James McAvoy reveals he was nearly cast as Tom Riddle in Harry Potter

[hewontgo]

Enemies of the heir beware. James McAvoy reveals he was nearly cast as Tom Riddle in 'Harry Potter': 'They offered quite a lot of money.' https://t.co/uiiCDJJQFr
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 14, 2024
On the advice of his agent, James McAvoy dropped out of consideration for the role of Tom Riddle in Harry Potter despite the fact that he'd

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[kashiyaek]

ahhh so in an alternate universe the tiktok girls wouldve been making fancams of james macvoy's 4 min appearance in a 22 year old movie

[lunaserenade]

Fuck JK Rowling, but honestly he would've been hot.

[insecuredesign]

He definitely could’ve pulled it off, but Christian Coulson was perfection! The person they hired for the 6th movie was such a step down.

[stillingfleet]

Teen me was so in love with Christian Coulson !

[aciren95]

Yeah that always bothered me… why couldn’t they bring back Christian Coulson?

[emmanium]

He aged out. Although he didn't look 16 in CoS either, but he was young enough. For a British guy, anyway.

[iamkenough]

They picked a hotter guy, sorry 🤣

[iamkenough]

Well, hotter back then 💀

[deerlike]

I think Christian Coulson still looks pretty good. tbh I prefer him, McAvoy is too bulky for me these days.

[sibylblack]

Meanwhile I'm still mourning the mini series about the Marauders that never happened (and Ben Barnes as Sirius Black)

[miwa201]

idk why they insist on rebooting the series when a marauders spinoff would have been much more interesting

[itscaelsday]

Because fantastic beasts fantastically flopped so theyre being safe instead of doing what people want

[miwa201]

true. i think the reboot will be successful but it won't come close to the hype around the movies