Harry Potter: biography of the character. Harry Potter films

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Harry Potter is a character known to almost every child on the planet thanks to the bright adaptations that have long become classics. Despite this, many entertaining facts from the books about the young wizard did not make it into the movies. So, what is interesting about the biography of a boy with a scar left behind the scenes?

Harry Potter Movies

The incredible popularity of the novels about the wizard from Privet Street contributed to the fact that they decided to film them.

In 2001, a movie of the same name was shot based on the plot of the first book, and another one a year later. So that the performers of the main roles do not grow up too much and do not look much more mature than their heroes, in the future, with an interval of a year or two, the following films of the franchise began to appear. The last novel was divided into 2 parts, and two films were shot on their basis. The Harry Potter films have grossed over $7.5 billion at the box office and are the second most successful franchise of all time behind Marvel.

Prototype boy-magician

The creator of the Harry Potter novels admitted that her young hero is a collective image, but some of his features are taken from real people she knew. Harry received his appearance and his last name from JK Rowling's old childhood friend, Ian Potter. Later, fearing lawsuits from his relatives, the writer denied this fact.

As for the character of the young wizard, many of his features resemble Joan herself. So, his irrepressible longing for the dead parents, which runs like a red thread through the whole novel, is very close to Rowling, who lost her mother and bitterly experienced this loss all the years of working on the cycle.

The hero's parents

Harry Potter's father, James, was once one of the most talented students of Gryffindor. Upon learning that his close friend Remus Lupine was a werewolf, he did not turn away from him, but developed the ability of an animagus (the ability to turn into a deer).

While studying at Hogwarts, James met the mudblood (both human parents), but very capable Lily Evans. A spark of sympathy flared up between the young people, which over the long years of study grew into true love. James and Lily got married and had a son, Harry.

How Harry got chosen

In the same period, a powerful Dark wizard came to power, who took the nickname Voldemort. Many succumbed to his rule, but there were those who challenged the Dark Lord's tyranny. Among them were Harry Potter's parents. Becoming more and more powerfulThe evil magician learned about the prophecy of Sibyl Trelawney, which spoke of the birth of a young wizard who was destined to destroy the Dark Lord. Deciding not to wait until the baby grows and gets stronger, the sorcerer was going to kill him.

At that time, sons were born in two families of wizards. They were Neville Longbottom and Harry James Potter. There is a version that if the evil sorcerer tried to kill Neville, then he would become the chosen one, but the choice of the mighty sorcerer fell on the baby Potters.

Thanks to the betrayal of one of James' friends, the Dark Sorcerer found out where James, Harry and Lily were hiding, and came to destroy the child. The father, protecting the family, was killed first. And the mother's sacrificial love, which shielded her son, helped protect the boy from a deadly spell and directed all the power of the villain's magic against him. If Voldemort had not previously divided his soul into pieces and hidden them in various objects (horcruxes), he would have died. However, due to the reflected spell, he became just an incorporeal spirit that wandered the world for about 10 years, looking for a way to gain a body and take revenge on the young Harry Potter.

Events before the revival of the Dark Lord

After that fateful night, Harry was left an orphan. For the first 11 years of his life, he knew nothing about the wizarding world. He was raised by the Dursley family (Petunya Dursley was Lily's sister), who rotted the baby as best they could. However, when the boy was 11 years old, he learned the truth about the wonderful world. Once in the school of witchcraft, he was very afraid that he would be distributed in Slytherin (a faculty known for the darkwizard graduates) Harry Potter. Gryffindor was chosen by him because his parents studied here. Soon the boy with the scar managed to find true friends (Ron and Hermione), as well as become a Quidditch Seeker.

Meanwhile, the spirit of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did not stop trying to be reborn. He infiltrated Hogwarts and intended to steal the philosopher's stone, capable of granting immortality. However, Harry and his friends unwittingly found out about the plans of the villain and were able to stop him.

In the second year of study, one of the most faithful companions of the Dark Lord - Lucius Malfoy, threw the Evil Wizard's school diary to Ron Weasley's (Ginny) younger sister. This cursed little thing took possession of the girl's mind and forced her to do terrible things and open the Chamber of Secrets, releasing the Basilisk from there. Setting the ancient monster on objectionable students of Hogwarts, the Dark Lord intended to get even with old enemies, and at the same time gain flesh by killing Ginny. But Harry and his faithful friends were able to prevent evil.

In book 3, the biography of the character is overgrown with new details. So, the hero learns that he has a godfather - Sirius Black, who became an indirect culprit in the death of Harry's parents (he told the Dark Lord about the place where Lily and James were hiding), for which he was serving time in Azkaban. However, he recently escaped and is now hunting his godson. Being quite brave, young Potter dreamed of finding Black and avenging his parents. He managed to get on the trail of the fugitive, but it turned out that the traitor was not Sirius, but Peter Pettigrew, who, after the disappearance of hisThe master was hiding from everyone, turning into Ron's rat. Harry manages to befriend his godfather, but Peter's flight fails to prove Sirius' innocence, and Black is forced into hiding.

Meanwhile, an escaped Pettigrew finds what's left of Voldemort and helps him become flesh using Harry's blood. To lure the boy, who is carefully guarded by Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, the Dark Lord's associates force him to participate in a competition taking place at Hogwarts. The young Potter manages to escape death, but his friend Cedric Diggory dies.

Harry's participation in the fight against the Dark Magician

After the events of the 4th book of the Harry Potter cycle, the biography and character of this hero change significantly. JK Rowling justifies this by growing up the character. In the new novel, the boy finds himself in disfavor with the Ministry of Magic, as he claims that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been resurrected. He is declared a liar and they are trying to get him expelled from Hogwarts, but through the efforts of Dumbledore, the guy remains a student of Gryffindor.

New teacher Dolores Umbridge, fearing a riot, does not teach students anything useful. Meanwhile, many who believe Harry want to learn how to defend themselves. To help them, Potter and his friends organize secret self-defense classes against evil sorcery. Harry's students call themselves "Dumbledore's Army". Umbridge manages to find all of its members and banish Albus Dumbledore from Hogwarts.

Meanwhile, the rebel Dark Lord wants to steal from the Ministryrecord the prophecy of Sibyl Trelawney and know it completely. To stop the Black Sorcerer and prove the veracity of his words, Harry and his associates escape from Umbridge and engage in battle with Voldemort's followers. Arriving members of the Order of the Phoenix (a secret organization fighting the Dark Lord) help the children deal with the Death Eaters, but the godfather of the scarred boy dies in the battle.

In the 5th novel, the main character and his friends manage to learn about the secret of the eternal life of Voldemort (horcruxes). However, during the investigation, Albus Dumbledore dies, and Professor Snape (hiding under the pseudonym "Half-Blood Prince") turns out to be a spy for the Dark Lord.

In the final novel of Harry Potter and the Hallows of Death, Harry and two of his faithful comrades decide to find Horcruxes and destroy the Evil Wizard, who has seized power in the Ministry of Magic and is now doing his dirty work. Voldemort himself wants to find the most powerful wand in history (Elder) and kill Potter with it. Having acquired the coveted artifact, the wizard feels that the wand does not obey him.

In search of the last Horcruxes, Harry and his friends secretly return to Hogwarts, which is now led by Snape. Gradually it turns out that he is not a traitor, but faithfully served Dumbledore and secretly protected the scarred boy all these years. From him, Potter learns that he is the last Horcrux that the Dark Lord does not know about. Therefore, he must be killed by Voldemort himself. While Ron and Hermione are destroying other artifacts of the Evil Sorcerer hidden in Hogwarts,Harry surrenders to the Dark Lord. He uses a deadly spell against him and believes that he has killed his sworn enemy. However, the boy manages to survive, he, along with his comrades-in-arms, starts the final battle with the followers of Voldemort at Hogwarts.

During the final duel, the Dark Mage himself dies from his own deadly spell, as the Elder Wand recognized Harry as its owner and, protecting him, directed its power against Voldemort.

Character's personal life

Almost from the very first book, many girls around the world were in love with its main character named Harry Potter. The boy's biography, meanwhile, in the first novels did not contain information about his heart preferences.

Only in the 4th book, Harry's first sympathy was a talented Hogwarts student - Zhou Chan. Despite the fact that the girl liked Potter, at that time she was dating Cedric Diggory. After his death, Zhou became a member of Dumbledore's Army, and she and Harry started an affair. But the main character did not know how to behave with her, so they often quarreled, and the girl was unreasonably jealous of her lover for Hermione. Due to a misunderstanding, Harry and Cho broke up. Although in future books, Chan hinted to him that she would not mind starting all over again, at that time Potter already had another lover.

The second and main love in his life was Ginny Weasley. This girl was in love with Harry from the very moment they met, but for many years he did not pay attention to her. On Hermione's advice, Ginny started dating other guys in order toovercome your shyness. She succeeded, and she not only turned into one of the most charming girls at Hogwarts, but also achieved a place as a player on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Gradually, Potter fell in love with the girl, and after the overthrow of the Dark Lord, they got married.

The further fate of Harry Potter

After the final destruction of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the scarred boy and his wife had three babies. Their parents doted on them. Harry Potter children were named by their father in honor of dead loved ones. The hero named the eldest son in honor of his father and godfather - James Sirius; the second son was named Albus Severus in honor of Dumbledore and Snape; and the charming daughter was named Lily Luna (in honor of Lily Evans and Luna Lovegood). In addition to their offspring, the Potter couple also raised the orphaned son of Lupin and Tonks (Teddy).

Professionally, Harry leads the Aurors and Ginny is a correspondent for the Daily Prophet.

The play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child tells about the adventures of Harry's middle son, Albus Severus. He and his friends find the last Time-Turner and try to save Cedric Diggory. However, by intervening in the past, the children accidentally ensure that Voldemort remains alive and seizes power in the present, and Ron and Hermione do not marry.

Trying to return everything to its original state, Albus learns that the Dark Lord has a daughter, Delphi, who is trying to save her father from death. To stop herHarry and his wife, friends and Draco Malfoy go back in time and don't let events change.

All parts that were filmed

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2001
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002.
• "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", 2004.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005.
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", 2007.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009.
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 1. (2010).
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2. (2011).

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry

The protagonist of the cycle of novels by JK Rowling in the film epic was played by British actor Daniel Jacob Radcliffe. Like all children of the late nineties, Daniel enthusiastically read novels about a young wizard, and when he found out about the ongoing casting, he gladly took part in it and got the main role. Already after the release of the first picture about a young wizard, the actor who played Harry Potter became world famous. While Daniel was filming in the franchise, he practically did not participate in other projects. The exception was the picture about the son of Rudyard Kipling - "My Boy Jack".

After "Harry Potter" Radcliffe began to drink a lot, but was able to overcome the destructive passion and return to the profession. His most famous works of recent years are the series "Notes of a Young Doctor" (based on the work of M. Bulgakov), the thrillers "The Woman in Black" and "Horns", as well as the films "Victor Frankenstein" and "The Swiss Army Knife Man".

Fun Facts

• Harry Potter's birthday is 31stJuly 1980
• This hero has dark hair, emerald eyes and a slim build.
• After the first overthrow of the Evil Wizard, the poor orphan became his accidental Horcrux, which the villain himself had no idea about, and therefore dreamed of killing Potter.
• Before the Horcrux inside Harry was destroyed, Harry had the ability to understand and speak snake language.
• The hero's first magic wand had a phoenix wing as its core. Interestingly, the Dark Lord's wand was made from the feather of the same bird. After the boy disarmed Draco, the Elder Wand also began to obey him (Malfoy had previously taken it from Dumbledore in a duel). In the movie, in the finale, Harry breaks the most powerful wand, depriving her of power. However, in the book, the hero returned the all-powerful wand to Dumbledore's tomb, believing that when he dies a natural death, the artifact will lose its power.

• The scarred boy's patronus is a deer (like his father's).
• Harry has several scars on his body. The most famous is the trace from the spell of the Dark Lord (in the form of lightning). On his chest, the guy left a round mark from the Horcrux medallion, which he had to wear for a long time. Also on one of the hands there was a scar from Nagini's teeth, and on the other the inscription "I must not lie" was burned out (the consequences of the punishment of Dolores Umbridge).
• Unlike the film adaptation, the book mentions not two, but four brooms of the protagonist. The first was a toy (it was given to Harry Potter by his godfather for his first birthday). The second ("Nimbus-2000") wasa gift from the Dean of Gryffindor, Minerva McGonagall. The third (“Lightning”) was again presented by the godfather. And the fourth was a cute Christmas gift from Nymphadora Tonks.
• JK Rowling made a lot of plot holes when she worked on the Harry Potter series. The biography of many heroes contains inconsistencies. One of the most notable of them is the cause of the death of the Dark Lord. It is unclear why Harry's Elder Wand didn't destroy He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named the first time he used the killing spell on Potter.
• Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe suffers from dyspraxia. Because of this, he cannot tie his shoelaces. Maybe that's why Ginny does it instead of him in the movie.

Despite the fact that about two decades have passed since the publication of the debut novel about the young wizard from Privet Street, this story continues to excite to this day. Particularly ardent fans, inspired by the world of Harry Potter, compose their own fan fiction about the adventures of this hero. Who knows, perhaps in the distant future, based on one of these works, a new movie about a hero named Harry Potter will be made. The biography of the fairy-tale character beloved by millions will continue in this way.