The Wizarding World is likely one of the hottest IPs of all time, largely because of the Harry Potter motion pictures. That franchise, which is streaming with a HBO Max subscription, is filled with excellent expertise, together with Domhnall Gleeson. He performed Invoice Weasley within the final two motion pictures, however not too long ago revealed that his first day on the set was a complete catastrophe. He is undoubtedly received an excellent story.
The Harry Potter solid featured quite a few names that may be certain for greatness, together with Gleeson. Whereas showing on Late Night time with Seth Meyers, the 42 year-old actor spoke about his rocky begin to becoming a member of the behemoth property. In his phrases:
My first day on that set, I used to be meant to be doing an English accent. They’d all been doing it — I used to be within the seventh and eighth motion pictures, solely a small half. And I went Australian. And I couldn’t cease.
Oops. From a phonetic standpoint, there are some similarities between these two accents. I can not think about Gleeson is the primary actor to by accident slip into the improper one. However he was doing this on the set of a wildly costly franchise… in entrance of a ton of his fellow actors. I am not going to lie, this sort of appears like a stress dream.
The Star Wars alum went on to inform Seth Meyers that his accent flub on Harry Potter solely received extra humiliating from them. Not solely did the solid discover, however he additionally received a be aware from the director about simply how improper his accent work was. As Gleeson shared:
I went Australian on the primary take and there was like 300 individuals on set and the director was there like, ‘Minimize!’ And this bizarre, lengthy pause. After which the director came visiting and he was like, ‘So that you’ve gone Australian.’
Whoops. This actually does not sound like the primary impression you need to make as an actor… not to mention the stakes concerned with a franchise like Harry Potter. I’ll say that I re-watched his scenes within the seventh and eighth motion pictures and could not inform. So clearly Gleeson was in a position to land the airplane finally.
Domhnall Gleeson shared this story on Late Night time whereas selling his new present The Paper, which is accessible with a Peacock subscription. Whereas lamenting about simply how horrible that first day within the Wizarding World was, he related the 2 undertaking by joking:
It was surprising. It was one of many worst days of my life. After which issues received somewhat bit higher. And so I hope my American accent on this [The Paper] is healthier, however you inform me!
Quickly sufficient we’ll be launched to a brand new model of Invoice Weasley, because of the growing Harry Potter TV present. The upcoming e book to display screen adaptation is predicted to be extra correct to the books, because of having far more hours of storytelling out there. As such, perhaps we’ll get way more of the eldest Weasley youngster in comparison with the restricted display screen time of Gleeson within the movies.
The Harry Potter franchise is streaming in its entirety on HBO Max, which may even be the house of the TV model. The Paper’s first episode is streaming now on Peacock as a part of the 2025 TV schedule, and the Workplace spinoff has already been renewed for Season 2.