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go on for literally days about some of the decisions
that they chose to do in the "Harry Potter" movies which deviated from the source material. Obviously sometimes this has to happen for different constraints purposes and sometimes they'll
actually add something to the movies, which are
better than in the books. - That's one, James! - I know not everybody
agrees with me on that one but I stand by it. On the other hand though, and I know that we harp
on it on this channel just so all the time, but it's because it needs to be done. Like, who let Ginny tie Harry's shoes? But then also, passed
on Blast Ended Skrewts? Or also, where's Winky? Where's Hokey? Where's Hepzibah Smith? How about the Gaunt House? Okay, this is a very serious question, if you have only seen the movies, does the selection of horcrux items seem just immensely random to you? Personally, I can't not see the movies through the lens of knowledge which is having read the books. So I just don't know. But that being said, one
thing that I have always been impressed with, with
the "Harry Potter" movies is the casting. And also the props in a lot of instances. This video's not about that, but it's worth saying. But I think probably, if
you are watching this video it means that at some point in time you have wondered aloud to yourself, whether or not they will ever remake the "Harry Potter" movies or if they'll make like
a, TV show version of it which can include a lot more details. Which I agree, would be super cool. But I also have to say,
good luck with the casting. Because Maggie Smith is
Professor McGonagall. Fight me. Robbie Coltrane is Hagrid. Evanna Lynch is like,
29 years old right now but if you think for a second she couldn't play a 15
year old Luna Lovegood, you're kidding yourself. - You're just as sane as I am. - Though I do love the
idea of Daniel Radcliffe coming back as like,
Sirius Black or something. Or Snape, age appropriate Snape. That would be cool. That said though, while the
main characters in the series are extremely well cast, and I can't argue that I
could've ever done better, this is a series that took
place over an entire decade, includes four different directors. Which means that over that period of time, there are some odd, or even
dicey casting decisions that had been made. Some characters were replaced, others were deleted entirely. Some others were just invented
for apparently no reason. And some characters just
got like, an entire redesign despite the fact it's the
same character the whole time. Do you think they're gonna realize that it's like, the same character even though it's entirely
different looking? (blowing) Yeah, I think it will be fine. Not worried at all. Classic executives, am I right? Either way guys, today we
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and enter code SuperCarlin, link is in the description down below. Okay, so right out of the gate I am going to acknowledge the fact that a list of 10 probably
doesn't adequately cover all of the unusual topics
that we need to cover. So throughout this, I'm
just gonna speckle in a few honorable mentions. These would be moments where like, I either just kind of get it or maybe it was like, outside
someone's control entirely. So to kick off, and I know you all know exactly where I'm going with this because it's just so obvious. Mafalda Hopkirk. Like, am I right people? Like first, we get her
voice, amazingly in three when Harry's being expelled from Hogwarts for using underage magic. - You are hereby expelled from Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. - I mean, nailed it. And then we fast forward
to "Deathly Hallows" where this is the person
that Hermione goes undercover into the ministry has, and like, we're recasting her entirely? And on top of that,
we're gonna just, what? Dub this Mafalda Hopkirk's voice with Emma Watson's the whole time, yeah. Honestly, I can't talk
about this one for too long because the dubbing of voices
under the Polyjuice Potion just drives me crazy. But, but, but, for real number 10, Crabbe, as in Vincent, or probably more likely, as in and Goyle. This young lad right here. The one that Ron turns
into using Polyjuice Potion in "Chamber of Secrets" where they dub his, Ben,
you said you weren't gonna talk about it. - Bloody hell. - But it annoys me. Move on. Crabbe is kind of a funny one
from the casting department because he just kind of like, disappears. Which, to be fair, you really
might not be that fussed over anyway, because the characters even in the books don't talk like, at all. That is of course, until "Deathly Hallows" when Crabbe summons Fiendfyre and is credited with destroying a horcrux. I'm glad we gave him that honor. Dobby died but Crabbe killed a horcrux. The point is, Crabbe and
Goyle don't talk in the books at all, until "Deathly Hallows" except for when Harry
and Ron turn into them in "Chamber of Secrets." "Are you two okay? Goyle's low rasp of a voice
issued from his mouth. 'Yeah,' came the deep grunt
of Crabbe from his right." See, Polyjuice changes your voice. You know what, it just
seems like it was more work to do it the other way. The story with this
character though in the films is kind of interesting because he's there all
along, all the way up through "Half-Blood Prince" and then abruptly drops off right before he's about to
have his shining moment. A line. A real win if you are Goyle, by the way, who totally takes up the reins. - Come on Draco, don't be a prat. Do him. - I mean wow, I almost
didn't recognize you without Daniel Radcliffe's voice. This change up in a not so pivotal scene happened due to outside circumstances from the films, with the actor of Crabbe. Jamie Waylett, who had played
the character the entire time was arrested due to his involvement in the London Riots in 2011. The character's role was kind of replaced by Blaise Zabini, which
you may not have noticed because he also only has one line. But all that said, let's
move onto a character who has a tick more screen time, Tom, the barman. We first meet Tom when Hagrid brings Harry to the Leaky Cauldron for the first time and he greets Harry. - Bless my soul. It's Harry Potter. - And this isn't a huge role to be sure but it is a huge moment
for Harry the character. Because this is his first moment, like, truly in the wizarding world. And with that, Tom is the first person to recognize him as Harry Potter, the boy who lived. It's Harry's first taste of fame ever and it's a pretty warm welcome
into the wizarding world which is extremely fitting because Tom runs the Leaky Cauldron, which is quite literally the entrance to the wizarding world. And I bring up Tom because for some reason the character design
is changed a little bit going into "Prisoner of Azkaban" where he's transformed
into a kind of bumbling, slightly awkward character who doesn't really seem to
be able to read the room and maybe understand that Harry's a little uncomfortable here. Here Harry Potter, the boy who lived, let me offer you a handful of nuts that I just cracked with my bare hands. And to be absolutely crystal clear, I'm not saying that Jim Tavaré, who plays this character, isn't doing an absolutely fantastic job. I'm just not entirely
sure why they decided to change this character,
and so significantly. But moving on from character
designs that were changed, let's talk about character
roles that were changed with number eight, Scabior. To which you might be saying, who? To which I might be saying, exactly. This is the character who
is typically number two to Fenrir Greyback and the snatcher that gathers up Harry, Ron, and Hermione, takes them to Malfoy Manor. And to be fair, this
character is in the books and he is a snatcher, but in the movies, they really
decided to go all in on him despite the fact that
Fenrir Greyback is literally in some of the same scenes. Even beyond that, this
like, random character goes on to sort of become like, the face of Voldemort's followers. And what's weird about this is that Fenrir Greyback
is in "Half-Blood Prince." He's already been established as like, a pretty significant threat. There are wanted posters for him. He kidnaps Ollivander,
he destroys The Burrow. He's even there when Dumbledore dies. If anything, the movies
make him even more dangerous than he was in the books. He's terrifying and recognizable, and the one who did it in the books. And instead, we get like,
a Jack Sparrow knockoff. And it's not even like
we don't see him again. He's literally in the scene where they capture
Harry, Ron, and Hermione. The character who's supposed
to do this thing is there. And later in Part 2, we even
see him kill Lavender Brown. This could have been
like, a great opportunity to remind us, the audience just how dangerous he is. But whatever. Stand up me hardies, yo ho. Anyway, moving on, while
we're talking about Lavender, let's talk about number seven, Lavender. I have a question. Is Lavender Brown like,
two separate colors or is the Lavender describing
what shade of brown we're dealing, like
it's a lavendery brown? This one is definitely one of the more dicey items on the list and I have a feeling you've
probably heard it before. The controversy here is that Lavender was originally cast as a young Black girl until "Half-Blood Prince" where Lavender becomes a
much more prominent character as Ron's love interest. And in doing so, in this much bigger role, she is recast as a white girl. And again, to be clear, this
is nothing against Jessie Cave who I actually thing does play a very good cloyingly sweet Lavender Brown. I don't even totally mind the recasting but I think it's a lot more like one of our other honorable
mentions, Cedric Diggory. We super briefly see Cedric
as the opposing team's seeker in the quidditch match when Harry falls off of
his broom in "Prisoner." And of course, they didn't
bring in Robert Pattinson here to kind of vaguely be in the background of like, a blink and you miss it scene. And Cedric's not even referenced by name and similarly, Lavender had not previously been referenced by name. So my concern isn't bringing
in a much bigger actress in to play the part, it's just, recasting the
race of the character. Further in that, Lavender
Brown had actually already been recast once before and both times before,
played by young Black girls. But on the note of actor change ups, let's talk about number six, and I guess also five, Colin Creevey. - Hiya Harry. (shutter flashes) - And Nigel? - Stupify. (Harry and Nigel groaning) - Collin of course makes his entrance in "Chamber of Secrets" where
he is the muggleborn wizard who is just infatuated
with every single thing to do with the wizarding world. The character in general is very sweet but also maybe a bit
overzealous in terms of being obsessed with Harry due to his fame rather than just because he's Harry. He of course, is also one
of the basilisk victims and him and his younger brother Dennis go on to be rather significant
supporters of Harry, being a member of the DA and fighting at the Battle of Hogwarts, where he does tragically die. And in my mind, as like, the first year with the camera, and I can't bring myself to understand that Colin Creevey was a
6th year at that point. He's 17, but not in the movies. Where we lose Collin, never get Dennis and instead have Nigel, who feels like the same character. - Parcel for you Mr. Weasley. - Ah, thank you Nigel. - And my first thought,
like, when you're dealing with child actors like this, is there is the distinct possibility that the actor himself just went through a growth spurt and no longer properly
embodied the Colin Creevey that we knew. And that very well may have been the case but it also seems like
there was a little bit of a debate as to whether or not it was better to have a canon character who is being distorted, from the books, versus just including a non-canon
character, period, Nigel. But speaking of non-canonical, let's talk about number four, Bem. Who? You might be saying. I don't know Bem. Yes you do. He's this kid. - Not the grin you idiot, the grim. (Trelawney gasping) Taking form of a giant spectral dog, it's among the darkest omens in our world. It's an omen of death. - What the heck, Bem? What the heck? He just doesn't even stop there. - Black could be anywhere. It's like trying to catch smoke. Like trying to catch smoke
with your bare hands. - (shuddering) Hat's off to Ekow Quartey for putting the fear of death in everyone. Myself included. But also, who is this
random 6th Gryffindor boy in Harry's year? Seamus, Dean, Harry, Ron, and Neville. There are five, and a group shot of them in their dormitory, in this movie. Again, the actor here is
absolutely crushing it. I also feel like Dean could have said it. Or this is Divination, Parvati? Lavender? They love that class. But nah, you're right, they
had too much screen time as it was. Also in the same category is a character named, Kellah. You know, this girl. Oh you don't know, well that's probably 'cause she's not in the books. Or have any speaking lines. Basically in the movies, she
delivers messages to Harry but like, in the books, characters who are already cast deliver these messages to Harry. Where's Nigel when you need him? That is an unanswerable question so I'm gonna move on to number three, Tom. The barman again. No, I'm kidding. This time it's gonna be
the lesser known Tom. Riddle. (Voldemort laughing) Not that Tom. In "Chamber", we see
the reanimated, young, charming, good looking,
dark haired version of Tom Riddle, from his time at Hogwarts. He is played by Christian Coulson and in a lot of ways, is almost exactly what I pictured in my mind, when I pictured this character. But then when we go to "Half-Blood Prince" we see a completely different actor playing this same young Tom Riddle who was swooning Slughorn with crystallized pineapple. (chuckles) You're quite
right, it is my favorite. Let me explain to you how
to do the darkest magic I've ever heard of. Come on Slughorn. This time the explanation is given and it was because Christian
Coulson was too old by the time "Half-Blood
Prince" came around which I find, maybe slightly surprising because he was 24 when he
was playing a 16 year old in "Chamber of Secrets" and was only 29 during the
year of "Half-Blood Prince." Heck, now he's 42 years old, and look at this guy, I think
he could still do it now. Did anyone in these movies not have like, a massive glow up, despite already being extremely attractive people? What about you, Bem? What
do you look like now? What? Keep it up, Bem. Anyway, that's going to
bring us to number two from "Goblet of Fire", which is probably our rockiest one on the list. Every character's hair. Except for Harry's, which I would say is actually exactly right for once. But seriously, is like
every student at Hogwarts like, a college student from the 70's all of a sudden? And look, I've seen the argument where it's like, high schoolers
go through this phase. Look, I went through this phase. Look at all that hair. But this is also a movie where we can make them look like what
they're supposed to look like. To be honest with you, this isn't actually really that big of a deal. But while we're on it, let
me also show you a picture of Jay from high school. (laughing) Look at that. Hit the like button if you
think he should bring it back. Anyway guys, that is going
to bring us to number one on our list, which pretty much includes almost a little bit of everything for everything else on this list, including a wild hair change, Flitwick. Okay, so Professor Flitwick, you know him. Second best dueler at
Hogwarts, behind Snape. And also for teaching Charms class, being Head of Ravenclaw House and looking like this
for the first two movies. And I agree, it is like they took exactly what I was picturing out of my head and put it on screen. But then mysteriously,
in "Prisoner of Azkaban", he gets a complete makeover and instead is this like, non-canonical toad inspired Hogwarts choir director? This one's actually kind of a crazy story but when we first saw that choir director at the beginning of "Prisoner of Azkaban" that wasn't Flitwick, that was literally just choir director. Basically, they didn't have
enough for Flitwick to do in the third movie, but
they still wanted to include Warwick Davis, so they kind of invented this new character. And I guess they just didn't think anybody would recognize him? But we did. And if you're anything like me, I just assumed it was Flitwick. It's the same actor, he's at Hogwarts, he's in a leadership position. And apparently, that is
just what everyone thought. So the studio just kinda rolled with it and was like, hey it was Flitwick, he loves choir. - I was hoping to find you
in the Three Broomsticks. Oh no, emergency choir
practice I'm afraid, Horace. - And I know it might sound surprising, like how could you have thought nobody would recognize him? But I also only learned
while researching this video that he also plays Griphook? Guy's got range. To be fair, this is
probably one of those things that you guys did know, and I was just a little
late getting to the party. So, is there any punch left, or...? Guys, for my question of the day, what did you think about all
of the recasting decisions? Is there anybody that you
just absolutely loved? Was there someone that you were like, this person was so good, like Bem, that needs to just be in
the books all of a sudden? Let me know in the towel
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