And they’ve been supported by such a deep bench of top-flight British acting talent (Ciarán Hinds is the latest to be added, playing Dumbledore’s brother) that when Bill Nighy joined the cast for “Deathly Hallows - Part 1,” he said he’d feared he’d be the only English actor of a certain age who wasn’t in a Harry Potter film.Īll that talent couldn’t have come cheap, and the other consistent factor in the Potter universe is the production’s refusal to skimp or pinch pennies. Not only did the series’ three leads - Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson - turn out to be expertly cast, the production has been able to retain their services through all eight films. Now that we’ve come to the much-anticipated finale, that expert husbanding of a once-in-a-lifetime franchise has had a cumulative effect that is not to be denied. ![]() With occasional exceptions like Alfonso Cuarón’s “Prisoner of Azkaban” adventure, the Potter films have rarely been daring, valuing superb craftsmanship and care over cutting-edge audacity. It also succeeds because the franchise has stuck to its conservative creative guns and seen them pay off.
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