Chris Columbus Says Witnessing Child Fame After “Home Alone” Affected “Harry Potter” Casting
“It was as important to cast the parents as it was to cast the kids,” director Chris Columbus said of the casting process for “Sorcerer’s Stone.”
“It was as important to cast the parents as it was to cast the kids,” director Chris Columbus said of the casting process for “Sorcerer’s Stone.”
These two festive films have a lot more in common besides the holiday. From plot points to character tropes, they are practically mirrors of one another.
The director of the first two “Harry Potter” films, Chris Columbus, discusses his initial anxiety about getting the wizarding world right, working with child actors under enormous pressure, and his iconic Christmas movies filled with breathtaking stunts.
It’s time to match up characters from another Christmas movie – “Home Alone” – to their “Harry Potter” counterparts. Whom would your favorite characters play?
You know the classic holiday characters, but do you know in which Hogwarts House they would belong?
At the age of 69 from cancer.
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