. The first six parts were wonderfully designed and thoroughly enjoyable and it has made the fans hungry to see the last two parts: "Part 7: The Story" and "Part 8: Growing Up."
In a bold move, Warner Brothers advertised that the full 8-part story would be made available on the Wizard's Collection, but they never announced the release dates of the final two Ultimate Editions. This caused fans to speculate that the only way to get these final two parts would be to get the Wizard's Collection set. This caused fans reactions to be extremely unpleasant as seen in our comments on MuggleNet as well as social media. Only recently, have we at MuggleNet discovered that the final two Ultimate Editions would indeed be released this coming October 16th, but this was well after a majority of the pre-orders for the Wizard's Collection were already made by fans. (For a complete list of the Wizard's Collection contents, head on over to our Wizards Collection page right here.)
Wouldn't it be catastrophic, if the final two-parts of the Creating the World of Harry Potter documentary were actually NOT included in the Wizard's Collection as promised? One fan of MuggleNet in Australia received her Wizard's Collection set and this is exactly what she videotaped and placed in her review right here:
It was exciting to bring home the Harry Potter Wizards Collection. Having watched the videos of the cast unwrapping it, and the promise of the final parts of the 8 part documentary, I was looking forward to having a copy that would render all others needless. In Australia the price tag has been hefty, costing well over $400-$500 in some places, and in the modern age of regional digital download, buying Aussie was the only answer. But this was going to be worth it.
So with camera in hand I unwrapped the set, excitedly exploring the nooks and crannies. The packaging is amazing, and extremely well thought out. The disks are well presented in thick board books, and everything seemed to be living up to the price tag.
As I already own each released Ultimate Editions, I decided to skip ahead and watch Part 7 of Creating the World of Harry Potter Documentary Story. Putting in the disk that promised both the special features and documentary, I was surprised when I found the menu, identical to the one on the Blu-ray copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. Identical right down to the detail of no documentary.
Wishing it was a bad dream I tried Part 2, putting in the disk promising Part 8 of the Documentary, Growing Up. Once again, an identical menu to the one on my already owned copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, with no documentary.
I have spoken to friends with the same Collection, and it seems that, at least a percentage of releases are missing the crucial element of the unreleased parts of Creating the World of Harry Potter. For me, they were what caused me to ultimately buy the set, so I am disappointed to say the least.
I will be contacting WB for an answer in the morning!
This might be an Australian issue only, as we are still waiting for details to come from the UK and US fans.
MuggleNet will be doing a separate review of the Wizard's Collection and will be making that available to fans shortly, so stay tuned.
Special thanks to Amanda for the review.
Posted by Keith on 09-06-2012 at 1:30 PM
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A new clip of the one-on-one conversation between J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves from the upcoming Harry Potter Wizard's Collection has been released online. This featurette is part of the documentary, Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 7: Story, that is included with the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 section of the collection.
In the clip, Rowling and Kloves discuss a part in the first draft of the script where Harry talks to a spider and broken toy soldiers in the cupboard under the stairs. Rowling later remarks on the popular theory that Harry had actually gone mad in the cupboard and everything that happened since then was just a figment of his imagination.
Harry Potter Wizard's Collection will be released on September 7th in the US and September 10th in the UK.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the tip!
Posted by Tracey on 09-05-2012 at 04:40 AM
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