Crossword: Magic of Cinema: Behind the Scenes at Hogwarts

Dive into behind-the-scenes stories of film production and the secrets of choosing the young actors.

Crossword clues

• The actor found in the theater who had to wear allergenic lenses during filming.
• The youth who got the role of the red-haired friend thanks to a rap video in a teacher's costume.
• The actress whose perfect first audition immediately convinced the producers.
• The director of the first films who made the young actors do real homework in the frame.
• The director of the third installment who made the trio of actors write essays from the characters' perspectives.
• The director who filmed the four darkest final films of the magical series.
• The actor whom the author personally entrusted with the secret of his sullen character's fate.
• The actor who auditioned for the main roles but got the role of their blond rival.
• The producer who saw the potential of the story and bought the adaptation rights in 1999.
• The British studio where all parts of the franchise were filmed for ten years.
• The first performer of the wise headmaster role, who agreed to the role under the threat of offending his granddaughter.
• The second performer of the school head role, who fundamentally refused to read the source material books.
• The legendary actress who continued to play the strict dean despite a serious illness.
• The actress who invented a crazy gait and improvisations for the role of the dark minion.
• The performer of the Azkaban prisoner role who became a real mentor to the young star on set.
• The actor who played the noble Cedric before becoming famous in the role of a vampire.
• A strict selection process where the main condition of J.K. Rowling was that the actors had to be British.
• A stunt performer who performed risky stunts at height instead of the main actor.
• A massive Great Hall with a real stone floor built in a film studio.
• Computer technology that replaced mechanical creatures and brought broom flights to life.